UFC 138
The first non-title five-round main event in UFC history.
UFC 138: Leben vs. Muñoz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 5, 2011, at LG Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The event aired on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the United States and live on Sportsnet in Canada.
Quick Facts
- Date
- July 6, 2012
- Venue
- MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Main event
- Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen (UFC Light Heavyweight Championship)
- Result
- Jon Jones by TKO (punches), Round 1
- Rematch of
- UFC 117 (2010) – Jones won by TKO, Round 1
- Championship on the line
- UFC Light Heavyweight
Lore & Background
The event was the second that the UFC has hosted in Birmingham, the first was UFC 89 back in 2008 also featuring Chris Leben in the main event. The main event was the first non-title five round fight in the history of the UFC. After the event Chris Leben tested positive for illegal substances and was subsequently suspended for a year.
Reader's Guide
Mark Scanlon was expected to face James Head but was replaced by John Maguire; Head then pulled out and was replaced by Justin Edwards. Pascal Krauss was expected to face John Hathaway but pulled out due to shoulder injury and was replaced by Matt Brown; Hathaway then withdrew due to injury, and Brown was moved to UFC 139. Phil De Fries was expected to face Oli Thompson, but Thompson withdrew due to injury; De Fries fought Rob Broughton instead. Anthony Njokuani was scheduled to fight Paul Taylor, but Taylor sustained a whiplash injury from a minor traffic collision on November 1; Njokuani was moved to a future card, and a prelim fight between Cyrille Diabate and Anthony Perosh was promoted to the main card.
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