UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem is an upcoming mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

 on December 30, 2011, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

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Background

Due to a pay per view revenue decline in recent months, the UFC will return to a 10 p.m. ET start with this event.

The winner of the main event is expected to face Junior dos Santos

Junior dos Santos

Junior dos Santos Almeida, also known as Junior Cigano , is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and the current UFC Heavyweight Champion. Dos Santos fights in the Heavyweight division, under the tutelage of former UFC and Pride Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and UFC...

 in a bout for the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

UFC 141 will be the last event to feature preliminary fights live on Spike TV

Spike TV

Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...

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Main card

• Heavyweight bout:   Brock Lesnar
  Brock Lesnar
  Brock Edward Lesnar is an American mixed martial artist, actor and a former professional and amateur wrestler. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and is ranked the No.5 Heavyweight in the world by Sherdog...
  
   vs.   Alistair Overeem
  Alistair Overeem
  Alistair Cees Overeem is a British born Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer, signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, Dream Interim Heavyweight Champion, K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and made history by being the only fighter in combat...
  
  
• Lightweight bout:   Nate Diaz vs.   Donald Cerrone
  Donald Cerrone
  Donald Anthony Cerrone is an American mixed martial artist and Muay Thai kickboxer who fights out of Albuquerque, New Mexico and currently competes as a lightweight in the UFC...
  
  
• Welterweight bout:   Jon Fitch
  Jon Fitch
  Jonathan Parker Fitch is an American mixed martial artist. He is currently ranked as the No. 2 welterweight in the world by Sherdog, as well as many other publications.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Johny Hendricks
  Johny Hendricks
  Johny Hendricks is an American mixed martial artist and an accomplished former amateur wrestler. He currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Welterweight division...
  
  
• Light Heavyweight bout:   Vladimir Matyushenko
  Vladimir Matyushenko
  Vladimir Vladimirovich Matyushenko is a Belarusian mixed martial artist and the first and only International Fight League light heavyweight champion...
  
   vs.   Alexander Gustafsson
  Alexander Gustafsson
  Alexander Gustafsson is a Swedish mixed martial artist who has competed for Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, Shooto, FinnFight and UFC in his career. He is currently signed with the UFC fighting in their light heavyweight division. As of August 2011, Gustafsson is ranked the #9 light-heavyweight in the...
  
  
• Featherweight bout:   Nam Phan
  Nam Phan
  Nam Phan is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight and lightweight divisions. He was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck...
  
   vs.   Jimy Hettes

Preliminary card (televised)

• Featherweight bout:   Ross Pearson
  Ross Pearson
  Ross Pearson is an English professional mixed martial artist from Sunderland. He is the lightweight division winner of The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom and is a member of Team Rough House.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Junior Assunção
  Junior Assuncao
  Cleuder F. "Junior" Assunção is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the lightweight and featherweight divisions.-Biography:Originally from Northeastern Brazil, Junior grew up in Miami, and now resides in Atlanta...
  
  
• Lightweight bout:   Ramsey Nijem
  Ramsey Nijem
  Ramsey Nijem is a Palestinian-American mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight and lightweight divisions. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Nijem has made a name for himself fighting in Utah. He was a finalist on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs...
  
   vs.   Anthony Njokuani
  Anthony Njokuani
  Anthony Obinnia Njokuani is a Nigerian mixed martial artist who currently fights as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Early life:...
  
  

Preliminary card

• Welterweight bout:   Dong Hyun Kim
  Dong Hyun Kim
  Kim Dong-hyun , often anglicised to Dong-hyun Kim, is a South Korean mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's welterweight division. He was signed by the UFC after fighting in the Japanese promotion DEEP and in the Korean promotion Spirit MC...
  
   vs.   Sean Pierson
  Sean Pierson
  Sean Pierson is a Canadian professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Bellator Fighting Championship:...
  
  
• Lightweight bout:   Jacob Volkmann
  Jacob Volkmann
  Jacob Joseph Volkmann is an American mixed martial artist competing in the lightweight division and formerly at welterweight. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Volkmann had made a name for himself fighting in the Midwest...
  
   vs.   TJ Grant
  TJ Grant
  Timothy Jerome Grant is a Canadian mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia...
  
  
• Welterweight bout:   Matt Riddle vs.   Luis Ramos
• Featherweight bout:   Manvel Gamburyan
  Manvel Gamburyan
  Manvel "Manny" Gamburyan is an Armenian American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 5. Besides The Ultimate Fighter, Gamburyan has fought for notable promotions such as King of the Cage and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.Gamburyan is fighting in the...
  
   vs.   Diego Nunes