UFC 131 "Lesnar vs. Dos Santos" finally official for Vancouver's Rogers Arena on June 11

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Though it has been expected for some time, the UFC has finally made official the UFC 131 event on June 11 for the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The card has been filling up quickly with the UFC announcing several fights for the date, but the expected venue had yet to be made official until Monday.

The event is headlined by the heavyweight number one contender fight between Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos, a fight being bolstered by ten weeks of lead up on Spike TV during the 13th season of The Ultimate Fighter.

All but two fights on the card are now official, as the UFC on Monday also officially confirmed two featherweight fights in Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes and Dustin Poirier vs. Rani Yahya. A lightweight bout between Yves Edwards and Sam Stout, along with a middleweight bout featuring Jesse Bongfeldt, are both also expected to be added to the official card soon. The full confirmed card is below:

Main Televised Card

* Brock Lesnar vs. Junior Dos Santos
* Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz
* Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes
* Shane Carwin vs. Jon Olav Einemo
* Dustin Poirier vs. Rani Yahya

Preliminary Card

* Anthony Perosh vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
* Donald Cerrone vs. Mac Danzig
* Darren Elkins vs. Michihiro Omigawa
* Joey Beltran vs. Dave Herman

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_8969.shtml

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