Urijah Faber vs. Dominick Cruz II officially announced as UFC 132 headliner in July

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Urijah Faber will officially headline a UFC card for the first time when he faces UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz at UFC 132.

The UFC has officially announced the card, and the second fight between Cruz and Faber is the headlining bout.

The event, initially thought to be coming to the Mandalay Bay Events Center, will take place from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on July 2.

In addition to the main event, the UFC has already officially announced five fights for the card, and a seventh will be set as soon as they find a new opponent for B.J. Penn. The card as it stands now is below:

* Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber (Bantamweight Championship)
* B.J. Penn vs. TBA
* Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben
* Melvin Guillard vs. Shane Roller
* Ryan Bader vs. Tito Ortiz
* Evan Dunham vs. George Sotiropoulos
* Dennis Siver vs. Matt Wiman

[Urijah Faber art by Cory Gould (c) MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_8971.shtml

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