UFC 139

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Date: Nov 19, 2011
Location: San Jose, California
Venue: HP Pavilion
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and Spike TV

Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Cung Le vs. Wanderlei Silva
Brian Bowles vs. Urijah Faber
Martin Kampmann vs. Rick Story
Ryan Bader vs. Jason Brilz
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Gleison Tibau
Stephan Bonnar vs. Kyle Kingsbury
Tom Lawlor vs. Chris Weidman
 
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UFC 139 shakeup: Vitor Belfort out, Wanderlei Silva in against Cung Le

An injury has forced Vitor Belfort (20-9 MMA, 9-4 UFC) out of November's UFC 139 event, and fellow middleweight Wanderlei Silva (31-11-1 MMA, 3-5 UFC) has stepped in to fight Cung Le (7-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

UFC president Dana White today announced the change via Twitter.

The nature of Belfort's injury was not disclosed.

UFC 139 takes place Nov. 19 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. With a heavyweight title fight between champ Cain Velasquez and Junior Santos moved from UFC 139 to UFC on FOX 1 – and given Le's massive following in San Jose – he and Silva will take at least a co-headlining slot on the card.

The night's main card airs on pay-per-view.

Le, 39, went 17-0 as a Sanshou kickboxer before moving to MMA in 2006. Le, who hasn't fought in 16 months while pursuing an acting career, has fought exclusively for Strikeforce, where he posted a 7-1 MMA record (with seven knockout victories) with an array of flashy and highlight-reel wins. His only defeat during his run came to Scott Smith, who pulled off a stunning come-from-behind KO win in the final couple minutes of their December 2009 bout. However, Le avenged the defeat in his next bout with a KO set up by a spinning back kick.

Thanks heavily to Le, Strikeforce has drawn some massive crowds in San Jose, where the fighter has many Vietnamese fans. In fact, he was a part of both of the best-attended Strikeforce events in history. Both took place in San Jose.

Silva returns to the cage for the first time since a knockout loss to Chris Leben at UFC 132. The former PRIDE titleholder has been stuck in a bit of a skid with six losses in his past eights, and his lone victories came over Michael Bisping (via close decision) and Keith Jardine (knockout). However, the 35-year-old remains a fan favorite and one of the sport's most admired fighters.
 
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Fans invited to Tuesday's UFC 139 presser in San Jose; tickets on sale this week


Fans are invited to a special pre-event press conference that takes place Tuesday in San Jose, Calif., which plays host to November's "UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson" event.

The press conference takes place San Pedro Square Market (175 West Saint John St.) and begins at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT local time).

The event streams live on UFC.com.

Attending the event are UFC president Dana White, UFC 139 headliners Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Dan Henderson, and co-headliners Wanderlei Silva and Cung Le.

The event kicks off the UFC 139 ticket on-sale dates, which begin this week.

Tickets range from $50 to $400 and go on sale to the general public this Friday at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT).

Pre-sale periods are set for UFC Fight Club members (Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET) and UFC.com e-newsletter subscribers (Thursday at 1 p.m. ET).

The latest UFC 139 card includes:

Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Cung Le vs. Wanderlei Silva
Brian Bowles vs. Urijah Faber
Martin Kampmann vs. Rick Story
Ryan Bader vs. Jason Brilz
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Gleison Tibau
Stephan Bonnar vs. Kyle Kingsbury
Tom Lawlor vs. Chris Weidman
Nick Pace vs. Miguel Torres*

* - Not officially announced