UFC 149 Faber vs Barao

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Sat 21st July 2012 Local
Sat 21st July 2012 12:00am UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2012

Round
Round 19

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Scotiabank Saddledome
(16,089 Attendance)

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UFC 149: Faber vs. Barão was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 21, 2012, at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. It was the first event that the UFC has held in the Canadian province of Alberta.

Background
On April 24, due to a conflict with the UN Conference, the UFC Middleweight Championship bout between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen, which was originally scheduled to main event UFC 147 was moved to UFC 148 to serve as the new main event. Plans were then being made for José Aldo, who at the time was scheduled to defend his title at this event against an undetermined opponent, to headline UFC 147. However it was reported on April 28, 2012, that Aldo would remain on this card and defend his title against Erik Koch.

The bout between Michael Bisping and Tim Boetsch, originally scheduled for UFC 148, was moved to this event to help bolster this (the UFC 149) fight card. However, Bisping was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Hector Lombard.

Yoshihiro Akiyama was expected to face Thiago Alves at this event, but was forced to pull out of the fight due to injury and replaced by Siyar Bahadurzada. Then on June 1, Alves pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Chris Clements. However, Bahadurzada was also forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Matthew Riddle.

Thiago Silva was expected to face Maurício Rua at the event. However, Silva was forced out of the bout with an injury and Rua was pulled from the event entirely, and would face Brandon Vera at UFC on Fox 4.

On June 4, 2012, it was announced that the UFC signed former DREAM champion Bibiano Fernandes. He was expected to compete against Roland Delorme. However, a week later it was announced that Fernandes was removed from the event due to injury but was later announced that Fernandes had not signed with the UFC. Francisco Rivera filled in to fight Delorme.

On June 9, 2012, it was announced that UFC featherweight champion, José Aldo was removed from the event due to injury. No replacement has yet been named for his scheduled opponent, Erik Koch. As a result, the UFC Interim Bantamweight Championship fight between Urijah Faber and Renan Barão was rescheduled as the main event of the fight.

George Roop was scheduled to fight Antonio Carvalho, but on June 26, Roop was forced out of the fight and replaced by Daniel Pineda.

Former Pride and Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira was expected to face Cheick Kongo at the event. However, Nogueira pulled out of the bout, citing that an arm injury sustained in his last bout had not healed enough to resume the proper training and was replaced by Shawn Jordan.

Claude Patrick was expected to face James Head at the event. However, Patrick was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by Brian Ebersole.

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Result List

01	Renan Barao	UFC Bantamweight	WIN
01	Urijah Faber	UFC Bantamweight	LOSS
02	Tim Boetsch	UFC Middleweight	WIN
02	Héctor Lombard	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
03	Cheick Kongo	Bellator Mens	WIN
03	Shawn Jordan	UFC Heavyweight	LOSS
04	James Head	UFC Welterweight	WIN
04	Brian Ebersole	UFC Welterweight	LOSS
06	Court McGee	UFC Welterweight	LOSS
06	Nick Ring	UFC Middleweight	WIN
07	Roland Delorme	UFC Bantamweight	DRAW
07	Francisco Rivera	UFC Bantamweight	DRAW
08	Ryan Jimmo	UFC Light Heavyweight	WIN
08	Anthony Perosh	UFC Light Heavyweight	LOSS
09	Bryan Caraway	UFC Bantamweight	WIN
09	Mitch Gagnon	UFC Bantamweight	LOSS
10	Antonio Carvalho	UFC Featherweight	WIN
10	Daniel Pineda	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
11	Anton Kuivanen	UFC Lightweight	WIN
11	Mitch Clarke	UFC Lightweight	LOSS