UFC 148 prelims to air on FX and Facebook

In the summer spectacular that is UFC 148 the Ultimate Fighting Championship is offering all of the preliminary bouts for viewing. FX will feature four fights leading up to the six bout pay-per-view. Facebook will be offering one fight, Rafaello Oliveria vs. Yoislandy Izquierdo.

UFC 148 takes place July 7th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.  The main event features a rematch for the UFC middleweight title as champion Anderson Silva looks to defend his belt for the 10th time against the main who dominated him for four rounds at UFC 117, Chael Sonnen. Tito Ortiz kicks off his going away party by ending his trilogy with Forrest Griffin as Cung Le looks for his first UFC victory against Patrick Cote.

Here is a look at the finalized card:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title)
• Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
• Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le
• Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia
• Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie
• Mike Easton vs. Ivan Menjivar

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)

• Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Gleison Tibau
• Fabricio Camoes vs. Melvin Guillard
• Riki Fukuda vs. Constantinos Philippou
• John Alessio vs. Shane Roller

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

• Yoislandy Izquierdo vs. Rafaello Oliveira