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"The Kimbo Killer's" return to the UFC is official, as Seth Petruzelli's fight with Ricardo Romero has been officially added to the UFC 116 event, completing the night's eleven fight card for July 3.
The event, emanating from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, will feature the long awaited return of UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar when he faces Interim Champion Shane Carwin in the night's main event.
The card also features Wanderlei Silva in his second middleweight bout in the UFC, fresh off a victory over Michael Bisping in February, as he takes on Yoshihiro Akiyama in Akiyama's first bout since UFC 100.
The event airs live on Spike TV and pay-per-view, and the full night's fight card is below:
Main Pay-Per-View Card
• Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin (UFC Heavyweight Championship)
• Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Wanderlei Silva
• Matt Brown vs. Chris Lytle
• Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
• Kurt Pellegrino vs. George Sotiropoulos
Spike TV Prelims
• Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
• Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic
Preliminary Card
• Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero
• Dave Branch vs. Gerald Harris
• Julio Paulino vs. Daniel Roberts
• Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
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