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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC has finalized the televised card for next month's UFC on Versus 4 event, and four fights will make the broadcast from the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Penn. on June 26.
The night's main event is a welterweight bout between Nate "The Great" Marquardt and Anthony "Rumble" Johnson. Marquardt is making the drop to the welterweight division for the first time in his career following a win over Dan Miller at UFC 128 in March. Johnson recently returned from a lengthy injury layoff, and defeated Dan Hardy at UFC Fight Night 24.
The rest of the main card features a couple of heavyweight fights in Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo and Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft, along with a welterweight bout between Martin Kampmann and John Howard.
The event marks the UFC's first ever trip to Pittsburgh, having previously appeared in the state of Pennsylvania for UFC 101 in Philadelphia. The full card for the night's event is below:
Main Televised Card
* Anthony Johnson vs. Nate Marquardt
* Pat Barry vs. Cheick Kongo
* John Howard vs. Martin Kampmann
* Matt Mitrione vs. Christian Morecraft
Preliminary Card
* Manny Gamburyan vs. Tyson Griffin
* Joe Stevenson vs. Javier Vazquez
* Joe Lauzon vs. Curt Warburton
* Rich Attonito vs. Matt Brown
* Charlie Brenneman vs. T.J. Grant
* Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
* Matt Grice vs. Ricardo Lamas
* Edward Faaloloto vs. Michael Johnson
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