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Brock Lesnar's next title defense is official, as the UFC today announced the full main card for UFC 121 on October 23 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Lesnar will take on 8-0 Cain Velasquez in the night's main event, and the main card features Jake Shields in his UFC debut against Martin Kampmann, Diego Sanchez against Paulo Thiago, Tito Ortiz against Matt Hamill and Brendan Schaub against Gabriel Gonzaga.
"Throughout fighting history, there has never been a Mexican heavyweight champion, but at UFC 121, Cain Velasquez will try to make history and become the first,” UFC President Dana White said in today's release. “To do that though, he must defeat the baddest man on the planet, UFC heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar...
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