If you missed out on last weekend's Strikeforce: "Barnett vs. Cormier" event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., don't worry, in less than two months the gang at Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be back to do it all over again.

And they'll be bringing their FOX buddies with them.

UFC on FUEL TV 4: "Munoz vs. Weidman" will feature two of the 185-pound division's best wrestlers slugging it out in the "Shark Tank" to see who gets one step closer to challenging for the middleweight title later this year.

Who holds the strap when the smoke clears in San Jose all depends on what happens just a few days before, when Anderson Silva defends his title against Chael Sonnen (again) at UFC 148 on July 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

More on that fight right here.

Early odds and betting lines for UFC on FUEL TV 4 have the undefeated "All American" taking a short lead as the -150 favorite while "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" trails as the +120 underdog. Elsewhere on the card, Brandon Vera takes on James Te Huna in a light heavyweight affair while Jon Fitch welcomes Aaron Simpson to the welterweight division.

And best of all, it's free.

If you're looking to get tickets to the upcoming network televised broadcast, click here. For the latest UFC on FUEL TV 4 news and notes check out our complete event archive right here and to check out the latest "Munoz vs. Weidman" fight card and rumors click here.

Early predictions for fight night?

After a failing to land the event at a soccer stadium that could hold 80,000 screaming fans as originally planned, UFC 147, which will take place on Sat., June 23, 2012, finally settled on the Felipe Drummond Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, as the official venue.

But that only came after the show lost its headlining fight.

Indeed, the highly anticipated rematch pitting Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen for the middleweight championship was bumped up to the UFC 148 fight card on July 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada. That left the Vitor Belfort vs. Wanderlei Silva showdown left to main event the world's largest fight promotion's return to Brazil.

While that may seem unworthy of its billing to American fans, the Brazilian faithful are being treated to two hugely popular native sons coming off coaching gigs on the first International season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). In addition, Fabricio Werdum will attempt to take one step closer to a heavyweight title shot when he takes on Mike Russow in the night's co-main event.

But that's not all.

TUF: Brazil will also reach its conclusion at UFC 147, as both featherweight and middleweight winners will be crowned. All that and more. Here's how the UFC 147 fight card looks as it stands now:

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"Two grudges will end. Two champions will emerge."

Well, that didn't take very long.

Just hours after Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White boarded a private jet bound for Brazil with number one 185-pound title contender, Chael Sonnen (who claims he wore this disguise to sneak over the border), and announced the new UFC 148 main event, we have a fancy new fight poster.

That's right, earlier this afternoon White revealed during a LIVE press conference that the rematch between Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen has been relocated from South America to Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 7, 2012, because the world's leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion could not secure a suitable venue.

UFC 147 will go on as planned elsewhere in Brazil on June 23, 2012, but it just won't have the "biggest fight in the history of combat" sports atop the marquee. On the contrary, that distinction now apparently belongs to the Fourth of July weekend pay-per-view (PPV) event, which most likely saddens Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber the most because their 135-pound trilogy fight was expected to lead the bill.

Despite the "demotion" to co main event status, the switch make the UFC 148 main card, which features fights between Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le, Michael Bisping vs. Tim Boetsch and Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz, among others, the most stacked fight card of the year so far.

You mad?

For more on UFC 148: "Sonnen vs. Silva 2" be sure to hit up our event archive right here. To check out the latest UFC 148 fight card and rumors click here.

The drought is almost over.

While there's been plenty of regional and International mixed martial arts (MMA) action over the past few weeks, fans of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) have been left high and dry since UFC 144 back on Feb. 25, 2012, as it marked the last live UFC event until the promotion makes its debut at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sat., April 14, 2012.

Now you have an official event poster to help whet your appetite.

UFC on FUEL TV 2 features native son Alexander Gustafsson in the headlining bout taking on Brazilian bomber Thiago Silva, who returns from his steroid suspension to replace the injured Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. Other bouts booked for the overseas event include Brian Stann vs. Alessio Sakara (Middleweight) and Paulo Thiago vs. Siyar Bahadurzada (Welterweight).

Here is the current UFC on FUEL TV 2 fight card and line-up:

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"The Heavyweights."

We're less than two months away from Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) pulling the trigger on its upcoming annual Memorial Day weekend pay-per-view (PPV) event, which emanates LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sat., May 26, 2012.

UFC 146 will be headlined by the biggest fight of the year (literally), when heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos puts his strap on the line for the very first time against division number one contender and famed Dutch striker Alistair Overeem.

Also rounding out the all-heavyweight main card are super-sized match-ups between Frank Mir vs. Cain Velasquez, Stefan Struve vs. Mark Hunt, Roy Nelson vs. Antonio Silva and Shane Del Rosario vs. Gabriel Gonzaga.

In other words, go big or go home.

To see the current UFC 146 fight card and line-up click here. For all the news and notes surrounding the "Dos Santos vs. Overeem" PPV extravaganza click here and be sure to see all the highlights from the "Heavyweights" presser right here.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is headed back to Virginia, this time with its third ever event set to air on FUEL TV featuring "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung taking on Dustin Poirier in the main event at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia, on Tues., May 15, 2012.

UFC on FUEL TV 3 will be headlined by an electrifying featherweight fracas featuring Dustin Poirier vs. Chan Sung Jung, the winner of which will go on to challenge Jose Aldo for the division's 145-pound strap. Or so they've been promised.

Lightweight standouts Donald Cerrone vs. Jeremy Stephens will the rest of the main card will see Mike Easton vs. Yves Jabouin in a bantamweight battle and Jason MacDonald vs. Tom Lawlor in a middleweight mash up.

Be sure to check out out the complete UFC on Fuel TV 3: "The Korean Zombie vs. Poirier" fight card and rumors right here. And hit up our complete event archive for all the latest event-related news and notes you can handle right here.

Nothing fancy here, folks, just the two best light heavyweights in the world today.

Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans will battle for the 205-pound championship in the main event of UFC 145, which takes place at the Philips Arena on April 21, 2012, in Atlanta, Georgia.

There's more than just a title on the line, though. Hell, it's entirely possible the bragging rights and physical supremacy is far more important to each competitor than a 14-pound piece of gold with the UFC letters on it.

Can't wait.

Be sure to check out out the complete UFC 145: "Jones vs. Evans" fight card and rumors right here. And hit up our complete event archive for all the latest event-related news and notes you can handle right here.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is set to return to the "Garden State" for the first time this year when it slogs through the New Jersey swamp known affectionately as the Meadowlands on Sat., May 5, 2012.

UFC on Fox 3, which was recently made official for the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J., will feature a main event that pits Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller in a pivotal lightweight showdown, while Josh Koscheck vs. Johny Hendricks will face off for a top spot in the 170-pound pecking order.

Heavyweights Pat Barry and Lavar Johnson are also expected to sling leather on the action-packed televised main card, as well as Brazilian leg crusher Rousimar Palhares taking on the very game Alan Belcher in a middleweight mash up.

For the latest UFC on Fox 3 news and notes check out our complete event archive right here. To check out the latest UFC on Fox 3: "Diaz vs. Miller" fight card and rumors click here. And for UFC on Fox 3 ticket sales information click here.