Pic: UFC 157 full poster for 'Rousey vs. Carmouche' on Feb. 23 in Anaheim

The countdown has begun...

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will make history as the promotion's first-ever female champion, bantamweight badass Ronda Rousey, puts her 135-pound title on the line against ex-Strikeforce contender Liz Carmouche.

When and where?

In the UFC 157: "Rousey vs. Carmouche" main event, which tops off a stacked pay-per-view (PPV) fight card from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, on Feb. 23, 2013.

That's barely two months away.

In the co-main event, former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida battles Dan Henderson for the chance to leapfrog Alexander Gustafsson en route to a 205-pound title shot against the winner of Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen, who throw down following TUF 17 next April.

Also in action will be a scrappy bantamweight brouhaha pitting longtime veteran and former World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) kingpin Urijah Faber against the venerable Ivan Menjivar.

Good stuff.

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