Junior dos Santos vs Frank Mir staredown pic from UFC 146 press conference

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held its traditional pre-fight press conference earlier today (May 24, 2012) from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, home to the UFC 146 pay-per-view (PPV) event on Saturday night (May 26) in "Sin City."

To check out our press conference live blog and real-time updates click here.

Leading the charge were the UFC 146 headliners, Junior dos Santos vs. Frank Mir. "Cigano" puts his heavyweight championship on the line against the former titleholder in the main event of the evening, but that doesn't mean they couldn't give us a sneak peek of what to expect this weekend.

Fireworks.

There's been a constant barrage of "Dos Santos vs. Mir" pre-fight hype, including a "Primetime" program and a "Countdown to UFC 146" special. To watch both video packages click here and here.

In addition, you can see how each man looked at the media open workouts by clicking here and get more verbiage from each combatant at this week's media luncheon in Burbank right here.

Still not enough? Check out the rest of the UFC 146 heavyweight staredowns after the jump.

Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva:

Roy Nelson vs. Dave Herman:

Stipe Miocic vs. Shane del Rosario:

Stefan Struve vs. Lavar Johnson:

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