UFC on FOX 5 Card Shuffled, Two Fights Bumped Up to FX Prelims

Two fights get promotions after illness and injury affect the UFC On FOX 5 card this Saturday night. Lavar Johnson was forced to pull out of his fight with Brendan Schaub and TUF 15 winner Michael Chiesa was forced off the card due to illness, and that made room room for two fights to get bumped up the card. Lightweights Tim Means (18-3-1) Vs Abel Trujillo (9-4) and featherweights Dennis Siver (20-8 MMA) Vs Nam Phan (18-10) will both be broadcast on the FX Preliminary card. That means only one fight, Scott Jorgensen (13-6) Vs John Albert (7-3) will be on the facebook preliminary card. This is the fight order and breakdown for UFC On FOX 5.

December 8, 2012

KeyArena

Seattle, Washington, USA

MAIN (FOX, 8:00 ET)

Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz (Lightweight Championship Fight, 5×5)

Alexander Gustafsson vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn

Matt Brown vs. Mike Swick

PRELIMINARY (FX, 5:00-ET)

Yves Edwards vs. Jeremy Stephens

Raphael Assuncao vs. Mike Easton

Ramsey Nijem vs. Joe Proctor

Daron Cruickshank vs. Henry Martinez

Tim Means vs. Abel Trujillo

Nam Phan vs. Dennis Siver

PRELIMINARY (Facebook- 4:30 ET)

John Albert vs. Scott Jorgensen