UFC 142 will be LIVE! from the HSBC Arena in Rio on January 14th 2012, airing on PPV
Main Event:
Featherweight Championship: Jose Aldo (c)(20-1) vs Chad Mendes (11-0)
Main Card:
185lbs: Vitor Belfort (20-9) vs Anthony Johnson (10-3)
155lbs: Terry Etim (15-3) vs Edson Barboza (9-0)
170lbs: Siyar Bahadurzada (20-4-1) vs Erick Silva (13-1-0-1)
170lbs: Mike Pyle (21-8-1) vs Paulo Thiago (14-3)
Preliminary Card:
145lbs: Yuri Alcantara (26-3) vs Michihiro Omigawa (13-10-1)
145lbs: Antonio Carvalho (13-4) vs Felipe Arantes (13-4)
185lbs: Rousimar Palhares (13-3) vs Mike Massenzio (13-5)
205lbs: Fabio Maldonaldo (18-4) vs Stanislav Nedkov (12-0)
265lbs: Rob Broughton (15-7-1) vs Edinaldo Oliveira (13-0-1-1)
155lbs: Sam Stout (17-6-1) vs Thiago Tavares (16-4-1)
See Aldo dropping here, Mendez is still fresh, but if you've seen some of his WEC matches he's got a pretty well rounded game, and I think he's a better fighter than Homminick who almost got the win over Aldo his last match.