On July 11th, 2015 one of the biggest UFC cards of the year goes down at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas when Chad Mendes faces ”Notorious” for the interim Featherweight title and Rory MacDonald locks horns with Robbie Lawler for the Welterweight strap. The full card is as follows.
Fight Pass prelims-
Flyweight- Neil Seery 15-10 V Louis Smolka 8-1.
Lightweight- Yosdenis Cedeno 10-4 V Cody Phister 11-4-1.
Fox Sports 1 Prelims-
Welterweight – Mike Swick 15-5 v Alex Garcia 12-2.
Bantamweight– Cody Garbrandt 6-0 V Henry Briones 16-4-1.
Welterweight– Matt Brown 19-13 V Tim Means 24-6-1.
Welterweight– Cathal Pendred 17-2- V John Howard 22-10
PPV Main Card-
Welterweight- Gunnar Nelson 13-1-1 v Brandon Thatch 11-2.
Featherweight- Dennis Bermudez 14-4 v Jeremy Stephens 23-11.
Bantamweight- Brad Pickett 24-10 v Thomas Almeida 18-0.
Welterweight title fight- Rory MacDonald 18-2 v Robbie Lawler 25-10.
Interim Featherweight title fight- Chad Mendes 17-2 v ”Notorious”17-2.
1. Lawler v MacDonald- Ufc 189 co main event-
2. Mendes v ”Notorious” Ufc 189 Main event-