UFC 160

UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2 was a mixed martial arts event held on May 25, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Background
The main fight was a rematch between current UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez and Antonio Silva.  In their first fight at UFC 146 in 2012, Velasquez won with a first round TKO.

Alistair Overeem was going to face Junior dos Santos at the event.  However, in early March, Overeem pulled out of the bout because he had a leg injury.  It was then announced that the fight would take place in a future event, later in the summer of this year. Then, on March 9 it was announced that Dos Santos would still compete on the card and face Mark Hunt.

Ryan Bader was set to face Glover Teixeira at the event but he could not due to injury in March.  He was replaced by James Te Huna

Amir Sadollah was going to face Stephen Thompson at the event.  However, Sadollah pulled out of the bout citing an injury and  was replaced by Nah-Shon Burrell.

Gunnar Nelson was set to face Mike Pyle at the event.  However, Nelson pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Rick Story.

Dana White said at the UFC on Fox 7 post-fight press conference that he thinks that the winner of the Gray Maynard/TJ Grant fight would get a UFC lightweight title shot against the cahampion Benson Henderson.

On the day of the weigh-in, one fight was changed to catchweight status as Khabib Nurmagomedov came in over the lightweight limit and gave up 20 percent of his purse.

 Results 

Bonus awards
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses.

 Fight of the Night: Junior Dos Santos vs. Mark Hunt
 Knockout of the Night: TJ Grant' Submission of the Night:'' Glover Teixiera

References

 Other websites 
Official UFC past events page 
UFC events results at Sherdog.com

Category:Ultimate Fighting Championship events
Category:2013 in mixed martial arts
Category:2013 in the United States
Category:2010s in Nevada