Because of injuries to heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum and No. 1 contender Cain Velasquez, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was forced to place its main-event hopes in Johny Hendricks and Stephen Thompson on Super Bowl Eve.
The two welterweights will meet in the UFC Fight Night “Hendricks vs. Thompson” headliner on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-main event “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 10 winner and former International Fight League champion Roy Nelson takes on Jared Rosholt in a battle between heavyweights headed in opposite directions.