UFC 163 fight card lineup announced with prelims on FX and Facebook

The UFC annonced the complete fight card for UFC 163: Aldo vs. Pettis earlier this week and the organization has now released the lineup for the August 3rd event.

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The card will come from the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and will be headlined by Jose Aldo (22-1) defending the UFC featherweight title against Anthony Pettis (16-2).

Also on the pay-per-view portion of the fight card will be Lyoto Machida (19-3) vs. Phil Davis (11-1, 1NC), Demian Maia (18-4) vs. Josh Koscheck (17-7), Clint Hester (8-3) vs. Cezar Ferreira (5-2) and John Lineker (21-6) vs. Phil Harris (22-10, 1NC).

The preliminary card will kickoff on the UFC Facebook page with four fight and the final four preliminary bouts will be shown on FX. The headliner of the preliminary card will be a light heavyweight bout as Vinny Magalhaes (10-6, 1NC) meets Anthony Perosh (13-7).

The complete UFC 163: Aldo vs. Pettis fight card lineup is below:

Main Card: (PPV – 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT)
Jose Aldo (22-1) vs. Anthony Pettis (16-2)
Lyoto Machida (19-3) vs. Phil Davis (11-1, 1NC)
Demian Maia (18-4) vs. Josh Koscheck (17-7)
Clint Hester (8-3) vs. Cezar Ferreira (5-2)
John Lineker (21-6) vs. Phil Harris (22-10, 1NC)

Preliminary Card: (FX – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Vinny Magalhaes (10-6, 1NC) vs. Anthony Perosh (13-7)
Amanda Nunes (7-3) vs. Sheila Gaff (10-5-1)
Sergio Moraes (7-3) vs. Neil Magny (8-2)
Thales Leites (20-4) vs. Tom Watson (16-5)

Preliminary Card: (Facebook – 6:35 p.m. ET/3:35 p.m. PT)
Rani Yahya (18-7) vs. Josh Clopton (6-1-1)
Ian McCall (11-4-1) vs. Illiarde Santos (27-7-1, 1NC)
Bristol Marunde (12-8) vs. Viscardi Andrade (13-5)
Robert Drysdale (6-0) vs. Ednaldo Oliveira (13-1-1, 1NC)