LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – UFC 139 weigh-in results for Shogun vs Henderson will be live streamed online this afternoon, UFC confirms to news. UFC 139’s fight card will kick off Saturday November 19 first on Facebook, then on Spike TV, and later on PPV, officials confirm to news.

In a news statement today, UFC says “Shogun vs. Hendo is a fight that fans have begged to watch for years and now it’s just a couple days away.” Coming into Saturday’s fight, Henderson has 4-2 record in UFC and Rua has a 4-3 record. For MMA, Henderson is 28-8 and Rua is 20-5. But this Saturday will be a full plate of exceptional fights.

First, the UFC 139 fight card will feature seven preliminary fights. The first five fights will air Saturday afternoon on Facebook, UFC confirms to news. Shamar Bailey will battle Danny Castillo. Matt Brown will take on Seth Baczynski. Then Rafael dos Anjos will face Gleison Tibau and Nick Pace will challenge Miguel Torres. Finally, Tom Lawlor vs. Chris Weidman will hit the ring.

After the Facebook prelim rounds, Spike TV will air two rounds Ryan Bader vs. Jason Brilz, and Michael McDonald vs. Alex Soto.

Finally, UFC 139 will boast five PPV fights. Stephan Bonnar will take on Kyle Kingsbury, Martin Kampmann will battle Rick Story, and Brian Bowles will try to dominate Urijah Faber. Finally, fans will get Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, and Cung Le vs. Wanderlei Silva

Second, while UFC 139 will be held at HP Pavilion in San Jose, UFC will offer live streaming video online of the weigh-in results this afternoon. Those results will begin airing at 4 PM PST via YouTube located here.

Finally, to watch Saturday’s Facebook preliminary rounds, click here. For the fight card, weigh-in results Friday, and live results Saturday, click HERE.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – UFC on Fox results for Velasquez vs. Dos Santos ended in dramatic fashion tonight. Before tonight’s results, titleholder Cain Velasquez was hoping to hold off contender Junior Dos Santos in a three round fight. But, tonight Velasquez couldn’t hold off Dos Santos for even a single round. This evening, there is a new heavyweight champion after Dos Santos knocked out Velasquez in the first round.

Honda Center erupted as the main event emerged before a packed house tonight. It was also the debut of a major new platform for UFC. In August this year, UFC and FOX announced a deal estimated at $90 million annually. The deal would deliver twenty-six TUF fights on FX and six UFC fight night events on FX, annually. But tonight, the first prong, four UFC fights on FOX, were debuted.

The evening began with seven preliminary fights viewable for free on UFC’s Facebook page and on FoxSports.com. Gone was the PPV broadcast. Replaced were free preliminary matches online and the main event on television, for free.

And in the end, fans couldn’t have asked for a better night of UFC. In the main event, Junior Dos Santos defeated Cain Velasquez with a knockout only one minute into round one. Dos Santos became new UFC heavyweight champion.

Before them, Ben Henderson defeated Clay Guida in unanimous decision. Judges put the fight as wide as a three point margin. In other results tonight, Dustin Poirier defeated Pablo Garza via submission two minutes in round two. Ricardo Lamas defeated Cub Swanson via submission in the second round as well. And DaMarques Johnson defeated Clay Harvison via TKO in the first round. For complete results, click HERE.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Initial results for “UFC on Fox” have already prompted surprises. Tonight’s UFC on Fox is being aired via live streaming video on Facebook.com this afternoon. Later rounds will air on Foxsports.com and FOX this evening. What is the start time for UFC on FOX 1? After eight preliminary bouts are shown online, Clay Guida and Ben Henderson will battle at 9 PM EST on FOX followed by Cain Velasquez facing contender Junior Dos Santos.

In early results tonight, Aaron Rosa surprised news with a defeat of Matt Lucas. After a close fight, one judge scored it a 28-28; the other two giving the fight to Rosa 30-26.

Tonight’s preliminary bouts feature Pablo Garza battling Dustin Poirier and Ricardo Lamas facing Cub Swanson. Also shown online today are Clay Harvsion vs. DaMarques Johnson, Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto taking on Darren Uyenoyama, and Robert Peralta battling Mackens Semerzier. The Honda Center today is the host of UFC on FOX with Paul Bradley vs. Mike Pierce currently underway, followed by Alex Caceres vs. Cole Escovedo. For preliminary fights on Facebook, click HERE to watch.

Tonight’s UFC on Fox is the result of a mammoth deal inked between the MMA giant and the network in August this year. The deal will deliver four UFC on FOX events per year. In addition, six UFC on FX fights will be aired to a subscriber base of roughly one hundred thousand homes annually. Ultimate Fighter will also move to FX in a new live format. TUF will include both live and taped segments and will are over a 12 week period on Friday nights.

The news was announced by CEO David Hill, FOX Sports media group co-president and COO Eric Shanks, FX president John Landgraf, UFC president Dana White, and Zuffa chairman Lorenzo Fertitta. None of the parties would confirm the financial terms. But news reports put the deal worth more than $90 million in broadcast fees to UFC per year.

Overall, fans will get annually 26 TUF Fights on FX, 6 UFC Fight Night on FX fights, and 4 UFC on FOX events. Other UFC Fox fights will start in January next year. But is that much UFC saturation for fans? That remains to be seen.

Moments ago, Mike Pierce defeated Paul Bradley via a split decision. The judges scored it a 28-29, 30-27, 29-28 fight. For live results, click HERE.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Las Vegas is redefining how to watch UFC 137 tonight. UFC has changed how to watch its fights over the years. But tonight, Las Vegas is taking that to another level with the entire town turning the event into a spectacular. Whether you are in Las Vegas, at home, or anywhere internationally, there is a broad cross section of options as the bouts start shortly after 3 pm PST tonight.

First, UFC 137 can be watch online and via mobile devices. Four initial bouts tonight will air starting at 3:15 PM PST on facebook.com/UFC, officials confirm to news. All four fights are free and viewable via live streaming video online.

After those initial fights, the remainder of Saturday’s telecast can be watch online via PPV on several websites. UFC tells news that those include YouTube, Android, Yahoo Sports, UFC.TV, Roku, and UStream.

Second, the next round of fights will air on Spike TV for free. But those and the remainder of tonight’s fights can be watched on cable tv. Operators include AT&T, Direct and Dish, UFC tells news.

Finally, you can watch the entire evening at local venues. In Los Angeles they include Big Wangs and ESPN Zone. If you are in Las Vegas, one news report has complied over a two dozen options. The most amazing option making news in Sin City, however, appears to be this one: “Watch the fights on more than 100 flat-screen TVs while enjoying chef Emeril Lagasse’s gourmet bar food.” For live results tonight, click HERE.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – UFC 137 live results of Penn vs. Diaz will get a pre-show online along with a live streaming telecast, for free, of certain preliminary bouts. This afternoon, UFC 137 live results will first get a pay-per-view pre-show starting at 2 pm PST on Heavy.com. But after that, certain bouts will air live and free via streaming video on Facebook.com

First, UFC 137 will get an “Official UFC Pre-Show … live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center”. Officials tell news that the telecast will be hosted by Dave Farra and Megan Olivi and feature appearances by John Morgan (MMAjunkie.com) and Brett Okamoto (ESPN). The telecast will air pay-per-view on Heavy.com at 3 pm PST.

Then, fifteen minutes later, Facbeook.com will begin to air via free streaming video online certain preliminary fights. UFC officials confirm to news that the Facebook fights will air at 3:15 PM PST on facebook.com/UFC. Tonight, UFC will deliver four preliminary fights on Facebook. They are Brandon Vera vs. Eliot Marshall, Ramsey Nijem vs. Danny Downes,Chris Camozzi vs. Francis Carmont, and Dustin Jacoby vs. Clifford Starks.

Then Spike TV will air at 5 PM PST two preliminary fights, for free. Those Spike TV fights are Dennis Siver vs. Donald Cerrone and Tyson Griffin vs. Bart Palaszewski.

Finally, at 6 pm, UFC on PPV will air four main card fights. They are (in reverse order) B.J. Penn vs. Nick Diaz, Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione, Mirko Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson, Scott Jorgensen vs. Jeff Curran, and Hatsu Hioki vs. George Roop. For live results tonight, click HERE.

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