Although it was initially rumored to happened sometime in February or March, a featherweight bout between Chad Mendes and Michihiro Omigawa now has an official slot at UFC 126 on February 5th. Five other bouts were added to the Superbowl weekend card, which is now nearly complete. Although Mendes-Omigawa is currently slated for the preliminary card, if the UFC runs a live prelims special on Spike TV for this event, this bout will likely be featured.
The current UFC 126 card is below:
Main Card:
Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort
Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin
Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader
Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos
Preliminary Card:
Sam Stout vs. Paul Kelly
Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Paul Taylor vs. Gabe Ruediger
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Demetrious Johnson
Mike Pierce vs. Kenny Robertson
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ricardo Romero*
*not yet announced