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Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz Targeted for UFC 131

According to MMA Mania:

Mark Munoz will get a chance to prove he truly is one of the top 185-pound contenders when he faces grappling wizard and former division number one contender Demian Maia at the upcoming UFC 131 pay-per-view event scheduled for the Rogers Arena on June 11 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

MMAmania.com confirmed the bout was in the works earlier today.

Demian Maia (14-2)
Win Kendall Grove – Decision (Unanimous) TUF 12 Finale
Win Mario Miranda – Decision (Unanimous) UFC 118
Loss Anderson Silva – Decision (Unanimous) UFC 112

Mark “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Munoz (10-2)
Win C.B. Dollaway – KO (Punches) UFC Versus 3
Win Aaron Simpson – Decision (Unanimous) UFC 123
Loss Yushin Okami – Decision (Split) UFC Versus 2

Jun 11th, live on Pay-per-view from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:

Brock Lesnar vs. Junior dos Santos
Shane Carwin vs. TBA
Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz
Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes
Dustin Poirier vs. Rani Yahya
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Anthony Perosh [Also announced today]
Michihiro Omigawa vs. Darren Elkins
Rob Broughton vs. Dave Herman

UFC 131: Lesnar vs. dos Santos coverage