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Quick Shots: UFC 139 Prelims Special Set, Alex Caceres-Cole Escovedo At UFC On FOX 1

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Quick Shots: UFC 139 Prelims Special Set, Alex Caceres-Cole Escovedo At UFC On FOX 1 -- A pair of former Ultimate Fighter participants will be featured on the UFC 139 Spike TV UFC Prelims special on November 19. Ryan Bader (12-2) will meet Jason Brilz (18-4-1) at light heavyweight and Tom Lawlor (7-3) faces off with Chris Weidman (6-0) at middleweight. UFC 139 takes place from San Jose, California's HP Pavilion and has a main event set boasting Dan Henderson against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Cung Le-Wanderlei Silva, Brian Bowler-Urijah Faber, Martin Kampmann-Rick Story, and Stephan Bonnar-Kyle Kingsbury will also be on the pay-per-view main card.

-- UFC officials announced another bout for the November UFC on FOX 1 card, as Alex Caceres (5-4) takes on Cole Escovedo. UFC on FOX 1 is set for November 12 from Anaheim, California. It will be the first card to happen on FOX since the UFC signed a seven-year deal with the network. Cain Velasquez will meet Junior dos Santos for the UFC heavyweight title on the hour-long special. Both Caceres and Escovedo are 0-2 in the UFC, making this bantamweight contest a possible loser-leaves-town match. Plans for the prelim card has not been announced by the UFC.

Dana Becker is a staff writer for FightLine.com. He can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/DanaBecker.

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