Remaining UFC 141 prelims to stream on Facebook

Written By Fighthits on Saturday, December 17, 2011 | 7:54 AM

source: mmajunkie.com

As expected, the remaining preliminary-card fights from this month's "UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem" event will stream live and for free on Facebook, UFC officials recently confirmed with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

The four-bout stream precedes a pay-per-view main card and a two-bout Spike TV "UFC Prelims" special.

UFC 141 takes place this Friday, Dec. 30, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar meets former Strikeforce titleholder Alistair Overeem in the night's heavily anticipated main event.

The four-bout Facebook stream includes Dong Hyun Kim (14-1-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) vs. Sean Pierson (11-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC), Efrain Escudero (18-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) vs. Jacob Volkmann (13-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC), Luis Ramos (19-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Matt Riddle (5-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) and Manny Gamburyan (11-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC) meets Diego Nunes (16-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

To access the preliminary card stream, viewers must visit the UFC's official Facebook profile (www.facebook.com/ufc) and push the "Like" button for the page.

The UFC first began to stream select fights live on Facebook at this past January's "UFC Fight Night 23: UFC Fight for the Troops 2" event. UFC 141 is expected to serve as the promotion's final Facebook stream before a seven-year deal with the FOX family of networks kicks in and brings preliminary matchups to FX and FUEL TV.

The full broadcast lineup for UFC 141 now includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)