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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ufc.com/event/UFC156/#/fight |title=UFC 156|publisher=Ultimate Fighting Championship |accessdate=2012-12-29}}</ref><br>
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===Announced bouts===
*Flyweight bout: ] vs. ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/2012/12/flyweights-jospeh-benavidez-vs-ian-mccall-on-tap-for-ufc-156-in-february|title=Flyweights Jospeh Benavidez vs. Ian McCall on tap for UFC 156 in February|publisher=mmajunkie.com|author=Staff|date=2012-12-04|accessdate=2012-12-04}}</ref>
*Welterweight bout: ] vs. ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/31747/jay-hieron-vs-erick-silva-added-to-ufc-156-in-february.mma |title=Jay Hieron vs. Erick Silva added to February's UFC 156 event |publisher=MMAjunkie.com |author=Staff|date=2012-11-21|accessdate=2012-11-21}}</ref>
*Bantamweight bout: ] vs. ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2012/12/edwin-figueroa-francisco-rivera-booked-for-ufc-156-in-february|title=Edwin Figueroa-Francisco Rivera booked for UFC 156 in February |publisher=mmajunkie.com |author=Staff|date=2012-12-12|accessdate=2012-12-12}}</ref>
*Lightweight bout: ] vs. ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2012/12/strikeforce-lightweight-bobby-green-meets-jacob-volkmann-at-ufc-156|title=Strikeforce lightweight Bobby Green meets Jacob Volkmann at UFC 156|publisher=mmajunkie|author=Staff|date=2012-12-21|accessdate=2012-12-21}}</ref>
The headline bout between Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche will be the first-ever women's fight in UFC history. The two will be fighting in the newly created 135-pound bantamweight division. USA Today's Dann Stupp wrote that Cristiane Santos would have been a better match for Rousey, but the UFC President Dana White noted that UFC was unable to strike a deal with Santos. Liz Carmouche is the first openly gay fighter to be signed to the UFC, and landed the headlining fight opposite Rousey after a successful social media campaign to persuade UFC promoter Dana White.
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The main event was thought by many to have been one of MMA's biggest super-fights, but has now been viewed by many MMA sites as simply a tune-up on the way to a bigger fight for St-Pierre after Diaz's loss to Carlos Condit at UFC 143.
A rematch between Alessio Sakara and Patrick Côté, from UFC 154, was briefly linked to this event. However, Sakara was forced out of the bout due to renal stress.
