UFC 131: Junior dos Santos vs Shane Carwin. After the Ultimate Fighter 13, Dos Santos was suppose to fight with Brock Lesnar, but beacause of Lesnar's reoccurring illness Carwin replaced him. That was the reason why junior dos Santos and Shane Carwin will be the headline of the event. The scheduled fight of Carwin and Jon Olav Einemo will be canceled and Einemo will remain on the card and fight Dave Herman.
Due to different reasons Chris Weidman will replace McGee. Jason Young will step on as Yahya's replacement. Perosh and Soszynski was also expected to face on this event, But because of injuries Perosh was supposed to be replaced by Igor Pokrajac, but due to same reason Soszynski will now face Mike Massenzio, who will makes his Light Heavyweight debut and UFC return.
Dave Herman a UFC newcomer originally on this event slated to face Rob Broughton but Joey Beltran later replaced Broughton, was was also replaced by Jon Olav Einemo, since an injured Lesnar was replaced by Carwin.
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