UFC 166 preview: Cain Velasquez vs Junior dos Santos [PPV TV info, start time]

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Cain Velasquez vs Junior dos Santos 3 is the huge UFC fight on Saturday night at UFC 166. In most analysts' minds these are the two best MMA heavyweights out there, and this will be a massive clash that no UFC fan will want to miss.

The fight festivities will be getting started with online preliminaries at 6 p.m. ET, and will feature some very interesting match ups (shown below). The preliminaries on Fox Sports 1 will take place from 8 p.m. ET, with the main card PPV event taking place from 10 p.m. ET, with the climax of course featuring Velasquez and dos Santos.

These two heavyweights have split the spoils twice before, each winning once each. So this clash could go either way, with both hoping to claim the win that will allow them to tout themselves as the number 1 fighter in UFC.

Tonight's UFC 166 would be a must-see even just for the main fight, however, there are a huge number of action packed fights prior to the main event tonight.

Also fighting tonight at Houston's Toyota Center, will be Nate Marquardt vs. Hector Lombard, in what is a clear slugger vs veteran showdown – but even this exciting clash couldn't make the main card and will be lined up in the preliminaries.

Putting it simply, UFC 166 will be a historic event that all UFC fight fans will not want to miss.

Full Fight Card and Start Times

Main Card Pay-per-view 10PM ET
UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos
Daniel Cormier vs. Roy Nelson
Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Shawn Jordan
John Dodson vs. Darrell Montague

Televised Preliminary Card Fox Sports 1 8 PM ET
Tim Boetsch vs. C.B. Dollaway
Nate Marquardt vs. Hector Lombard
Sarah Kaufman vs. Jessica Eye
George Sotiropoulos vs. KJ Noons

Online Preliminary Card Facebook/YouTube 6:15 PM ET
TJ Waldburger vs. Adlan Amagov
Tony Ferguson vs. Mike Rio
Jeremy Larsen vs. Andre Fili
Dustin Pague vs. Kyoji Horiguchi

The conclusion to the Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos trilogy at UFC 166 can be watched on UFC PPV, with an online live stream available on UFC.com by clicking here.