LEBEN-VEMOLA TAKES UFC 155'S FINAL PPV SPOT, LAUZON-MILLER MOVES TO CO-HEADLINER
BY MMAJUNKIE.COM STAFF ON DEC 13, 2012 AT 7:20 AM ET

A middleweight bout between Chris Leben (22-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC) and Karlos Vemola (9-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has taken the final spot on this month's UFC 155 pay-per-view main card.

The slot opened when injured Forrest Griffin (19-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) was forced out of a co-main-event fight with fellow light heavyweight Phil Davis (10-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC).

As part of the shuffle, lightweights Jim Miller (21-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) and Joe Lauzon (22-7 MMA, 9-4 UFC) have taken the co-headliner slot at the year-end event.

UFC 155 takes place Dec. 29 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In addition to the PPV main card, FX and Facebook carry the prelims.

Leben and Vemola got the PPV slot over bantamweights Brad Pickett (22-6 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Eddie Wineland (19-8-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC), who now fight in the featured preliminary-card bout on FX.

Leben gets the high-profile PPV slot despite coming off a yearlong suspension after testing positive for prescription painkillers oxycodone and oxymorphone following his UFC 138 main-event loss to Mark Munoz. It was Leben's second suspension for a failed drug test.

Before the Munoz loss and suspension, Leben was on a 4-1 run, which included wins over Wanderlei Silva, Yoshihiro Akiyama and Aaron Simpson. Vemola, meanwhile, is coming off a loss to Francis Carmont at UFC on FUEL TV 4 in July. The Czech fighter made his middleweight debut a fight prior and earned a rear-naked-choke win over Mike Massenzio at UFC on FOX 3.

The latest UFC 155 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

Champ Junior Dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez - for heavyweight title
Joe Lauzon vs. Jim Miller
Tim Boetsch vs. Constantinos Philippou
Alan Belcher vs. Yushin Okami
Chris Leben vs. Karlos Vemola

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, Facebook)

Brad Pickett vs. Eddie Wineland
Erik Perez vs. Byron Bloodworth
Michael Johnson vs. Myles Jury
Leonard Garcia vs. Cody McKenzie
Philip De Fries vs. Todd Duffee
Chris Cariaso vs. John Moraga