It is official: the UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen fight card has been finalized; there will be eleven bouts – six preliminaries and five main card bouts in total. UFC 117 is scheduled to take place on August 7 from Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA.

The pay-per-view will be headlined by Anderson Silva defending his middleweight championship belt against Chael Sonnen while Thiago Alves will take on Jon Fitch as the co-main event.

Below is the final fight card for UFC 117:

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Rodney Wallace vs. Stanislav Nedkov
• Dennis Hallman vs. Ben Saunders
• Johny Hendricks vs. Charlie Brenneman
• Christian Morecraft vs. Stefan Struve
• Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story
• Thiago Silva vs. Tim Boetsch

MAIN CARD

• Junior Dos Santos vs. Roy Nelson
• Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida
• Clay Guida vs. Rafael Dos Anjos (Swing bout)
• Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch
• Chael Sonnen vs. Anderson Silva