UFC 147

UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II
A poster or logo for UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II.
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	June 23, 2012
Venue	Mineirinho Arena
City	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Attendance	16,643
Buyrate	140,000
Event chronology
UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II

UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 23, 2012 at Mineirinho Arena in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

The finals in the featherweight and middleweight tournaments of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil were held on this card.Daniel Sarafian was originally scheduled to compete in the Middleweight finals, but pulled out due to injury. He was replaced by semifinalist Sergio Moraes.Renee Forte, a Middleweight for Team Wanderlei, was scheduled to fight Moraes, but was removed from the card when Moraes was enlisted to fill in for Sarafian. UFC Officials have promised Forte a fight on a future UFC card.

This event also saw other significant changes to its original card. The expected rematch between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen was moved to UFC 148 on July 7, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada and the expected co-feature of the Brazilian event, a rematch between Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva was to headline the event. On April 24, the changes regarding Silva/Sonnen were confirmed. Plans were then being made for Featherweight champion Jose Aldo, who was scheduled to defend his title at UFC 149, to headline this event. However, it was reported April 28, 2012, that Aldo would remain on the UFC 149 card and defend his title against Erik Koch.