UFC 138

UFC 138: Leben vs. Muñoz
A poster or logo for UFC 138: Leben vs. Muñoz.
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	November 5, 2011
Venue	LG Arena
City	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Attendance	10,823
Total gate	$1,500,000
Event chronology
UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz UFC 138: Leben vs. Muñoz UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos

UFC 138: Leben vs. Muñoz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 5, 2011 at LG Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The event aired on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the United States and live on Sportsnet in Canada. The event was the second that the UFC has hosted in Birmingham, the first was UFC 89 back in 2008 also featuring Chris Leben in the main event.

After several tentatively scheduled 2011 events at various locations around the United Kingdom did not materialize, including Glasgow, Liverpool, London as well as a planned return to Ireland, it was expected that the organization would not hold an event in the area during 2011.

The main event was the first non-title five round fight in the history of the UFC.

Mark Scanlon was expected to face James Head at this event. However, Scanlon was pulled from the bout and replaced by promotional newcomer John Maguire Then, on September 28, Head himself pulled out of the fight due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Justin Edwards.

Pascal Krauss was expected to face John Hathaway at this event. However, on August 30 Krauss pulled out of the bout citing a shoulder injury, and was replaced by Matt Brown. Then on October 17 it was announced that Hathaway was forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury as well. As a result, Brown was pulled from the event and will face Seth Baczynski at UFC 139.