The upcoming UFC on FOX Sports 1 1 event will feature five hours of live fights as both a six-bout main card and a four-bout prelimary card air on the new cable channel.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the plans with a FOX Sports 1 representative. However, the official said it hasn’t been decided if the same format will be used for future UFC on FOX Sports 1 cards.

As previously announced, UFC on FOX Sports 1 1 features a light-heavyweight headliner between former champion Mauricio Rua (21-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) and recent middleweight title challenger Chael Sonnen (27-13-1 MMA, 6-6 UFC). The card takes place at Boston’s TD Garden on Aug. 17, which is FOX Sports 1’s launch date. FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2 will replace FUEL TV and SPEED.

The night’s main card airs at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) following a prelims broadcast that starts at 6 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1. Three fights are also expected to stream on Facebook and YouTube beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Filling out the three-hour main-card broadcast are heavyweights Travis Browne (14-1-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) vs. Alistair Overeem (36-12 MMA, 1-1 UFC), bantamweights Yuri Alcantara (28-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Urijah Faber (28-6 MMA, 4-2 UFC), welterweights Thiago Alves (19-9 MMA, 11-6 UFC) vs. Matt Brown (17-11 MMA, 10-5 UFC), middleweights Uriah Hall (7-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Nick Ring (13-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC), and lightweights Michael Johnson (12-8 MMA, 4-4 UFC) vs. Joe Lauzon (22-8 MMA, 9-5 UFC).

The night’s four-fight prelims broadcast includes a featured bantamweight bout between Michael McDonald (15-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Brad Pickett (23-7 MMA, 3-2 UFC).

With the channel’s new launch, all future UFC on FX and UFC on FUEL TV cards will shift to FOX Sports 1. Additionally, pay-per-view prelims specials also will move from FX to the new channel.

The latest UFC on FOX Sports 1 1 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)

Mauricio Rua vs. Chael Sonnen Travis Browne vs. Alistair Overeem Yuri Alcantara vs. Urijah Faber Thiago Alves vs. Matt Brown Uriah Hall vs. Nick Ring Michael Johnson vs. Joe Lauzon

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 6 p.m. ET)

Michael McDonald vs. Brad Pickett Mike Brown vs. Akira Corassani Conor McGregor vs. Andy Ogle TBA vs. TBA

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 4:30 p.m. ET)

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(Pictured: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua)