As we eagerly await UFC 84: Ill Will in May, the fight card for UFC 86 is already filling up. The July 5 event, slated for the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas,will feature American Top Team fighters and UFC newcomers both.

Headlining the event will be two “The Ultimate Fighter 7” coaches battling each other for supremacy: light-heavyweight champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and “The Ultimate Fighter 1” winner Forrest Griffin.

Also on the UFC 86 fight card is a contentious match between middleweight contenders Ricardo Almeida, who recently returned from a 4-year layoff to notch 7 straight wins, and Patrick Cote, seeking his 4th straight UFC win and his 5th win overall.

Members of the American Top Team confirmed on the fight card include Cole Miller, Gleison Tibau, and Ben Saunders while welterweight Steve Bruno, currently in the midst of a 4-fight winning streak, will be making his debut appearance at the event. Their opponents all have yet to be announced.

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