Video: Early look at UFC 181's Hendricks-Lawler II, Pettis-Melendez title doubleheader

Check out an early video preview for next month’s big UFC 181 championship doubleheader.

The season-ending pay-per-view event features UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks (16-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) vs. Robbie Lawler (24-10 MMA, 9-4 UFC) in a rematch of their “Fight of the Year” candidate earlier this year. Additionally, lightweight champ Anthony Pettis (17-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) returns from an extended layoff to meet challenger Gilbert Melendez (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC).

UFC 181 takes place Dec. 6 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Check out the preview above.

The latest UFC 181 card includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

• Champ Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler – for welterweight title
• Champ Anthony Pettis vs. Gilbert Melendez – for lightweight title
• Travis Browne vs. Brendan Schaub
• Raquel Pennington vs. opponent TBA
• Tony Ferguson vs. Abel Trujillo

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

• Urijah Faber vs. Francisco Rivera
• Eddie Gordon vs. Josh Samman
• Corey Anderson vs. Jonathan Wilson
• Todd Duffee vs. Anthony Hamilton

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)

• Matt Hobar vs. Sergio Pettis
• Clay Collard vs. Alex White

For more on UFC 181, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.