'UFC on FOX 12: Lawler vs. Brown' full fight card and fan events this week

The UFC returns to network television on Saturday with UFC on FOX 12, and fans have the opportunity to attend some pre-event festivities.

UFC on FOX 12 takes place at SAP Center in San Jose. The main card, including a headliner between Matt Brown (19-11 MMA, 12-5 UFC) and Robbie Lawler (23-10 MMA, 8-4 UFC), airs on FOX. FOX also carries four preliminary-card bouts following four prelims on UFC Fight Pass. (Check out the full fight card, as well as the pre-event “UFC Road to Octagon: UFC on FOX 12? special, below.)

In addition to the event itself, fans are invited to Thursday’s open workouts and Friday’s weigh-ins.

Thursday’s workouts kick off at noon PT at the SAP Center main concourse. In addition to Lawler and Brown, co-headliners Anthony Johnson and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, as well as local main-card fighter Josh Thomson, will be in attendance.

Fans can also attend Friday’s weigh-ins at SAP Center. Doors open to the public at 3 p.m. PT, and the first fighter is on the scale at 4 p.m. PT. Prior to the weigh-ins, UFC Fight Club members can attend a Q&A session with Cung Le and Luke Rockhold at 2 p.m. PT.

The full UFC on FOX 12 card includes:

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

• Matt Brown vs. Robbie Lawler
• Anthony Johnson vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
• Dennis Bermudez vs. Clay Guida
• Bobby Green vs. Josh Thomson

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

• Daron Cruickshank vs. Jorge Masvidal
• Patrick Cummins vs. Kyle Kingsbury
• Tim Means vs. Hernani Perpetuo
• Mike De La Torre vs. Brian Ortega

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4:15 p.m. ET)

• Akbarh Arreola vs. Tiago dos Santos e Silva
• Noad Lahat vs. Steven Siler
• Gilbert Burns vs. Andreas Stahl
• Juliana Carneiro Lima vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk

For more on UFC on FOX 12, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Matt Brown)