The following is the lineup for the UFC 141 pay-per-view, which takes place tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Join Ryan Kester for his live coverage of UFC 141 tonight and check back for my review on Saturday.

Preliminary card (Facebook)

1. Marvel "Manny" Gamburyan (11-6) vs. Diego "The Gun" Nunes (16-2) [Featherweight Division]

2. Matt "Monster Mash" Riddle (5-3) vs. Luis "Beicao" Ramos (19-7) [Welterweight Division]

3. Jacob Volkmann (13-2) vs. Efrain Escudero (18-3) [Lightweight Division]

4. "The Stun Gun" Dong Hyun Kim (14-1-1-1) vs. Sean Pierson (11-5) [Welterweight Division]

Preliminary Card (SpikeTV)

5. Anthony "The Assassin" Njokuani (14-5-0-1) vs. Danny Castillo (12-4) [Lightweight Division]

6. Ross "The Real Deal" Pearson (12-5) vs. Junior Assunção (13-4) [Lightweight Division]

Main Card (PPV)

6. Nam Phan (3-1) vs. Jimy "The Kid" Hettes (9-0) [Featherweight Division]

7. "The Janitor" Vladimir Matyushenko (26-5) vs. Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson (12-1) [Light Heavyweight Division]

8. Jon Fitch (23-1-1-1) vs. Johny Hendricks (11-1) [Welterweight Division]

9. Nate Diaz (14-7) vs. Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone (17-3-0-1) [Lightweight Division]

10. Brock Lesnar (5-2) vs. Alistair "Ubereem" Overeem (35-11-0-1) [Heavyweight Division]

Gessner's Glance: After a fourteen month layoff due to his second bout with diverticulitis, Brock Lesnar returns to The Octagon to fight former K1, Pride, and Strikeforce Champion, Alistar Overeem. Overeem is one of, if not, the best striker in the Heavyweight Division in all of MMA. For Lesnar to win this fight, he needs to take Overeem down, and ground-and-pound him for five rounds.

Also on this card, you have Nate Diaz coming off the best win of his career via first round round armbar versus Takanori Gomi at UFC 135. He will be fighting one of the top Lightweights in WEC history, Donald Cerrone. Since coming to the UFC in February of 2011, Cerrone has gone 4-0, with a "Fight of the Night" at UFC 126 against Paul Kelly, "Knockout of the Night" at UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle against Charles Oliveira, and a "Submission of the Night" against Dennis Siver at UFC 135.

The top of UFC 141's card is capped off with Jon Fitch returning to The Octagon since his majority draw with BJ Penn in February versus Johny Hendricks. Following his loss to GSP for UFC Welterweight Championship in August of 2008 at UFC 87, Fitch has not suffered a loss. He won five fights via decision before his draw with Penn at UFC 127 in the main event. At UFC 127, Fitch suffered a shoulder injury that kept him out of action for the majority of the past year.

Fitch will be returning against Johny Hendricks, whose only lost once since he began his career in 2007. Of his wins, he's won six fights by knockout and one by decision. He has been awarded with the "Fight of the Night" award at WEC 39 against Alex Serdyukov and a "Knockout of the Night" versus TJ Waldburger at UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis in March.

Main Card Quick Picks
1. Jim Hettes defeats Nam Phan via submission
2. Vladimir Matyushenko defeats Alexander Gustafsson via TKO
3. Jon Fitch defeats Johny Hendricks via decision
4. Nate Diaz defeats Donald Cerrone via submission
5. Brock Lesnar defeats Alistar Overeem via decision

Thank you very much for clicking the link that brought you to my preview and quick picks UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem. If you have any thoughts, questions, comments, or critiques, feel free to email me at kliq4life28@gmail.com or tweet me at @MarkGessner. Be sure to check out Ryan Kester's live coverage of the show tonight, and I will be back tomorrow morning with my coverage of the show.

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