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UFC 89 on Spike Made Official

Jul 27, 2008 2:42 PM John Chandler


Michael Bisping. Photo property of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

UFC President Dana White has confirmed that UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben, which will take place on October 18th at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England, will indeed be televised via tape delay on Spike TV later that night here in North America.

White made the previously rumored announcement on last night’s replay of UFC 84: Ill Will on Spike. It will mark the third time that the organization has opted to put a planned overseas pay-per-view event on cable television.

The show’s main event will feature Michael Bisping attempted to stay undefeated at middleweight against Chris Leben. Additional main card bouts will include Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Luis Cane, and newcomer Dan Hardy vs. Akihiro Gono. It’s interesting to note that a reported light heavyweight bout between Keith Jardine and Brandon Vera has not yet been confirmed by the UFC.

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1. MCx2
from Stuart, FL
Jul 27, 2008 8:14 PM

Jardine vs. Vera would round out a pretty solid free card. Not bad.

2. Knuckles
from Philly
Jul 27, 2008 8:55 PM

So is it in Bisping’s contract that he only fight in England?  Since TUF he has what, 1 UFC fight stateside?

3. John Chandler
from Philadelphia, PA
Jul 27, 2008 9:30 PM

Since he was on TUF, Bisping has fought three times in the USA, three times in the UK, and once in Canada. I don’t think there’s anything in his contract that states that at all, just the UFC wanting to use certain fighters overseas for drawing power. It’s why you usually see guys like Sakara, Taylor, Liaudin, and Werdum constantly fighting over there.

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