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6 - 7pm PST = prelims on SPIKE TV
7 - 9:30/10pm = Regular PPV broadcast
UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on March 27, 2010 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, United States.[1]
Contents
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* 1 Background
* 2 Official Fight card
o 2.1 Main Card
o 2.2 Spike TV Card
o 2.3 Preliminary Card
* 3 References
[edit] Background
The UFC Primetime series will return to build up the UFC Welterweight Championship fight between Georges St-Pierre and Dan Hardy.[2] It will be the first time a British fighter has ever fought for a UFC title.
Martin Kampmann was originally set to fight Ben Saunders, but Kampmann was replaced by Jake Ellenberger due to a deep cut suffered in training by Kampmann.[3]
Ricardo Funch was forced to pull out of a fight against Matthew Riddle for an undisclosed reason. UFC newcomer Greg Soto was named as his replacement.[4]
Spike TV will be be broadcasting two live preliminary bouts one hour before the PPV broadcast begins.[5] The bouts confirmed for this portion of the card are Nate Diaz vs. Rory Markham and Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown
This event will be seen in movie theaters throughout the United States via National CineMedia's Fathom event distribution service.[6] Also, it will play at the Cineplex Odeon chain in Canada.[7]
On March 10, 2010 it was announced that the event was officially sold out.[8]
There was also some controversy that the UFC airbrushed Hardy's tattoo which reads "om mani padme hum" for their promotional poster. UFC president Dana White later admitted that this was done so as to not provoke the Chinese goverment.[9]
On March 25, 2010 Thiago Alves was removed from the card due to brain irregularity from a pre-fight CAT scan.[10] After learning of the removal, Ben Saunders, who was scheduled to fight Jake Ellenberger, requested Alves's opponent, Jon Fitch, replace Ellenberger on the card. As a result, Ellenberger will not compete but was promised his "show" and "win" money to make up for the last minute switch. [11]
[edit] Official Fight card
[edit] Main Card
* Welterweight Championship bout: Canada Georges St. Pierre (c) vs. England Dan Hardy[1]
* Interim Heavyweight Championship bout: United States Frank Mir vs. United States Shane Carwin[1]
* Lightweight bout: United States Kurt Pellegrino vs. Brazil Fabricio Camoes[1]
* Welterweight bout: United States Jon Fitch vs. United States Ben Saunders[1]
* Lightweight bout:United States Jim Miller vs. Canada Mark Bocek[1]
[edit] Spike TV Card
* Welterweight bout: United States Nate Diaz vs. United States Rory Markham[1]
* Welterweight bout: United States Ricardo Almeida vs. United States Matt Brown[1]
[edit] Preliminary Card
* Light Heavyweight bout: United States Rodney Wallace vs. United States Jared Hamman[1]
* Middleweight bout: Brazil Rousimar Palhares vs. Poland Tomasz Drwal[1]
* Welterweight bout: United States Matthew Riddle vs. United States Greg Soto[1]
