SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 2008
SPIKE TV
UFC 89
Same day (via tape delay from overseas)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_89
"UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on October 18, 2008 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.
The event will be headlined by a middleweight bout between Michael Bisping and Chris Leben. Lyoto Machida was scheduled to face fellow undefeated light heavyweight Thiago Silva, but a back injury has forced Silva to withdraw from the fight. Lyoto will not be fighting on this card.[1] It will air live in Great Britain and Ireland on Setanta Sports and via tape delay in the United States and Canada on Spike TV."
* Middleweight bout: Flag of the United Kingdom Michael Bisping vs. Flag of the United States Chris Leben[2]
* Light Heavyweight bout: Flag of the United States Keith Jardine vs. Flag of the United States Brandon Vera[3]
* Light Heavyweight bout: Flag of Cameroon Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs. Flag of Brazil Luis Cane
* Welterweight bout: Flag of the United States Marcus Davis vs. Flag of the United Kingdom Paul Kelly
* Welterweight bout: Flag of the United States Chris Lytle vs. Flag of the United Kingdom Paul Taylor
[edit] Preliminary card
* Heavyweight bout: Flag of the United States Shane Carwin vs. Flag of the United Kingdom Neil Wain
* Welterweight bout: Flag of Japan Akihiro Gono vs. Flag of the United Kingdom Dan Hardy
* Lightweight bout: Flag of France Jess Liaudin vs. Flag of Sweden David Bielkheden
* Lightweight bout: Flag of France Samy Schiavo vs. Flag of Sweden Per Eklund
* Lightweight bout: Flag of Canada Sam Stout vs. Flag of the United Kingdom Terry Etim
* Lightweight bout: Flag of France David Baron vs. Flag of the United States Jim Miller
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UFC 90
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Live on PPV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_90
"UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on October 25, 2008 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.[1]
The main event will be UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva facing off against Patrick Côté.
The scheduled bout between Thales Leites and Goran Reljic was scratched from the card due to an injury suffered by Reljic. Drew McFedries has been chosen as Reljic's replacement. Also, the bout between Gray Maynard and Rich Clementi has been moved to the main card. [2]
Yet another injury has struck this card. Diego Sanchez suffered an injury while training and has been forced to pull out. Josh Koscheck has stepped in to fight Thiago Alves. Koscheck was previously scheduled to face Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC: Fights for the Troops. [3]
Melvin Guillard was slated to fight Spencer Fisher, but was replaced by Shannon Gugerty."
Main card
* Middleweight championship bout: Flag of Brazil Anderson Silva vs. Flag of Canada Patrick Côté [4]
* Welterweight bout: Flag of Brazil Thiago Alves vs. Flag of the United States Josh Koscheck[5]
* Heavyweight bout: Flag of Brazil Fabricio Werdum vs. Flag of Brazil Junior dos Santos[6]
* Lightweight bout: Flag of the United States Sean Sherk vs. Flag of the United States Tyson Griffin[7]
* Lightweight bout: Flag of the United States Gray Maynard vs. Flag of the United States Rich Clementi
[edit] Preliminary card
* Middleweight bout: Flag of Brazil Thales Leites vs. Flag of the United States Drew McFedries
* Lightweight bout: Flag of Brazil Hermes Franca vs. Flag of Brazil Marcus Aurelio
* Middleweight bout: Flag of the United States Matt Horwich vs. Flag of the United States Dan Miller
* Welterweight bout: Flag of the United States Josh Burkman vs. Flag of the United States Pete Sell
* Lightweight bout: Flag of the United States Spencer Fisher vs. Flag of the United States Shannon Gugerty
