Event: UFC 89: “Leben vs. Bisping”
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, at 9 p.m. ET on Spike television via tape delay
Location: The National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham, England
Main event:
185 lbs.: Michael Bisping (16-1) vs. Chris Leben (18-4)
Under card:
205 lbs.: Brandon Vera (9-2) vs. Keith Jardine (13-4-1)
170 lbs.: Marcus Davis (14-4) vs. Paul Kelly (7-0)
170 lbs.: Akihiro Gono (28-12-7) vs. Dan Hardy (19-6)
205 lbs.: Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (5-2) vs. Luis Cane (8-1)
265 lbs.: Shane Carwin (9-0) vs. Neil Wain (4-0)
170 lbs.: Chris Lytle (25-16-5) vs. Paul Taylor (9-3-1)
155 lbs.: Sam Stout (13-4-1) vs. Terry Etim (10-2)*
155 lbs.: Jess Liaudin (12-10) vs. David Bielkheden (12-6)
155 lbs.: Samy Schiavo (10-5) vs. Per Eklund (12-3-1)*
155 lbs.: Jim Miller (11-1) vs. David Baron (16-2)*
*Fight not yet officially confirmed by UFC.com.
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so i guess the main card will be
leban vs bisping
sokou vs cane
hardy vs gono
davis vs kelly
alves vs sanchez
not bad at all
Hello, lets not forget Lyoto vs Silva
This card is getting better by the day. I’m really looking forward to seeing Dan Hardy competing at the level he belongs. Can Silva manage to get Machida to actually engage? or will that match be another one for the judges decision?
Nice card. I’m gonna point out the obvious, Machida and Silva at 185….That sure would make mix up the middleweight division, too bad it would never happen.
bisping vs. leben
machida vs. silva
alves vs. sanchez
sokoudjou vs. cane
gono vs. hardy
carwin vs. wain
stout vs. etim
davis vs. kelly
it’d be nice to see all these on the main card.
This card’s starting to look real nice
machida should be the champion by now
You’ll change your tune once Thiago beats him. Machida will be handed his first loss at UFC 89.
many possible Fight of the Nights or Fight of the Years here. great card. especially for free. even if it wasnt, it’d still be worth 40 bucks.
Can I see the other 2 figths ( sanchez - alves ) or ( machida - silva ) as the main event plz ! LOL is there anyway that they can do that ? Cause I’m gonna be hyped for all the other fights EXCEPT the main event, first time that has ever happened I think.
they should call it UFC 89: “Undefeated” and make machida vs thiago the headliner, but what do i know
thats a nice idea
i think machida vs thiago should be the main event
its also being reported on several other sites that there could be a title shot added to this card (a.silva/cote perhapas). is the spider is added, the ratings could go thru the roof. sat ufn peaked at 4.6 mil and it kinda sucked. just think what a ppv like card will do.
could we see perhaps 10 million viewers provided Spike actually advertises a little bit more in advance? The card would certainly be worth it if Silva/Cote is added and you have Bisping/Leben, Vera/Jardine, Soko/Cane, Davis/Kelly and hopefully a 6th fight on the main card with Lytle/Taylor.
oh yes this card is going to be off the chain.i dont think the bisping fight should be the main event thow if silva vs cote was on there that would make the card complete. im going anyways.ps cant wait to see joe rogan again on the friday night rock on.
just watch
the silva fight might be on but if so they will pull the vera vs jardine fight and macida vs silva fight from you
with the numbers silva brought in on fight night they don’t need those guys
silva vs cote
kelly vs davis
bisping vs leban
hardy vs gono
and sokou vs cane
or take away sokou match and keep silva vs machida bout
just watch
Yeah because it would make a lot of sense to throw Anderson Silva, the biggest pull in the UFC, onto a free card to defend his title..in London. Sounds pretty ridiculous actually. Not gonna happen man.
I am not complaining, but I wonder why the events in England are shown for free? Is there some legal restriction that keeps the UFC from charging for them on PPV?
Hopefully we get to see the Vera of old, the one that one his first foUR ufc fights in dominating fashion….
hi guys does anybody know what time the doors open for ufc 89 and what time it is usually finished by?? also any ideas where the after show parties are being held? hope someone can help, thanks in advance……
jon koppenhaver should be put on the card!
Koppenhaver isnt even a c-fighter..
koppenhaver is out of his depth in the UFC!
Watch the Yoshida fight! totally dominated
This card doesn’t seem to great, in which case I’m glad it’s free. Jardine will get ko’ed again, Silva vs. Machida will we a marathon, and Leben might get ko’ed or we will ko Bisping?
The winner of Silva v Machida best get a title shot!
Hell ya…thiago silva will be the next 205 belt holder. What an incredible match up. these cards are getting insane. love it.
Thiago Silva will be the next 205 belt holder if he beats machida…..which he will. Man he’s lethal. How this isn’t the main event i’ll never know. Bisbing and leben should be a main event on a free ufc fight night at best. PS jardine’s gonna get handled by vera.
Machida is a good runner so I think he will escape the attacks of the stronger Thiago. I think I’ve seen a little version of this fight in the Florian-Huerta fight, in which Florian runs and wins against Huerta.
Machida’s win can give him the title shot, for which Griffin-Machida will be one hell of a fight…and we will have once more the familiar opening remarks of Mike Goldberg “The fight we’ve waited all our lives!”
Thiago Silva vs Lyoto machida is going to be the reason why im watching this PPV, i think lyoto will pull it off somehow, 2nd round tko
Im excited to watch Bisping. He will be champion by the end of 2009.
they better have carwin on main card this time