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Quick results of all the action are already in — we’ll provide blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card action with the tape-delayed 9 p.m. ET Spike TV telecast.
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UFC 89: “Bisping vs. Leben” is set go off LIVE today (Saturday, October 18) from The National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham, England.
Of course, the action will unfold in the United States via tape delay tonight on Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET. MMAmania.com will provide blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card bouts at [...]

Really looking forward to this welterweight match up … hope it makes the televised main card:

The official weigh-in results for UFC 89: “Bisping vs. Leben,” which took place today The National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham, England, have been recorded.
And the field of 22 fighters all tipped the scales without incident.
Here are the results:
185 lbs.: Michael Bisping (185) vs. Chris Leben (186)
205 lbs.: Brandon Vera (203) vs. Keith Jardine (205)
205 [...]

“I anticipate playing a little cat-and-mouse chase for a little while. Brawling is not my style, so I’ll look to chip away at him and slow him down gradually. I’m not looking for a KO right away. It would be ignorant of me to think that I can just go out and knock him out [...]

Props: Nottingham.co.uk
Quoteworthy:
“I am sorry for Dan Hardy’s fans, because I think the English are cool people, but I will be sending them home in tears after I beat him. This is the first UFC which has been shown in Japan for a while and I don’t want to let the Japanese fans down, like Hardy [...]

Akihiro Gono will return to action against Octagon newcomer, Dan Hardy, in a welterweight tilt set for UFC 89: “Leben vs. Bisping” at The National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham, England, on October 18, according to CageWarriors.com.
Ghono was set to take on Jon Fitch at UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” back in March; however, [...]

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)
Main card (Televised)
205 lbs.: Brandon Vera (9-2) vs. Keith Jardine (13-4-1)
205 lbs.: Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (5-2) vs. Luis Cane [...]

With Akihiro Gono out with a hand injury, MMAmania.com has learned that Chris Wilson (13-3) might step up to face top welterweight contender, Jon Fitch (15-2), at UFC 82: “Pride of a Champion” on March 1 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
It would mark the Octagon debut for the red-hot Team Quest fighter if [...]

UFC welterweight contender Jon Fitch hosted a party over the weekend up here in Toronto, Canada, for the UFC 80: “Rapid Fire” pay-per-view (PPV) event on Saturday afternoon.
Jon’s journey north was plagued with frustration because he was held up at San Jose, Calif., airport with frost on the wings of the plane. Apparently, the [...]