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UFC 89: BISPING vs. LEBEN
Date: 10/18/2008
Event Type: International Event
Location: The National Indoor Arena (Birmingham, England)
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Main Card Bouts:
[16-1-0] Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben [18-4-0]
[13-0-0] Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva [13-0-0]
[13-4-1] Keith Jardine vs. Brandon Vera [9-2-0]
[5-2-0] Rameau Sokoudjou vs. Luiz Cane [8-1-0]
[9-3-1] Paul Taylor vs. Chris Lytle [25-16-5]
[7-0-0] Paul Kelly vs. Marcus Davis [14-4-0]
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Preliminary Bouts:
[19-6-0] Dan Hardy vs. Akihiro Gono [28-12-7]
[9-0-0] Shane Carwin vs. Neil Wain [4-0-0]
[12-10-0] Jess Liaudin vs. David Bielkheden [12-6-0]
[10-2-0] Terry Etim vs. Sam Stout [13-4-1]
[10-5-0] Samy Schiavo vs. Per Eklund [12-3-1]
[15-2-0] David Baron vs. Jim Miller [11-1-0]
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On Saturday, October 18th, the UFC returns to the United Kingdom for UFC 89: BISPING vs. LEBEN, from The National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.
After dropping down to 185 lbs., Micheal "The Count" Bisping has absolutely steam rolled through his first two opponents. Now, he sets his sites on the heavy-handed striker, Chris "The Crippler" Leben in an explosive Middleweight match-up.
UFC 89: BISPING vs. LEBEN - Saturday, October 18th, live on SpikeTV from Birmingham, UK.
Taylor Lytle is going to be one of the best fights of the year. I hope Lytle stands and bangs with him, no doubt that Lytle would beat his ass on the ground.
I've got Bisping beating Leben and THIAGO ending Lyotos' reign of terror. Good card, depth wise.
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Shit man, Baron vs Miller and Hardy vs Gono will be fireworks. Sucks that they're pre-lims, but oh well. Bielkheden vs Liaudin should rule, too.
Machida is going to tool Thiago Silva something vicious. While Silva's a good fighter, he is nowhere near Lyoto's level. His sloppy ass stand-up won't help him and he won't be able to take Lyoto down. If he does, Lyoto will just get back up.
As for the rest of the card, Sokky, Vera, Bisping, Davis, Lytle, Bielkheden, Carwin, Etim, Eklund, Gono and Miller.