UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben Date: Oct 18, 2008 Location: Birmingham, England Venue: The National Indoor Arena Broadcast: Spike TV (tape delay) MAIN CARD Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva Keith Jardine vs. Brandon Vera Luiz Cane vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Akihiro Gono vs. Dan Hardy PRELIMINARY CARD Shane Carwin vs. Neil Wain Marcus Davis vs. Paul Kelly Terry Etim vs. Sam Stout Chris Lylte vs. Paul Taylor David Bielkheden vs. Jess Liaudin Per Eklund vs. Sammy Schiavo Interesting to see Gono on the card. I thought he may have gone back to DREAM. Jardine vs Vera should be interesting. Shame about the headliner.. It should have been Bisping vs Soko!!
Leben is gonna get trash... Machida will win again in a boring fight Jardine will beat Vera on points These 3 fight are good, nothing worth of a big main events, but thats good fight
looks like a good card considering it's free...I believe. Alot of good standup wars possible. I hope Silva can derail Machida, Thiago has gone under the radar and is an excellent fighter and should give Machida a good go. Jardine-Vera should be another good one, Vera didn't look good in his first fight at 205 maybe he'll be use to the weight cut this time around. I'm sure Jardine want's to rebound after his trouncing at the hands of Wanderleigh.
Jardine seem to be like that, vs Alexander and Silva, he was fighting in a stupid way, like arrogant..But vs Chuck and Forrest, he fought a great fight, not in a stupid rushing way..
Jardine was just overwhelmed by the pressure of Alexander and Silva gave him. It seems he doesnt know how to handle those situations well. he does ok when he fights a less intense tempo; like one he can take his time and sit back and attack at his own will.
Only 2 Brits on the main card for a UFC in England. That has to be a record! The card looks pretty good to me with some good scraps. Bisping vs Leben should be a war. I do think though that they are kinda throwing Dan Hardy in at the deep end putting him against a veteran like Gono in his first fight in the UFC.
Gono has EXCELLENT boxing skills. Im surprised his never had a few bouts. If there was anyone who could make a succesful transition to boxing i believe it would be him. He`s a solid veteran though and has been around the block for some time. Im surprised the UFC signed him though. He adds more depth to the 170lb mix.
Not a bad card for a free card. If Leben can end the "reign" of Bisbing, I will be very happy. Vera vs. Jardine should be a hell of a fight.
Not a bad card at alll, we should get to see a few good fights out of that lot. Hopefully Setanta will show the card free and not ppv.
Yeah I can see most the fights on the main card ending before the distance so it would be good if we get to see a few of the prelims. Setanta don't do PPV's so it doubt it will be on PPV.
