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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Spike TV to Air Fights From Recent UFC 100 Pay-Per-View Event Saturday, August 15 at 10:00pm

Spike TV to Air Fights From Recent UFC 100 Pay-Per-View Event Saturday, August 15 at 10:00pm

Star-Studded Fight Card Features Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir and Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Spike TV will present a special cable telecast of some of the most exciting bouts from UFC 100, one of the biggest nights in the history of mixed martial arts, on Saturday, August 15 at 10:00pm-12:30am ET/PT. Featuring Brock Lesnar's coronation as heavyweight king and Dan Henderson's must-see knockout over Michael Bisping, the Spike TV telecast marks the first time that bouts from this landmark event will be televised off of Pay-Per-View.

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Emanating from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV on July 11, 2009, UFC 100 was a milestone event in the 16-year history of the UFC organization. The Spike TV telecast of UFC 100* includes the following fights:

   Heavyweight Championship Bout   Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir    Middleweights   Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping    Middleweights   Alan Belcher vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama    Light Heavyweights   Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman    Lightweights   Shannon Gurgerty vs. Matt Grice    Light Heavyweights   Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien    *(due to time constraints- not all fights from UFC 100 can be shown)   

Spike TV is the television home to the most preeminent mixed martial arts organization in the world, The Ultimate Fighting Championship, including "The Ultimate Fighter," "UFC Fight Night," "UFC Unleashed," "Ultimate Knockouts," "UFC Countdown," "UFC All Access," and "UFC Primetime."

Spike TV is available in 98 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) , MTV Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at http://www.spike.com/press.

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Source: Spike TV

CONTACT: David Schwarz,, +1-212-767-8639, or Salil Gulati,
+1-212-767-8705 , both of Spike TV; Jennifer Wenk, +1-702-221-4790, or Rachel
Trontel, +1-702-588-5516, both for UFC/Las Vegas

Web Site: http://www.spike.com/
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