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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