Live on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at the M.E.N Arena in Manchester, England. Randy “The Natural” Couture (16-10) will face Brandon “The Truth” Vera (11-3) in the Main Event of the evening. Randy will drop down to light heavyweight division for the first time since 2006. He has tasted defeat in his last two bouts against Brock Lesnar and Antonio ” Minotauro” Nogueira. Vera has also competed at heavyweight and light heavyweight. He made his LHW debut at Fight Night 14 and has since gone 3-1, with his most recent bout being a boring decision win against Krzysztof Soszynski. Hometown favorite Michael Bisping (18-2) will take on crafty veteran Denis kang (32-11-1). Kang is 1-1 in the UFC and will not want to drop another fight. While Bisping is coming off one of the most devastating knock outs in UFC history against Dan Henderson. We will see if he can rebound from such a nasty KO.
Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Couture (-130)
- Vera (even)
Betus.com Odds
- Couture (-120)
- Vera (-110)
Michael Bisping vs. Denis kang
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Bisping (-115)
- Kang (-115)
Dan Hardy vs. Mike Swick
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Hardy (+210)
- Swick (-270)
Matt Brown vs. James Wilks
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Brown (-165)
- Wilks (+135)
Ross Pearson vs. Aaron Riley
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Pearson (+170)
- Riley (-210)
Terry Etim vs. Shannon Gugerty
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Etim (-365)
- Gugerty (+285)
Paul Taylor vs. John Hathaway
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Taylor (+180)
- Hathaway (-220)
Nick Osipczak vs. Matt Riddle
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Osipczak (+230)
- Riddle (-290)
Paul Kelly vs. Dennis Siver
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Kelly (-360)
- Siver (+285)
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Gustafsson (+135)
- Hamman (-165)
Andre Winner vs. Rolando Delgado
Sportsbook.com Odds
- Winner (-500)
- Delgado (+300)
UK fight fans will be treated to some of their favorite fighters and show some home field advantage. The crowd will be going wild when Dan Hardy (22-6-0-1) steps in to take on Mike Swick (14-2) with the winner taking honors to fight Georges St-Pierre for a title shot. We also have James Wilks (7-2) taking on Matt Brown (12-7) and TUF 9 lightweight winner Ross Pearson (11-3) against MMA vet Aaron Riley (28-11-1) on the main card.
Check back closer to the fight date as I will have current odds and Fight Predictions.