UFC 105 Fight Card

by Kelvin Hunt on Oct 4, 2009 9:00 AM EDT in News Comment 5 comments

The UFC 105 fight card has been finalized, taking place on November 14th from Manchester, England. The main event will consist of Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera as Couture makes the transition back to the light heavyweight division.

Michael Bisping will return to action for the first time since suffering the first KO loss of his career to Dan Henderson at UFC 100. He'll be facing PRIDE veteran Denis Kang. Also on the card will be Mike Swick vs. Dan Hardy in what could be a #1 contender fight.

Of course the televised portion of the card will air on a tape delayed basis on Spike TV. Of course www.mmaforreal.com will have the open thread and discussion thread as we always do for major MMA events. The entire fight fight can be found after the jump.

Main Card"

Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera
Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang
Mike Swick vs. Dan Hardy
James Wilks vs. Matt Brown
Ross Pearson vs. Aaron Riley

Preliminary Fights:

Terry Etim vs. Shannon Gugerty
Paul Taylor vs. John Hathaway
Nick Osipczak vs. Matthew Riddle
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman
Andre Winner vs. Rolando Delgado

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Swick vs. Hardy should be a really interesting one. Plus, this will be Vera’s big chance at breaking through in the light heavyweight division.

by SlickRick00 on Oct 4, 2009 12:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm excited as hell to see Alexander Gustafsson make his debut

Too bad there’s no guarantee that they’ll air his tussle.

There’s alot of questions begging answering for this one:

- Will Vera finally live up to his potential?
- Conversely will a Vera win over Couture at 205 mean all that much now; has age finally caught up to the “ageless wonder”?
- Kang has the skill and natural talent for fighting, does he have the cardio and mindset required to be successful?
- Has Bisping’s brutal KO at the hands of Hollywood left him gunshy? He’s already been blasted for being a “point fighter”, will he do more than throw jabs and get on his bike in this fight?
- Does Mike Swick belong in the top 10 WW rankings? Is Dan Hardy the right guy to test that? Unless either fighter DOMINATES the other I really don’t see how this scrap should award the winner a titleshot.
- Does the Brits from TUF 9 belong in the UFC?

Bloody hell.

by 3PA on Oct 4, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs