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Spike TV's 'Ultimate Fight Night(TM)' to Feature the Top Fighters From Season One of the Hit Reality Series, 'The Ultimate Fighter(TM)'
Stephan Bonnar, Kenny Florian, Chris Leben, Sam Hoger, Alex Karalexis, Mike
Swick, Josh Koscheck, and Nate Quarry Among Those Fighting;
The Main Event for the First Ever Live UFC(R) Fight Card on Basic Cable
Features Middleweights Ivan Salaverry vs. Nathan Marquardt
NEW YORK, July 26 -- Spike TV will telecast the first ever
LIVE Ultimate Fighting Championship(R) fight card on basic cable on Saturday,
August 6 at 9:00pm ET from the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas featuring many of the
participants of last season's hit reality show, The Ultimate Fighter. Among
the participants in Spike TV's "Ultimate Fight Night" include Stephan Bonnar
(The Ultimate Fighter finalist), Kenny Florian (The Ultimate Fighter
finalist), Chris Leben, Sam Hoger, Alex Karalexis, Mike Swick, Josh Koscheck
and Nate Quarry. The main event features veteran Chilean-born middleweight,
Ivan Salaverry (11-3-1 MMA record) versus Colorado native Nathan Marquardt
(24-6-1), who is returning to competition in the U.S. after a successful stint
fighting in Japan.
Main Event - Middleweight non-title fight (170-185lbs)
Ivan Salaverry vs. Nathan Marquardt
(11-3-1) (24-6-1)
Co-Features
Light Heavyweight
Stephan Bonnar vs. Sam "The Alaskan Assassin" Hoger
(9-2) (5-0)
Welterweights
Kenny Florian vs. Alex "The Assassin" Karalexis
(4-2) (5-0)
Middleweights
Mike "Quick" Swick vs. Keith Rockel
(10-4-1) (10-4-1)
Welterweights
Josh Koscheck vs. Pete "The Secret Weapon" Spratt
(5-0) (14-7)
Middleweights
Nate Quarry vs. Pete "Drago" Sell
(13-1) (6-0)
Middleweights
Chris "The Crippler" Leben vs. Patrick "The Predator" Cote
(11-1) (6-2)
Welterweights
Drew "The Master" Fickett vs. Josh "The Dentist" Neer
(26-3) (13-1)
Executive Producers of "Ultimate Fight Night" are Frank Fertitta III,
Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White.
Season II of The Ultimate Fighter premieres on Spike TV, Monday, August 22
at 11:00pm ET/PT featuring 18 of some of the best up-and-coming mixed martial
arts fighters in the world. UFC Middleweight Champion, Rich Franklin, and UFC
Welterweight Champion, Matt Hughes, will be the coaches for Season II. UFC
President Dana White serves as host.
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Ultimate Fighter," "Ultimate Fight Night," "Submission," "As Real As It Gets,"
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Spike TV, the first network for men, is available in 88 million homes and
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SOURCE Spike TV
Web Site: http://www.spiketv.com
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