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Spike TV Presents Real Fighting on Monday, October 3 at 9:00pm ET/PT With 'Ultimate Fight Night 2(TM)'
Network To Telecast Live Fight Card Featuring Ultimate Fighting
Championship(R) Stars Evan Tanner, Chris Leben and Josh Koscheck
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 -- Spike TV will telecast a sporting
event, Ultimate Fight Night 2, on Monday, October 3 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The event
will air live from The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The fight card
features former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner, versus the high-flying
former Canadian champ, David Loiseau. The card also features the stars of The
Ultimate Fighter 1(TM) Chris Leben and Josh Koscheck.
Prior to the live fight, Spike TV will air a new episode of UFC
Unleashed(TM) at 7:00pm ET/PT featuring previous bouts never before seen on
basic cable including UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski vs. Vladimir
Matyushenko and The Ultimate Fighter 1 light heavyweight champ Forrest Griffin
vs. Bill Manhood. A hard-hitting edition of Ultimate Knockouts(TM) will then
follow at 8:00pm. A new episode of The Ultimate Fighter 2(TM) will directly
follow the live event at 11:00pm ET/PT.
Main Event -- Middleweight non-title fight (170-185lbs)
Evan Tanner vs. David "The Crow" Loiseau
(33-5) (10-2)
Co-Features
Middleweights
Chris "The Crippler" Leben vs. Edwin Dewees
(13-1) (31-7)
Welterweights
Josh Koscheck vs. Drew "The Master" Fickett
(7-0) (27-3)
* Card subject to change
Executive Producers of "Ultimate Fight Night II" are Frank Fertitta III,
Lorenzo Fertitta and Dana White.
Season II of The Ultimate Fighter airs on Spike TV Mondays 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, are the coaches for Season II. UFC
President Dana White serves as host.
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SOURCE Spike TV
Web Site: http://www.spiketv.com
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