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Top UFC Lightweight Contenders Spencer Fisher and Sam Stout Rematch on Spike TV's UFC Fight Night Tuesday, June 12 at 9:00 pm
Rising Star Jon Fitch Takes on Brazilian Roan Carniero in Co-Feature
NEW YORK, May 9 -- Spike TV presents a night of
hard-hitting action from some of UFC's rising stars on UFC Fight Night on
Tuesday, June 12 at 9:00 pm ET/PT from the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL.
Top lightweight contenders Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout and Spencer "The
King" Fisher reprise their three-round battle from last March in the main
event. Stout (9-2-1) won a majority decision in a hotly-contested bout over
Fisher (20-3) last year which elevated him to the upper echelon in the
division. Fisher reportedly felt wronged by the judges' decision and looks
to exact his revenge in the nationally-televised fight card.
Stout, from Ontario, Canada, used the victory over Fisher as a
springboard to a fight with Kenny Florian, with the stakes being a shot at
the vacant lightweight title. Florian, however, curtailed Stout's bid for
the belt by submitting him via rear naked chokehold in the first round.
Fisher, a North Carolina native who fights with Team Miletich in Iowa,
recently lost to one of the 155 lb division's top stars, Hermes Franca, via
TKO in the second round this past January. A victory over Stout would
exorcise the ghosts of his defeat at UFC 58 and put him on course for a
championship title fight.
Indiana native Jon Fitch (18-2) takes on Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert
Roan Carneiro (11-5) in the co-feature. Fitch, a former standout wrestler
at Purdue University, is 4-0 in the Octagon, including wins over an
impressive list of UFC middleweight contenders such as Luigi Fioravanti,
Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Thiago Alves, Josh Burkman and Brock Larsen. The Rio De
Janeiro native Carniero made his Octagon debut in April with a victory over
The Ultimate Fighter 4 alum, Rich "No Love" Clementi.
Spike TV is available in 91 million homes and is a division of MTV
Networks. MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc.
The remaining bouts for UFC Fight Night will be announced in the near
future. All bouts are subject to change.
About Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is South Florida's leading
entertainment destination featuring 50 live action poker tables and 2,100
gaming machines on the casino floor. For the third year in a row, the
American Automobile Association (AAA) bestowed its prestigious Four Diamond
rating to this 500- room hotel. The property also hosts 17 restaurants, 11
clubs and lounges, 30,000 square feet of meeting space, a full-service,
European-style spa and 22 retail shops. Hard Rock Live is Seminole Hard
Rock's state-of-the-art venue showcasing the latest national music and
comedic acts and boxing. Complimentary and valet parking is available. With
the opening of the Lucky Street Parking garage, an additional 2,300 spaces
are available. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is located on State
Road 7 (U.S. 441) exit Stirling and travel west (1 Seminole Way) in
Hollywood, Florida. For more information, call (954) 327-ROCK,
1-800-937-0010 or visit us online at
http://www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com.
About The Ultimate Fighting Championship
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professional mixed martial arts organization and offers the premier series
of MMA sports events. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, and headquartered
in Las Vegas, Nev., the UFC(R) organization produces approximately twelve
to fourteen live pay-per-view events annually that are distributed through
cable and satellite providers. In addition to its U.S. distribution, UFC
fight programs are distributed throughout the world including broadcast on
WOWOW, Inc. in Japan, on MAIN EVENT in Australia, Globosat in Brazil and
Bravo in the United Kingdom. For more information, or current UFC fight
news, visit http://www.ufc.com.
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respective owners.
SOURCE Spike TV
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