UFC NEWS: UFC confirms remaining bouts, start times for UFC 128 "Shogun vs. Jones"

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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The UFC has officially confirmed the remaining bouts for next Saturday's UFC 128 event from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and in addition have revealed the start times for the three separate broadcasts of the event on Facebook.com, Spike TV and pay-per-view.

Beginning at 8PM ET, two preliminary card bouts will air on Facebook in Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau and Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle.

At 9PM ET, the hour long Prelims Live broadcast on Spike TV begins with Luiz Cane vs. Eliot Marshall and Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani.

Finally, the pay-per-view broadcast gets under way at 10PM ET, with the main card headlined by the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Jon Jones. The night's full lineup is below:

Main Pay-Per-View Card

* Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Jon Jones (Light Heavyweight Championship)
* Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
* Mirko Cro Cop vs. Brendan Schaub
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Nate Marquardt
* Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus

Spike TV Prelims Live

* Luiz Cane vs. Eliot Marshall
* Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani

Facebook.com Prelims

* Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
* Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle

Preliminary Card

* Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
* Raphael Assuncao vs. Erik Koch
* Dan Miller vs. Nick Catone

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_8700.shtml

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