Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently put the finishing touches on its upcoming UFC on FUEL TV 8 fight card, which goes down a week from Saturday (March 2, 2013) from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
"Silva vs. Stann" will feature a light heavyweight bangfest pitting PRIDE FC legend Wanderlei Silva against American war hero Brian Stann in the main event of the evening.
See how that fight came together here.
UFC on FUEL TV 8 will also feature a lightweight contest that pits Diego Sanchez vs. Takanori Gomi while Mark Hunt tries to dazzle the Japanese fans by trading leather with fellow heavyweight striker Stefan Struve.
Here is the finalized UFC on FUEL TV 8 fight card and line up:
Main Event:
205 lbs.: Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann
FUEL TV Main Card (10 p.m. ET):
265 lbs.: Mark Hunt vs. Stefan Struve
155 lbs.: Takanori Gomi vs. Diego Sanchez
185 lbs.: Hector Lombard vs. Yushin Okami
145 lbs.: Mizuto Hirota vs. Rani Yahya
170 lbs.: Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Facebook Prelims (7:30 p.m. ET):
185 lbs.: Riki Fukuda vs. Brad Tavares
135 lbs.: Bryan Caraway vs. Takeya Mizugaki
155 lbs.: Cristiano Marcello vs. Kazuki Tokudome
135 lbs.: Alex Caceres vs. Kyung Ho Kang
170 lbs.: Marcelo Guimaraes vs. Hyun Gyu Lim
MMAmania.com will provide LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire card on fight night (Sat., March 2, 2013), starting with the Facebook "Prelims," which are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. ET, as well as the main card, which is slated to air at 10 p.m. ET on FUEL TV.
For more on the upcoming UFC on FUEL TV 8 event click here.
No comments:
Post a Comment