The Ultimate Fighting Championship is set for it’s first UK event of the year as fighters for the UFC 138: Leben vs. Munoz event are set to step into the Octagon beginning at 1:40pm EST.
The prelim card for UFC 138 is scheduled to take place live on Facebook.com/UFC at 1:40pm EST (10:40am PST), while the main card is scheduled to air via tape delay on Spike TV at 8pm EST(5pm PST). So let this be a warning to all our readers, The MMA News will be posting updates on the event throughout the day. So stay away!
UFC 138: Leben vs. Munoz takes place today, Nov. 5, at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England featuring a ten-bout card. The event is headlined by a middleweight bout between Chris Leben and Mark Munoz, who meet in the first five-round non-title bout in the UFC’s history.
The full ‘Quick Results’ for UFC 138 are as follows:
Main Card (Spike TV)
Middleweight bout: Mark Munoz def. Chris Leben via TKO (Corner Stoppage) – R2 @ 5:00
Bantamweight bout: Renan Barao def. Brad Pickett via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 4:09
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves def. Papy Abedi via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 3:32
Light heavyweight bout: Anthony Perosh def. Cyrille Diabate via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R2 @ 3:09
Lightweight bout: Terry Etim def. Edward Faaloloto via Submission (Guillotine choke) – R1 @ 0:17
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Welterweight bout: John Maguire def. Justin Edwards via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Heavyweight bout: Philip De Fries def. Rob Broughton via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Featherweight bout: Michihiro Omigawa def. Jason Young via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Welterweight bout: Che Mills def. Chris Cope via TKO (Knee-punches) – R1 @ 0:40
Bantamweight bout: Chris Cariaso def. Vaughan Lee via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)