With five bouts airing on pay-per-view, another two on Spike TV, the UFC has once again decided to stream the remaining prelim fights for this weekends upcoming UFC 136 event, on Facebook.
News was announced by UFC officials today for the October 8 event, which is set to take place this Saturday at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
This weekend fans can log into Facebook.com/UFC to catch four prelim matches which included two middleweight, one featherweight, and one heavyweight bout.
Meeting in the opening match of the event are middleweights Steve Cantwell and Mike Massenzio, with Cantwell making his 185 lb debut. Next is another middleweight bout featuring Aaron Simpson vs. Eric Schafer. Schafter returns to the UFC as a middleweight after one bout outside of the UFC.
Featheweights Zhang Tie Quan meets Darren Elkins in the third bout of the evening, with both fighters entering on after dropping their previous bout.
Finally, heavyweights Joey ‘The Mexicutioner’ Beltran is set to take on undefeated UFC newcomer Stipe Miocic. Miocic has finished all six of his opponents by the second round, while Beltran enters on a win after two straight losses.