According to MMAjunkie.com, Spike TV will return to featuring its “UFC Prelims” program for the upcoming UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones event next month.
Featured on the one-hour program will be a light heavyweight bout between Luiz Cane (10-3) vs. Karlos Vemola (8-1) and a lightweight battle between Edson Barboza (7-0) vs. Anthony Njokuani (13-4).
UFC 128 will take place on March 19 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ and is headlined by a UFC light heavyweight title bout between champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. top contender Jon “Bones” Jones. Fans can tune in for the Spike TV broadcast beginning at 9PM EST (6PM PST) with the pay per view main card beginning at 10 PM EST.
The news follows on the announcement that the UFC is making four preliminary bouts available to fans, for this weekends UFC 127 event, on Facebook and ION television.
The UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones card appears as follows:
Main card
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Maurício Rua vs. Jon Jones
Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
Heavyweight bout: Mirko Filipovi? vs. Brendan Schaub
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Karlos Vemola
Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani
Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
Lightweight bout: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
Bantamweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
Featherweight bout: Manvel Gamburyan vs. Raphael Assunção
Middleweight bout: Dan Miller vs. Nick Catone