“Countdown to UFC 128″ Kicks Off this March 15

The craze and the exhilaration for this week’s UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch is unbelievably high. However, don’t be carried away to much with it because there is still the “Countdown to UFC 128.”

The event hits Spike TV this March 15 at 11 p.m. ET/PT, and a replay is slated for March 17 at 3 p.m. ET/PT. UFC 128 will take place this  March 19 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The pay-per-view main card features a championship headliner between light-heavyweight titleholder Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and replacement fighter Jon Jones.

The show will focus on the headliner’s history of fights. The show will also feature an analysis of the fight. You wouldn’t want to miss it.

The full UFC 128 card includes:

MAIN CARD

* Champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Jon Jones (for light-heavyweight title)
* Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
* Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Nate Marquardt
* Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Luiz Cane vs. Karlos Vemola
* Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani
* Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
* Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
* Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
* Raphael Assuncao vs. Manny Gamburyan
* Nick Catone vs. Dan Miller

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