UFC 129 Prelims Airs on Spike TV

Written on February 28, 2011 by John Paul Vill

Reports confirmed that preliminary fights for UFC 129 will air on Spike TV. Ready for sneak peeks of the MMA history's biggest sold-out event?

Good news MMA fans! Spike TV will air a “UFC Prelims” special as part of April’s UFC 129 event in Toronto. UFC officials have confirmed this news during last Saturday’s UFC 127 live broadcast.

MMAJunkie says that sources reported that many are pitching for the welterweight bouts of Nate Diaz (13-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) vs Rory MacDonald (10-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Brian Foster (15-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) vs Sean Pierson (11-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) for the cable broadcast.

The UFC 129 event will take place this April 30 at Toronto’s Rogers Centre, and the pay-per-view main card features welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre vs top contender Jake Shields. Few UFC 129 fights will also stream on Facebook prior to UFC Prelims.

The latest UFC 129 card now includes:

MAIN CARD

* Champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields (for welterweight title)
* Champ Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick (for featherweight title)
* Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida
* Mark Bocek vs. Ben Henderson
* Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

* Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald
* Brian Foster vs. Sean Pierson

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Pablo Garza vs. Yves Jabouin
* Claude Patrick vs. Daniel Roberts
* Ivan Menjivar vs. Charlie Valencia
* Jason MacDonald vs. Ryan Jensen
* John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson

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