MMA Junkie reports that the UFC and Spike TV will air their second live prelims special of 2011 for UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones on March 19th. The two bouts featured will be a lightweight clash between strikers, Edson Barboza and Anthony Njokuani, and a light heavyweight tilt between Luiz Cane and Karlos Vemola The UFC has recently experimented with other formats for broadcasting live prelim fights, including Facebook and ION TV, but the promotion also inked a new deal with Spike to air twelve prelim specials in 2011.
Mar 19th, live on Pay-per-view from Newark, N.J.:
Main card:
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-4) +185 vs. Jon Jones (12-1) -225 [LHW title]
Urijah Faber (24-4) vs. Eddie Wineland (18-6-1)
Jim Miller (19-2) vs. Kamal Shalorus (7-0-2)
Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-3) +250 vs. Nate Marquardt (30-10-2) -300
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (27-8-2) vs. Brendan Schaub (7-1)On Spike:
Luiz Cane (10-3) vs. Karlos Vemola (8-1)
Edson Barboza (7-0) vs. Anthony Njokuani (13-4)Preliminary card:
Ricardo Almeida (13-4) vs. Mike Pyle (20-7-1)
Kurt Pellegrino (16-5) vs. Gleison Tibau (21-7)
Joseph Benavidez (13-2) vs. Ian Loveland (14-7)
Manny Gamburyan (11-5) vs. Raphael Assuncao (16-3)
Dan Miller (14-4) vs. Nick Catone (8-2)