The UFC makes its Dublin debut on January 17th, and we now know what fights made the televised portion of the card. Besides main event Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin and co-main event Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, we can now expect to see Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang, Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle (should be a great match), Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares.
My assumption is that this will be a free on Spike TV card. Besides being a lackluster card, it’s sandwiched between two PPV’s on December 27th and January 31st.
Franklin vs. Henderson will be at 205, though apparently neither man is interested in being the second coach for the next season of “Ultimate Fighter.” We know Michael Bisping will be one coach. The second, if now Franklin or Hendo… Demian Maia? Nate Marquardt? Thales Leites? Meh.
