Report: Two UFC 106 prelim bouts will air LIVE on Spike TV on Nov. 21

by MMAmania.com on Nov 10, 2009 10:48 PM EST

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Spike TV will once again air a portion of an upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fight card on its network prior to a major pay-per-view (PPV) broadcast, according to MMAFanHouse.com.

Fans will be treated to one hour of uninterrupted mixed martial arts competition when Marcus Davis collides with Ben Saunders in a welterweight showdown and middleweights Kendall Grove and Jake Rosholt mix it up on the UFC 106: "Ortiz vs. Griffin 2" under card at 9 p.m. ET on Nov. 21.

Similar to UFC 103 in Sept. and then UFC 104 in Oct., which both attracted about 1.4 million viewers as the promotion began to test the idea along with its cable television partner, the UFC 106 featured prelim bouts will air commercial-free and possibly showcase additional prerecorded action if time permits.

It will, naturally, lead into the PPV telecast at 10 p.m., which will be available for purchase at $44.95.

UFC 106 features a rematch between former light heavyweight champions, Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin, filling the gaping main event void left by Brock Lesnar, who was forced to withdraw from his heavyweight title defense against Shane Carwin because of a serious illness.

Top welterweight contender, Josh Koscheck, will once again step up on relatively short notice to see if the hard-hitting Anthony Johnson belongs among the division's elite.

To check out the latest UFC 106 fight card click here.

Remember that MMAmania.com will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of UFC 106, beginning with the Spike TV telecast. In addition, we will deliver up-to-the-minute quick results of all the under card action on fight night.

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sounds good to me

by bryant on Nov 10, 2009 10:51 PM EST reply actions

davis tko in the 2nd rd

by roman on Nov 10, 2009 11:15 PM EST reply actions

Saunders, Rosholt vs Grove has LnP written all over it

by frosnt on Nov 10, 2009 11:33 PM EST up reply actions

Rosholt is hitting his groove which is about time. He gnp’s grove chin for a stoppage in the first. Also i think Davis takes this.

by NameNotRequired on Nov 10, 2009 11:53 PM EST up reply actions

nnr i used to get a lot of flack for liking rosholt and people are now seeing how beast this kid is, it’s the only fight i wanted to see from this card, and i pick rosholt by gnp stoppage rd 1 as well, i also see marcus davis stopping saunders

by randy murders on Nov 11, 2009 12:41 AM EST up reply actions

there is a sweet video of rosholt jumping out of a pool (only 3’) just like B.J. Penn. He does it backwards as well which is super impressive. He also pulls out a hilarious line, “i know this has been done before but i’m white, over 200 pounds…thats gotta count for something.” seems like a funny guy.

on a related note, there is a video of Jarron Gilbert (6,5’ 287 pounds) doing it as well. He’s a defensive end on the bears and is super athletic.

Best video is Redskins WR Keith Eloi (after already done the pool jump frontwards and backwards) jumping into the back of a F-150 in flip flops with the tail gate up (like he goes over the tailgate as well). No joke sick hops. I’ll post the link if MMA lets me.

by Blunt N' Beer on Nov 11, 2009 12:55 AM EST up reply actions

Randy i was one of those people who hated on him too. As he progressed in WEC, i just didn’t think he would acclamate to MMA despite his wrestling credentials. His fight with Leben proved a lot in terms of new creases in his game even if you were to discount Cris as being in top shape.

by NameNotRequired on Nov 11, 2009 8:31 AM EST up reply actions

Thank you spike. These are 2 fights that interest me, and I am happy that I will get a chance to see them live.

Rosholt will win, and Saunders is going to surprise a lot of you and beat Marcus Davis!

I would like to see Saunders vs. Matt Brown!

by john G on Nov 11, 2009 8:54 AM EST up reply actions

I hope Saunders takes it, but I bet Oirish tries to LnP like he did with Hardy.

by PW on Nov 11, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions

I picked a good UK card to go to, the only one with no Oirish presence. I still can’t believe that him and Hardy were fighting over the UK fanbase in Germany, that still makes no sense to me. I’m surprised the Germans didn’t boo them both out of the building.

Saunders should win, it’s a much better match-up for him than Swick was. This should show whether Ben has the potential to be a top WW or if he can only look like a worldbeater against cans. Davis is the perfect WW gatekeeper.

Rosholt should beat Grove, if Almeida could outwrestle Kendall then he doesn’t have a hope at keeping this fight on the feet, unless Jake tries to kickbox like he did against Leben before finally fighting smart in the third round. This will be Kendall’s last fight in the UFC and make him the first non-veteran (TUF 4) TUF winner to be cut (unless Danzig got cut, haven’t heard from him since he lost to Jim Miller).

by David W-S on Nov 11, 2009 2:37 PM EST up reply actions

and the UFC once again airs the prelims to make sure that a former TUF winner fights on TV.

by jj on Nov 10, 2009 11:40 PM EST reply actions

Feel the free. Should be good fights. Saunders should find a nice home with StrikeForce after Davis kicks his a$$.

by DolFan on Nov 11, 2009 1:24 AM EST reply actions

So it seems like this is going to become the standard. does anyone else remember when the WWF used to do this before there PPVs

by cheshirewulf on Nov 11, 2009 1:39 AM EST reply actions

Hii,seems like a pretty good cardd,i want to see main/co main event mostly,i got griffin with SD and im not sure about kos and rumble but i hope kos gets it,you can see he loves the sport when he takes a load of fight on short notice lol,stil,love the guy lol and hope he wins,and i want grifin to brutally ko tito but i doubt it lolz,xoxo

by Dirtyy Lil Whore on Nov 11, 2009 2:13 AM EST reply actions