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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) update

ONE will broadcast UFC's Leben vs Munoz and UFC: Velasquez vs Dos Santos matches live.

ONE will broadcast Ultimate Fighting Championship‘s  Leben vs Munoz and UFC: Velasquez vs Dos Santos live and exclusively.

Aussie fight fans will be treated to two of the biggest Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events in 2011 featuring four of the most skilled athletes from the discipline of mixed martial arts.

“The UFC is thrilled to be working with our partners at ONE to bring these two fantastic and eagerly awaited cards to our Australian fans, live and free of charge”, said Marshall Zelaznik, UFC Managing Director of International Development.

The UFC’s 185-pound contenders Chris Leben and Mark Munoz will headline UFC 138, which will be broadcast LIVE in all markets on ONE on Sunday, November 6 at 7.00am AEDST.

“Two of the middleweight division’s heaviest hitters will go to war in the UFC’s first ever non-title 5 round main event as the ‘Filipino Wrecking Machine’ Mark Munoz takes on Chris ‘The Crippler’ Leben at UFC 138 in Birmingham, England,” said Zelaznik, of the historic matchup.

Leben has won four of his last five bouts, including finishes of Aaron Simpson, Yoshihiro Akiyama, and Wanderlei Silva. Munoz is on a similar hot streak, having beaten Aaron Simpson, CB Dollaway, and Demian Maia in successive bouts.

Local UFC fans can get behind Australia’s own Anthony “The Hippo” Perosh, who returns to the Octagon following his win on home soil at UFC 127 in February. Perosh, who fights out of Concord, Sydney, NSW, is set to take on Cyrille “The Snake” Diabate in the light heavyweight division during the UFC 138 prelims.

Two serious bantamweight title contenders will also square off at same event with England’s top Bantamweight, Brad Pickett, taking on the man with the best unbeaten streak in the sport, Renan Barao, who hasn’t lost in his last 29 fights.

Following a week later on Sunday, November 13, UFC: Velasquez vs Dos Santos will be broadcast LIVE on ONE from 12 midday AEDST. ONE has also committed to broadcasting a special encore screening at 8.30pm in all markets (except for Perth where it will be broadcast at 11.05pm following LIVE F1).

UFC: Velasquez vs Dos Santos is the main title bout for the heavyweight championship between Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos.

This highly-anticipated clash between the two best heavyweights in the world also marks the anniversary of the first-ever UFC event which was held in 1993 in Denver.

For Aussie fans they will remember fondly current heavyweight champion Velasquez at the inaugural UFC event in Australia – UFC 110 in February 2010 – in which he celebrated his break-through bout.

Dos Santos, who is currently under the tutelage of former UFC and Pride Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, has just finished on Series 13 of The Ultimate Fighter in which he was a coach.

UFC 138 on ONE – Sunday, November 6 @ 7.00am (live AEDST)
UFC: Velasquez vs Dos Santos on ONE – Sunday, November 13 @ 12midday (live AEDST)

14 Responses

  1. That’s the Best Thank you Ch 10 and One!!! That’s Hectic! and Now you should try and get the WWE PPV’s that the Main One.
    WWE PPV’s Live on One Can’t Wait for that announcement and hopefully they get it before Survivor Series when the Rock!!! Returns!! and teams up with John Cena!!!

  2. I have a simple theory on why this is Live an the NBL is not. THe NBL or BA has not bargening power so they cant forse Ten to show matches Live. the UFC is a bigger company and has more pull and bigger lawyers so if Ten renig on the contract in any way shape or form then the UFC can sew them, simple, the NBL or BA can not.

  3. Great news. Good work, ONE / TEN. Looking forward to Leben vs Munoz for 138 (Win for Munoz by ground & pound stoppage).

    And the Dos Santos vs Velasquez bout could be one of the best ever! With the League season over (excluding the 4 Nations), I can focus now on anything MMA. Also looking forward to TUF 12 on Thursday (the only season I haven’t seen).

  4. Very good news but remember these are not PPV events, they are also on network tv in the USA. PPV events will remain on Main Event here.

    UFC have a 7 year contract to show events on FOX usa. David do you know if ONE have a long term contract for these events in aus or will deals be done for each event?

  5. Just to clarify, UFC 138 is a separate event to UFC: Velasquez vs Dos Santos.
    The opening paragraph “ONE will broadcast Ultimate Fighting Championship‘s Leben vs Munoz and UFC: Velasquez vs Dos Santos live and exclusively on UFC 138” makes it sound like UFC: Velasquez vs Dos Santos is a part of UFC 138.

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