Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl
UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones is tomorrow, Saturday, March 19th at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. It will feature two preliminary fights live on Spike TVand on March 7, it was announced that the Almeida/Pyle and Pellegrino/Tibau fights will stream live on the UFC’s official Facebook page.
On March 12th, it was announced that Yoshihiro Akiyama had to pull out of his fight with Nate Marquardt due to the tragedy in Japan. Dana White announced via Twitter that Dan Miller would be stepping up from the prelims to replace Akiyama on the main card. Miller’s original opponent Nick Catone will now face UFC newcomer Costantinos Philippou in a 195 pound catchweight bout.
Official Fight Card after the jump…
Main card
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout: MaurÃcio Rua (c) vs. Jon Jones
- Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
- Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
- Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Dan Miller
- Heavyweight bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Brendan Schaub
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
- Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Eliot Marshall[1]
- Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani
Preliminary card (Facebook)
- Welterweight bout: Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
- Lightweight bout: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
Preliminary card
- Bantamweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
- Featherweight bout: Erik Koch vs. Raphael Assunção
- Catchweight (195 lb) bout: Nick Catone vs. Costantinos Phillipou