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UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008

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Field	Value
name	UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben
image	Ufc 89 poster.jpg
promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
date	October 18, 2008
venue	National Indoor Arena
city	Birmingham, United Kingdom
attendance	9,515
viewers	2,600,000
previousevent	UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer
followingevent	UFC 90: Silva vs Côté
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UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on October 18, 2008, at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Background

The event was headlined by a middleweight bout between Michael Bisping and Chris Leben. After the event, Leben tested positive for Stanozolol, a banned substance. He was suspended for a period of 9 months and fined one third of his purse. Leben admitted he had used the substance several months prior to the fight, but stated he had assumed it would have been out of his system by then.

This event aired live in Great Britain and Ireland on Setanta Sports and via tape delay in the United States and Canada on Spike TV. It also aired live via Rogers Sportsnet in Canada. The broadcast drew an average of 2.6 million viewers and peaked with 3.4 million viewers on Spike TV.

Lyoto Machida was scheduled to face fellow undefeated light heavyweight Thiago Silva, but a back injury forced Silva to withdraw from the fight. The fight was rescheduled for UFC 94.

Results

|Middleweight |Michael Bisping |def. |Chris Leben |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Light Heavyweight |Keith Jardine |def. |Brandon Vera |Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Light Heavyweight |Luiz Cane |def. |Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou |TKO (punches) |2 |4:15 | |Welterweight |Chris Lytle |def. |Paul Taylor |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Welterweight |Marcus Davis |def. |Paul Kelly |Submission (guillotine choke) |2 |2:16 | |Welterweight |Dan Hardy |def. |Akihiro Gono |Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Heavyweight |Shane Carwin |def. |Neil Wain |TKO (punches) |1 |1:31 | |Lightweight |David Bielkheden |def. |Jess Liaudin |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Lightweight |Terry Etim |def. |Sam Stout |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Lightweight |Jim Miller |def. |David Baron |Submission (rear-naked choke) |3 |3:19 | |Lightweight |Per Eklund |def. |Samy Schiavo |Submission (rear-naked choke) |3 |1:47 |

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses.

Fight of the Night: Chris Lytle vs. Paul Taylor
Knockout of the Night: Luiz Cane
Submission of the Night: Jim Miller

References

(2008-10-18). "Cane, Miller, Lytle, Taylor win post-UFC 89 honors". MMAFighting.com.
"UFC Flags Leben for Steroid Use". Sherdog.com.
"UFC 89 on Spike TV peaks with 3.4 million viewers". MMAjunkie.com.
"THIAGO SILVA OUT OF UFC 89 FIGHT WITH MACHIDA". MMA Weekly.
"UFC 89 AWARDS NET $40,000 BONUSES". MMA Weekly.

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