UFC 109 "UFC Prelim" broadcast to feature Danzig vs. Buccholz, Guillard vs. Torres

A pair of lightweight bouts featuring alumni from Spike TV's "The Ultimate Fighter" reality series are likely to be featured during the cable station's upcoming "UFC Prelim" broadcast for UFC 109.

Sources close to the the Feb. 6 event told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) the one-hour broadcast will include Mac Danzig (18-7-1 MMA, 2-3 UFC) vs. Justin Buchholz (8-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC) and Melvin Guillard (22-8-2 MMA, 5-4 UFC) vs. Ronnys Torres (14-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC).

However, Spike TV officials could not comment on the plans when reached for comment.

UFC 109 takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The "UFC Prelim" broadcast, which airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT, precedes the pay-per-view showing of the night's main card.

UFC 109 is the second of 10 "UFC Prelim" broadcasts planned for 2010. The series debuted in September 2009 and have helped bolster last-minute PPV buys – and have scored solid ratings of their own. The recent UFC 108 pay-per-view teaser, which featured Martin Kampmann vs. Jacob Volkmann and Cole Miller vs. Dan Lauzon, set a series record with 1.5 million viewers. (Others have averaged 1.3 million to 1.4 million viewers.)

Danzig, who won "TUF 6," finds himself in a must-win situation following his recent string of losses to Clay Guida, Josh Neer and Jim Miller. The one-time PRIDE fighter and former King of the Cage champion takes on Buchholz, who also desperately needs a victory. The one-time EliteXC fighter went 1-1 in his first two UFC fights but has since suffered stoppage losses to Terry Etim and Jeremy Stephens.

Torres and Guillard, meanwhile, were originally scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night 18 in April 2009, but a knee injury forced Torres out of the contest and a subsequent booking. He'll now make his promotional debut against a cast member from "TUF 2" who looks to rebound from a submission loss to Nate Diaz in September. That loss snapped Guillard's three-fight win streak.

The full UFC 109 card now includes:

MAIN CARD

•Mark Coleman vs. Randy Couture
•Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen
•Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago
•Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller
•Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

•Justin Buchholz vs. Mac Danzig
•Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres
PRELIMINARY CARD (Un-aired)

•Rob Emerson vs. Phillipe Nover
•Phil Davis vs. Brian Stann
•Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer
•Rolles Gracie vs. Mostapha Al Turk

This entire card should be on Spike.

Bigs03 wrote:

This entire card should be on Spike.

Thats some truth there brother. I like both Randy and Coleman but come on, thats a headliner?

Bigs03 wrote:

This entire card should be on Spike.

Can't really argue with you on that.

yeah this card is 1 big fight short of PPV worthy. Put Wandy vs Bisping on the card and now we are talking.

OUSOONERSOU wrote:

yeah this card is 1 big fight short of PPV worthy. Put Wandy vs Bisping on the card and now we are talking.

Even with Wandy vs. Bisping it wouldn't be PPV worthy IMO. This card just doesn't excite me at all. I'll be watching for sure because I'm a bonified MMA addict but I'll probably be watching at a bar.

I think adding Wandy vs Bisping would make for 3 interesting non title fights and 2 other solid matchups, so 5 solid fights would make it PPV worthy to me. Just as good or better then this last one.

I can't say that i'm not interested in the card...but 50 bucks to watch a card that would have last been relevant in 1999?

Thiago is going to beat Swick.