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Both Sam Stout vs. Terry Etim and Per Eklund vs. Samy Schiavo have been made official for UFC 89 on Oct.18 in Birmingham, England. All four fighters are coming off of losses, which means these could be "loser leaves town" fights.
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Chris Nelson
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To borrow a phrase from F4W, these fights get NO BUYS.
Also, I’m not convinced they’d cut Stout even if he were to lose to Etim. At the very least he’d still be valuable to stick on their next Canadian card.
by Chris Nelson on Aug 21, 2008 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Etim gets buys in England, at least at the gate. With a dearth of good British talent he’s arguably more valuable for their British market than Stout is for their Canadian market.
Schiavo, along with the other two frenchmen and Eklund, along with the other swede are to work the European market without having to waste valuable USA card space (and Zuffa pays less in airfare).
by George Lucas on Aug 21, 2008 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d have thought Bisping, Taylor and Kelly would be enough to draw at the gate, but I see your points.
Also forgot that they don’t actually need buys, ‘cause this’ll be free on Spike. Woohoo.
by Chris Nelson on Aug 21, 2008 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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