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Bloody Elbow looks at the next UFC event two weeks from Saturday, a FUEL TV show in London with the interim bantamweight title on the line, as Renan Barao fights Michael McDonald in the main event.
The UFC is finally giving the UK a title fight after a 6 year drought, albeit an "interim" one. With Dominick Cruz out for possibly all of 2013, I think you should have it in your head that this is anything but interim. UFC on Fuel TV 7 sees bantamweight champion Renan Barao face Michael McDonald in the main event, and a win by McDonald will see him break Jon Jones' record for youngest champion in UFC history.
As you will soon gather, this is a pretty good card. Cub Swanson fights Dustin Poirier (subbing for the injured Dennis Siver) in a FW fight with possible title implications, Icelandic prospect Gunnar Nelson fights Jorge Santiago (subbing in for the injured Justin Edwards), and Jimi Manuwa fights Cyrille Diabate in a light-heavyweight striking matchup. The legendary Che Mills -- AKA "his eliteness" -- fights TUF 7 alum Matt Riddle to open up the Fuel broadcast.
Mark your calendars for February 16th for some daytime MMA, here's what the full card looks like:
Main Card (Fuel TV, 3 PM ET/12 PM PT)
Renan Barao vs. Michael McDonald [Interim BW Title]
Cub Swanson vs. Dustin Poirier
Jimi Manuwa vs. Cyrille Diabate
Gunnar Nelson vs. Jorge Santiago
Ryan Jimmo vs. James Te Huna
Che "Zaromskis Killer" Mills vs. Matt Riddle
Preliminary Card (Facebook, 12 PM ET/9 AM PT)
Terry Etim vs. Renee Forte
Danny Castillo vs. Paul Sass
Josh Grispi vs. Andy Ogle
Stanislav Nedkov vs. Tom Watson
Vaughan Lee vs. Motonobu Tezuka
Ulysses Gomez vs. Phil Harris
SBN coverage of UFC on FUEL TV 7
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