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NEXT FIGHT:
The King is set to
fight once again, February 26th for UFC 127 in Sydney,
Australia with a promising bout against Ross Pearson. Pearson was
the Ultimate Fighter 9 winner when he out dueled Andre Winner
carding a unanimous decision. Although with early success in the
octagon winning his three first fights, Pearson’s last fight did
not go as planned, losing to Cole Miller due to a rear naked at
UFC Fight Night 22 on September 15th 2010. Pearson
fights out of and is from Sunderland, England where he trains with
Team Rough House, he is a standup fighter with significant boxing
and Thai Boxing ability. Spencer coming off his latest win
against Kurt Warburton, looked like his old self, scoring with
knees, superman punches, spinning back kicks and off course his
devastating right hook. The King received a well deserved
unanimous decision in October at UFC 120 which put him up to fight
Pearson. From a skills standpoint the two fighters look similar,
both enjoy the standup and bang facet of MMA but the two have also
had three of the same opponents. Siver, Warburton and Riley have
each been beaten by either Spencer or Ross, whether or not either
fighter will gain an edge from film or from their experience from
similar opponents. With these similar oppositions and skill sets,
The King will be using his superior submission ability, speed and
overall fight experience to chalk up another win in Australia. The
fight will take place at the Acer arena in Sydney on February 27th
and 26th in North America due to the time difference,
which will be live in the U.S. and live in the UK on ESPN for the
first time. |