NEXT FIGHT:

The King is set to fight once again, February 26^th 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 15^th 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 27^th and 26^th 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.