Spike TV heads across the pond to the LG Arena in Birmingham, England for UFC 138 headlined by a battle between two of the sport’s top middleweights, Chris Leben (26-7) and Mark Munoz (11-2), on Saturday, November 5 (8 p.m.-11 p.m. ET/PT- same day tape). This main event between Leben and Munoz will be the UFC’s first five-round non-title fight.

Another confirmed bout for the card is a hugely significant bantamweight fight between London’s Brad “One Punch” Pickett (20-5) and 135-pound fireball Renan “The Baron” Barão, who boasts the longest unbeaten run in MMA having won all his last 26 fights. The winner of this fight will certainly be a major factor in the division in 2012.

Also confirmed for the televised part of the card is a slugfest between UFC lightweight veteran “Relentless” Paul Taylor, 11-6-1-1, and Anthony “The Assassin” Njokuani, 14-5-0-1. Fighting just 10 miles from his home at UFC 138, three-time Fight of the Night winner Taylor will have to meet fire with fire against Njokuani, a three-time KO of the Night and one-time Fight of the Night winner.

Spike TV previously aired UFC 89 from Birmingham, England in October 2008 featuring Chris Leben in a main event fight against Michael Bisping which delivered 3.4 million viewers.

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