On Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, UFC 104 will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. and will broadcast live on pay-per-view. Now for the second time in a row, the UFC will be making a minimum of two preliminary bouts available free to viewers on Spike TV prior to the pay-per-view.
The fights which will air on Spike TV include a light heavyweight match-up between Ryan “Darth” Bader vs. Eric “Red” Schafer and a heavyweight bout between Antoni Hardonk and Pat Barry. The broadcast for these two preliminary bouts will begin airing at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and will run for one hour commercial-free.