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17/06/08 - UFC 89 Rumour: Hardy, Bisping on undercard of Silva/Okami
Recent UFC signing Dan Hardy will make his debut for the organisation at UFC 89 in October, it is being rumoured.
Several MMA sites are also reporting that middleweight champion Anderson Silva will be fighting Yushin Okami at the event.
Highly-touted British welterweight Hardy is apparently being pencilled in for the event, which is allegedly heading for the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK.
The aborted fight between UK MMA superstar Michael Bisping and Chris Leben, originally intended for UFC 85 in London last weekend, is also rumoured to be on the card.
A spokesman for Warrior Promotions Fighter Management said that they not been contacted by the UFC about an October fight for Hardy.
Asked who they would pick as his first opponent in the UFC, the spokesman said only that the organisation has "a lot of good welterweights... we would be looking at guys that are around Dan in the rankings".
Hardy is currently in the USA, training with Eddie Bravo at present and moving on to Xtreme Couture in the next few weeks. He returns to the UK at the end of August.
John O'Regan
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