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UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 16, 2010 at the O2 Arena in London, England. The first ever UK UFC Fan Expo will coincide with this event. This event will air on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the U.S. The event will be the fourth the UFC has hosted at the O2 Arena in London, England and the first since UFC 95. It is also the ninth event held in the United Kingdom and first since UFC 105.
Official fight card
Main card
* Middleweight bout: England Michael Bisping vs. Japan Yoshihiro Akiyama
* Welterweight bout: England Dan Hardy vs. United States Carlos Condit
* Welterweight bout: England John Hathaway vs. United States Mike Pyle
* Heavyweight bout: France Cheick Kongo vs. United States Travis Browne
* Welterweight bout: England James Wilks vs. Canada Claude Patrick
Preliminary card
* Light Heavyweight bout: France Cyrille Diabaté vs. Sweden Alexander Gustafsson
* Heavyweight bout: England Rob Broughton vs. Brazil Vinicius Queiroz
* Light Heavyweight bout: United States Steve Cantwell vs. Bulgaria Stanislav Nedkov
* Lightweight bout: England Paul Sass vs. Canada Mark Holst
* Lightweight bout: United States Spencer Fisher vs. England Kurt Warburton
* Light Heavyweight bout: England James McSweeney vs. England Tom Blackledge
Background
Dan Hardy was originally scheduled to fight Dustin Hazelett at this event before Hazelett pulled out because of his wedding in September. Hazelett instead faced Rick Story at UFC 117. The UFC later confirmed that Carlos Condit will be Dan Hardy's new opponent.
Tom Blackledge was originally set to fight James Te-Huna. However, Te-Huna withdrew after an injury in training. Blackledge will instead fight TUF 10 cast member James McSweeney.
John Hathaway was also expected to fight Dong Hyun Kim. However, Kim was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by Mike Pyle.
