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UFC 105 ESPN, 8pm THE UFC is back in the UK coming live from Manchester's MEN Arena tonight, and it should be a good night for the country's top two fighters, writes Dan Williams.

Michael Bisping suffered the first KO loss of his career at UFC 100 when he was knocked out cold by a big right hand from American veteran Dan Henderson, but he can bounce back by beating Denis Kang.

Kang is well respected with tons of international experience but has lost four of his last eight fights and should be the perfect opponent for Bisping to get back to winning ways.

Nottingham's Dan Hardy has a potentially much harder task taking out Mike Swick, who is regarded as one of the top welterweights in the world.

But Hardy was fantastic last time out when beating an extremely tough opponent in Marcus Davis, and he looks a value pick at 7-4 to spring an upset.

In the main event, the most popular fighter in MMA, Randy Couture, should be backed to secure a win over Brandon Vera.

Couture has lost his last two fights but Vera is not in the same class and may not be able to handle Couture's superior Greco-Roman wrestling and groundand-pound skills.

Recommendations M Bisping 2pts evens Boylesports D Hardy 1pt 7-4 Betfred, Boyles, VC R Couture 3pts evens Betfred