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Spike's next UFC counter-programming punch

Wednesday February 15, 2012 2:21 PM By Mark La Monica

DIEGO SANCHEZ Season 1, Middleweight Often forgotten, thanks

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Remember when Spike and the UFC were friends? Now, they're like Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn in "The Breakup," co-habitating in the same space until the lease runs out.

Spike owns rights to the UFC library through 2012 even though all the MMA company's new, live footage airs on the Fox family of networks.

So, as Diego Sanchez headlines against Jake Ellenberger in the UFC's...

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