UFC 105 shapes up

Korean-Canadian middleweight Denis Kang is expected to step in to face a newly softened-up Michael Bisping at UFC 105 on November 14 from Manchester, England.

A veteran of Pride FC, Kang is 32-11-1 (1-1 UFC) and is coming off a unanimous-decision win over Xavier Foupa-Pokam at UFC 97. Bisping, we all remember, is still clearing the cobwebs from his knockout loss to Dan Henderson at UFC 100.

Also in the works for UFC 105 is welterweight match-up between Dan Hardy and Dong Hyun Kim. Hardy (22-6) is 3-0 in the UFC with wins over Akihiro Gono, Rory Markham and Marcus Davis while Kim (12-0-1) has put together octagon victories over Jason Tan and Matt Brown before suffering a split-decision loss to Karo Parisyan (which was then declared a no contest after Parisyan tested positive for banned painkillers).

The expected main event for the Manchester card is a lightweight title bout between champ BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez.