UFC 2009 15 2009-09-19 2009-09-19 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/4sv0tc1718628467.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/qx53b61718628422.jpg UFC 103 Franklin vs. Belfort was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 19, 2009 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center. The event was broadcast on pay-per-view. This was the first UFC event to air a portion of the preliminary card live and commercial-free during an hour long block on Spike. The Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller, Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal, Rick Story vs. Brian Foster, and the Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez fights were shown on Spike. As a part of the UFC/ESPN UK regionalization strategy the bout of Paul Daley vs. Brian Foster was to air on ESPN (UK) prior to Daley replacing Mike Swick against Martin Kampmann. 504972