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The main card airs on Spike TV sister-network MTV2.<\/p>\n<p>Since Spike.com is planning to air the Bellator prelims on a regular basis, it would appear that the online broadcast will occasionally go head-to-head with Spike TV&#8217;s live airing of the UFC pay-per-view preliminary fights.  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