Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou vs Luis Arthur Cane, Akihiro Gono vs Dan Hardy, Chris Lytle vs Paul Taylor and Shane Carwin vs Neil Wain have been added to the official fight card for UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben.

UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben takes place on October 19th at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England and will likely air on Spike TV. Just 2,500 tickets remain for the event. Middleweight contenders Michael Bisping and Chris Leben will clash in the evening’s main event.

Sokoudjou rebounded from his UFC debut loss to Lyoto Machida with a first-round TKO victory over Kazuhiro Nakamura at UFC 84: Ill Will in May. Cane also stumbled in his UFC debut, losing via disqualification to James Irvin at UFC 79: Nemesis in December. He too was able to reboud, defeating Jason Lambert via first-round TKO at UFC 85: Bedlam in June.

Gono was last in action in November, defeating Tamdan McCrory via second-round submission in his UFC debut at UFC 78: Validation. Hardy is a UK UFC newcomer who has won three-straight bouts and eight of his last nine.

Carwin is a heavyweight prospect who knocked out Christian Wellisch in under one minute in his UFC debut at UFC 84: Ill Will in May. Wain is another English UFC newcomer who has won all four of his professional bouts via knockout.

"The Ultimate Fighter 4" runner-up and longtime UFC fighter Chris Lytle has signed a four-fight contract extension with the UFC and has also signed to fight Paul Taylor at UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben.

His manager, Ken Pavia, confirmed the deals with MMAjunkie.com on Tuesday.

"The UFC expressed satisfaction with his past performances, and they extended his deal by four fights," Pavia said. "Chris has a home in the UFC. He's comfortable fighting for the UFC. Both sides will benefit from the deal. We're very happy with it."

Lytle, a nine-year veteran who made his octagon debut in 2000, most recently suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Josh Koscheck earlier this month at UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin.

However, after a spirited loss to Thiago Alves in November, Lytle essentially promised to throw caution to the wind. He said calculated game plans made for boring fights, and his two bouts since then - a February knockout victory over Kyle Bradley and the loss to Koscheck - have shown streaks of that carefree attitude.

"He appreciate the types of match-ups [UFC officials] have given him," Pavia said. "Chris has re-devoted himself to being exciting, and the UFC has provided him opponents who let him do that. ... Chris' sole goal is to entertain fans."

His next opportunity will come against Taylor, a British fighter who's competed in four consecutive UFC U.K. events. After opening his UFC career with a TKO of Ediberto Crocota, Taylor suffered back-to-back losses to Marcus Davis and Paul Kelly.

Knowing the fight was a must-win, he then scored a split-decision victory over Jess Liaudin in June at UFC 85: Bedlam.

Source: MMAFrenzy.com