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In his own mind, Mike Swick already believes he's worthy of a shot at arguably the most dominant welterweight in UFC history.

"I definitely think I offer a challenge to [Georges St- Pierre]," Swick told FanHouse. "He's one of the top fighters. Pound-for-pound he might be the best, but I definitely feel that my style is going to cause some problems for him for sure."

He believes it, but this Saturday at UFC 105, Swick can prove it to the UFC organization and fans around the world if he dismantles British sensation Dan Hardy to be next in line to face St-Pierre sometime next year.

In the final press conference before Saturday's UFC 105 event in Manchester, England, Brandon Vera delivered an earnest show of respect towards his opponent and mentor Randy Couture.

"Come fight night, you're going to see potentially the best Brandon Vera that you have seen so far and I won't be hesitating at all, I promise," Vera said. "And that's for me and for Randy, so he knows that I'm coming along in this sport and that I've set goals and I'm moving forward for those goals. So he'll understand that I'm not playing around anymore. But all the respect in the world has to go to him.

"He's an ambassador for the sport. He's done his thing. He's five-time world champion, that motivates me more to be him, to beat that man."

The latest MMA fighter to use YouTube to promote himself is Mike Swick, who's doing a series of video blogs to promote his UFC 105 fight with Dan Hardy. The first one is above.

Dan Hardy is a fighter the UFC wants to make into a star, and so he's the subject of the latest series of UFC video blogs (Part 1 above, Part 2 below). On November 14 at UFC 105, he'll fight Mike Swick and get the chance to show whether his fighting skills warrant the promotion he's getting.

On this week's edition of The MMA Hour, we were joined by Dan Hardy, who faces Mike Swick in a No. 1 contender's match at UFC 105 on Nov. 14. Hardy talked about getting a shot to fight for the title early in his UFC career, MMA's popularity in the United Kingdom, and his recent criticism of Bernard Hopkins after the boxing legend blasted MMA.

Later in the show, we spoke to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker about the upcoming Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers bout on Nov. 7, the Dan Henderson sweepstakes, and when we should expect to see Gina Carano return to action. Ray Hui and I also looked back at UFC 104 and Brock Lesnar having to pull out of his title fight at UFC 106.

Watch or listen to the show below.

Former champ Randy Couture returns to light heavyweight at UFC 105 in a main event fight against Brandon Vera on Nov. 14 at the MEN Arena in England.

Also on the card, Mike Swick fights for a possible welterweight title shot taking on Dan Hardy and Michael Bisping looks to get back on the winning track in a middleweight bout against Denis Kang.

Below is the fight card.

The UFC announced Tuesday the complete lineup for UFC 105 taking place Nov. 14 at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England.

In the main event, Randy Couture (16-10) moves back down to light heavyweight against fellow weight class hopper Brandon Vera (11-3).

In other featured bouts, the UK will be well-represented with Michael Bisping (18-2) looking to bounce back from his UFC 100 loss and Dan Hardy (22-6) aiming to position himself closer to the welterweight title in a fight against top contender Mike Swick (14-2).

Mike Swick vs. Dan Hardy will, in fact, take place at UFC 105 on Nov. 14 at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England.

UFC president Dana White had confirmed last night to FanHouse that the fight was in the works but now both the fighters and UFC UK president Marshall Zelaznik have confirmed the welterweight bout with title shot implications.

Michael Bisping's first fight back from his knockout loss to Dan Henderson at UFC 100 will be against Denis Kang at UFC 105 on Nov. 14 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, the UFC confirmed Tuesday.

Fellow Brit Dan Hardy has also been confirmed for the event in a welterweight tilt versus undefeated Korean superstar Dong Hyun Kim.

Bisping and Hardy are only the first two confirmed of many British fighters expected for the UFC 105 card with a main event still to be announced. The Ultimate Fighter 9 winners Ross Pearson and James Wilks are also expected to compete.