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Thursday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Thursday
3:00 a.m. ET Sportsnet Pacific: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
4:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Tonight
UFC 159: Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen - Preview of all the action for UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
4:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
EPISODE: 127
5:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 5 Episode 2: Not in the House
6:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
Best Of Sonnen Chael Sonnen all-access account of his UFC on FOX; the greatest trash talker of them all; Sonnen mic'd up for his real time reaction to the legendary fight between Shogun and Henderson.
6:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
Matt Brown's journey; the Signature Moves of Travis Browne; Miesha Tate mic'd up for the historic Ronda Rousey vs Liz Carmouche; Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar off the cuff about fight films.
7:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
EPISODE: 126
7:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
EPISODE: 127
8:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC: Vitor Belfort vs. Michael Bisping Prelims
Ildemar Alcantara vs. Wagner Prado; Pedro Nobre vs. Yuri Alcantara; Lucas Martins vs. Edson Barboza; Nik Lentz vs. Diego Nunes; Andrew Craig vs. Ronny Markes; Milton Vieira vs. Godofredo Pepey. From Sao Paulo, Brazil.
4:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Tonight
UFC 159: Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen - Preview of all the action for UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
4:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
EPISODE: 127
5:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Reloaded
UFC 145: Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans
8:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Tonight
UFC 159: Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen - Preview of all the action for UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
8:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
EPISODE: 127
9:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Greatest Heavyweights Some of Pride's greatest heavyweights of all time.
10:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
EPISODE: 2 Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien; Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher.
11:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Countdown159: Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen
Leading up to UFC 159: Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen, UFC Countdown sets the stage.
12:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: The Ultimate Fighter
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Audio: UFC 159 Media Conference Call
By: Sherdog.com Staff
UFC 159 headliners Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen, plus middleweights Michael Bisping and Alan Belcher, spoke with the media Tuesday ahead of this weekend’s card in New Jersey. Read more -
Sherdog MMA Pick’Em: UFC on Fox 3 Final Report
By: Sherdog.com Staff
The Rousimar Palhares leg lock the masses envisioned never came to fruition at UFC on Fox 3 “Diaz vs. Miller” on Saturday at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J. Alan Belcher made sure of it.
Palhares expectedly snatched a leg and secured a takedown from the start, fishing for kneebars and his trademark heel hook. Belcher weathered the engagement and turned the tables, threatening the Brazilian Top Team member with a twister before moving into top position and settling in guard. From there, he let his hands and elbows fly. Before long, Palhares was shying away from contact, forcing referee Dan Miragliotta to intervene.
Nearly eight out of 10 (77 percent) players in the Sherdog.com MMA Pick’Em fantasy game expected Palhares to walk away with a victory.
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Beatdown After The Bell: UFC on Fox 3
By: Sherdog.com Staff
TJ De Santis and Todd Martin were live on The Sherdog Radio Network Saturday night following the conclusion of the "UFC on Fox 3" card.
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For two hours De Santis and Martin recapped the night's event which saw Nate Diaz submit Jim Miller in the second round of the main event. TJ and Todd chat about where this win puts Diaz, the lightweight title picture, and what this effort on Fox did for the UFC.
Listener interaction was also in force as De Santis and Martin took calls, emails, and tweets. The two hosts also talked about wins from Lavar Johnson, Johny Hendricks, and Alan Belcher.
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Roundtable: UFC on Fox 3
By: TJ De Santis
Jack Encarnacao was back for another Sherdog Radio Network roundtable. Joining him were long time mma journalists Jon Luther and Jim Genia.
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Tomorrow night IZOD Center plays host to the UFC's third outing on Fox. The panel breaks down the entire card including the main event which pits lightweights Jim Miller and Nate Diaz against one another. Encarnacao also chats with the panel about tonight's Bellator 67 card on Mtv2.
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McGee-Belcher a Natural Next Bout
By: Jason Probst
Alan Belcher would make an excellent next opponent for Court McGee. | File Photo: Sherdog.com
After their impressive wins at UFC Fight Night 25 on Saturday in New Orleans, the time is now to make an Alan Belcher-Court McGee matchup. With the middleweight division as it stands, Belcher, 27, and McGee, 26, are in the enviable position of being relatively young enough to reasonably expect big-time improvement in the next couple years. Yet, both are able to compete in a manner that is effective and exciting now.
Showdowns between up-and-coming bad asses are their own animal, and they are often intriguing. McGee’s intensity and conditioning matched against Belcher’s dynamic standup and excellent jiu-jitsu makes for a bout with the kind of two-way aggression that can only be described as win-win.
Such fights are always fun to look back on a few years down the road, as kind of a remember-when chapter, when both men have progressed. Plus, given the style matchup, I am not sure a loss for either guy would be nearly as damaging as pitting either of them against a ranked contender. Sometimes, it is just fun to line up two young bucks and let them collide. McGee-Belcher is that kind of match.
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UFC 107 Primer
By: Jake Rossen
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As an event orchestrated almost exclusively around a coming-home gimmick for Memphis native Quinton Jackson, Saturday’s “UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez” fails rather miserably. (Jackson is too busy becoming the next Brian Bosworth.) As a card bolstered by two homicidal 155 lb. fighters, it should be judged for what it is, not what it could’ve been.
With Georges St. Pierre having beaten 170 lb. aspirations out of him, B.J. Penn appears to be the most mentally and physically functional fighter of his entire nine-year career. He’s hell to take down, more or less immune to submissions, and shows off cleaner hands every time he engages. Gone is the fighter who bounced from class to class, ballooning up to take on Lyoto Machida in Japan like an MMA De Niro.
To know a great athlete is diluting his own mark by toiling in weird, random bids is frustrating. He’s found his fit. It’s a pleasure to watch. Keep him away from the white flour. Read more
