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Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto - Prelims
Derek Brunson vs. Lorenz Larkin; Henry Cejudo vs. Scott Jorgensen; Justin Edwards vs. Yancy Medeiros; Anthony Hamilton vs. Ruan Potts. From Sacramento, Calif.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Overeem vs. Lesnar - The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Alistair Overeem vs Brock Lesnar, Roy Nelson vs Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic, Lavar Johnson vs Joey Beltran, Pat Barry vs Christian Morecraft, and Frank Mir vs Rodrigo Nogueira.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Countdown to UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi
Inside the training camps of Gegard Mousasi and Ronaldo Souza.
7:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: TUF Nations Canada vs. Australia: Ultimate Fighter Finale
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC RoundtableThe Ultimate Fighters
Ultimate Fighters roundtable discussion.
11:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news
11:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Countdown to Curran/Pitbull II
A preview of fights with behind-the-scenes footage and analysis of Pat Curran, Patricio Pitbull, King Mo and Cheick Kongo. Read more -
Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 5: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Too Salty Team Penn gets a lecture on overtraining.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 173: Renan Barao vs. T.J. Dillashaw
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Miller vs. Diaz
Jim Miller vs. Nate Diaz; Pat Barry vs. Lavar Johnson; Josh Koscheck vs. Johnny Hendricks. From New Jersey.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 173: Renan Barao vs. T.J. Dillashaw
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 3: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Anytime, Anywhere Frankie Edgar brings in jiu jitsu black belt Renzo Gracie to work with his team. Dan Spohn continues training at the house and Todd Monaghan holds a sermon. Then Spohn and Monaghan face off in the second preliminary fight.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 4: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Stand and Bang Team Penn tries to continue its winning streak.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 5: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Too Salty Team Penn gets a lecture on overtraining.
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Miller vs. Diaz
Jim Miller vs. Nate Diaz; Pat Barry vs. Lavar Johnson; Josh Koscheck vs. Johnny Hendricks. From New Jersey.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Alistair Overeem vs Brock Lesnar, Roy Nelson vs Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic, Lavar Johnson vs Joey Beltran, Pat Barry vs Christian Morecraft, and Frank Mir vs Rodrigo Nogueira.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 173: Renan Barao vs. T.J. Dillashaw
7:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
KOTC MMA University, Part 2 KOTC Championship mixed martial arts competition from Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Diaz vs. Cephas. From March 30, 2014.
7:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Glover Teixeira's account of his title shot against Jon Jones; Team Alpha Male's latest hopeful; bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw; Mark Munoz provides insight into his warrior code.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 3: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Anytime, Anywhere Frankie Edgar brings in jiu jitsu black belt Renzo Gracie to work with his team. Daniel Spohn continues training at the house and Todd Monaghan holds a sermon. Then Spohn and Monaghan face off in the second preliminary fight.
9:00 p.m. ET MavTV: Greatest KnockOuts
EPISODE: 3 Kendall Grove versus Hector Ramirez that ends with a vicious knockout.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 4: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Stand and Bang Team Penn tries to continue its winning streak.
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
KOTC MMA University, Part 2 KOTC Championship mixed martial arts competition from Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Diaz vs. Cephas. From March 30, 2014.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 5: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Too Salty Team Penn gets a lecture on overtraining.
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Miller vs. Diaz
Jim Miller vs. Nate Diaz; Pat Barry vs. Lavar Johnson; Josh Koscheck vs. Johnny Hendricks. From New Jersey.
12:00 a.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
KOTC MMA University, Part 1 KOTC Championship mixed martial arts competition from Club Nokia in Los Angeles. Main event - Rosales vs. Lilley. From March 30, 2014. Read more -
Sunday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Sunday
3:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
Prelims of the UFC Fight Night: Matt Brown vs. Erik Silva. From Cincinnati.
5:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Fastest Knockouts Fastest finishes in MMA history.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Overeem vs. Lesnar The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Alistair Overeem vs Brock Lesnar, Roy Nelson vs Mirko Filipovic, Lavar Johnson vs Joey Beltran, Pat Barry vs Christian Morecraft, and Frank Mir vs Rodrigo Nogueira.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 4: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Stand and Bang Team Penn tries to continue its winning streak.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Prelims: Teixeira vs. Bader Ivan Jorge vs. Keith Wisniewski; Elias Silverio vs. Joao Zeferino; Junior Hernandez vs. Lucas Martins; Kevin Souza vs. Felipe Arantes. From Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 149: Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao Interim bantamweight championship.
1:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC From All Angles
Host Karyn Bryant sits down with UFC star Frankie Edgar to discuss his career.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Brown vs. Silva – Prelims Johnny Eduardo vs. Eddie Wineland, bantamweight bout; Zak Cummings vs. Yan Cabral, welterweight bout; Darrell Montague vs. Kyoji Horiguchi, flyweight bout; Rafael Natal vs. Ed Herman, middleweight bout. From Cincinnati.
3:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Louis Smolka vs. Chris Cariaso; Ruan Potts vs. Soa Palelei; Tim Means vs. Neil Magny; Daron Cruickshank vs. Erik Koch; Lorenz Larkin vs. Costas Philippou; Erick Silva vs. Matt Brown. From Cincinnati.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 4: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Stand and Bang Team Penn tries to continue its winning streak.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
Fighters Cut - Anthony Pettis Pettis relives his first round finishes.
8:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider
T.J. Dillashaw, Chris Holdsworth and Matt Grice.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 4: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Stand and Bang Team Penn tries to continue its winning streak.
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 149: Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao Interim bantamweight championship.
11:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC on Sportsnet Matt Brown vs. Erik Silva
Louis Smolka vs. Chris Cariaso; Ruan Potts vs. Soa Palelei; Tim Means vs. Neil Magny; Daron Cruickshank vs. Erik Koch; Lorenz Larkin vs. Costas Philippou; Erick Silva vs. Matt Brown. From Cincinnati. Read more -
Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
3:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Reloaded UFC 140: Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones faces former champ Lyoto Machida; the Nogueira brothers, Frank Mir and Tito Ortiz.
6:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC: Minotauro Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum Jason Rony vs. Mike Wilkinson; Daniel Sarafian vs. Eddie Mendez; Erick Silva vs. Jason High; Thiago Silva vs. Rafael Feijao; William Patolino vs. Leonardo Santos; Minotauro Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum. From Fortaleza, Brazil.
9:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC: Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann Wanderlei Silva vs. Brian Stann; Mark Hunt vs. Stefan Struve; Takanori Gomi vs. Diego Sanchez; Hector Lombard vs. Yushin Okami; Rani Yahya vs. Mizuto Hirota; Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Dong Hyun Kim. From Saitama, Japan.
12:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard.
1:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Mauricio Rua vs Dan Henderson, Alexander Gustafsson vs Vladimir Matyushenko, and Rogerio Nogueira vs Tito Ortiz.
2:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship Shogun Grand Prix Mauricio Rua's epic run in the PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix tournament.
3:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider Inside Jose Aldo's training camp; special Gracie breakdown of the Twister submission; Ricardo Lamas takes down the Aldo-Korean Zombie matchup; Phil Davis's live reaction to Glover Teixeira vs James Te Huna in Full Blast.
3:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Tonight FS1 – Preview FS1's debut fight, from Boston.
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Weigh-ins UFC on Sportsnet Mauricio Rua vs. Chael Sonnen
4:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Weigh-In UFC: Mauricio Rua vs. Chael Sonnen From the TD Garden in Boston.
5:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC: Mauricio Rua vs. Brandon Vera Mauricio Rua vs. Brandon Vera; Lyoto Machida vs. Ryan Bader; Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner; DaMarques Johnson vs. Mike Swick. From Los Angeles. (Card subject to change)
7:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Alistair Overeem vs Brock Lesnar, Roy Nelson vs Mirko Filipovic, Lavar Johnson vs Joey Beltran, Pat Barry vs Christian Morecraft, and Frank Mir vs Rodrigo Nogueira.
8:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann, Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le, and Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus.
8:00 p.m. ET AXS: The Voice Versus Michael Schiavello and Alistair Overeem discuss steroid allegations and an appetite for horse meat.
9:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed Featuring Cain Velasquez vs. Brock Lesnar; Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin; Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader.
9:00 p.m. ET AXS: Inside MMA EPISODE: 304 Alistair Overeem and Chael Sonnen preview their UFC Fight Night 26 fights; Michael Schiavello and Pat Miletich offer an inside look at the night's RFA 9 fight card.
10:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed Featuring Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick and Melvin Guillard vs. Shane Roller.
10:00 p.m. ET AXS: AXS TV Fights Resurrection Fighting Alliance 9 Undefeated Pedro Munhoz and UFC veteran Jeff Curran vie for the RFA Bantamweight title; from Los Angeles.
11:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed Nate Diaz fights Jim Miller; Rory MacDonald vs. Che Mills; Cub Swanson vs. Charles Oliveira; Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman.
12:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama, Nam Phan v.s Leonard Garcia, and Donald Cerrone vs. Dennis Siver. Read more -
Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
4:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Fight Night Episode 18
Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann; Ryan Bader vs. Carmelo Marrero; Rafael dos Anjos vs. Tyson Griffin; Junie Browning vs. Cole Miller. From April 11, 2009 in Nashville, Tenn.
6:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama, Nam Phan v.s Leonard Garcia, and Donald Cerrone vs. Dennis Siver.
7:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi; Nick Diaz vs. Josh Neer; Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn.
8:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle; Carlos Condit vs. Dong Hyun Kim; Brendan Schaub vs Mirko Cro Cop; Rashad Evans vs Tito Ortiz.
9:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann, Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le, and Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus.
10:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard.
11:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Mauricio Rua vs Dan Henderson, Alexander Gustafsson vs Vladimir Matyushenko, and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs Tito Ortiz.
12:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida, Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone, Bart Palaszewski vs. Tyson Griffin, and Ryan Bader vs. Jason Brilz.
1:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Alistair Overeem vs Brock Lesnar, Roy Nelson vs Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic, Lavar Johnson vs Joey Beltran, Pat Barry vs Christian Morecraft, and Frank Mir vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
2:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Jose Aldo vs Chad Mendes, Matt Hughes vs Josh Koscheck, Nam Phan vs Jimy Hettes, and Urijah Faber vs Brian Bowles.
3:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos in UFC on Fox; Roy Nelson vs. Fabricio Werdum in UFC 143; lightweight fight Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim in UFC 142.
4:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
UFC 143 Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit; UFC 142 Rousimar Palhares and and Mike Massenzio; Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon at UFC 144.
4:00 p.m. ET The Score: UFC Wired
Joe Rogan hosts this UFC highlight show featuring some of the best bouts from years past.
5:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Lightweight title fight between Frankie Edgar and Benson Henderson at UFC 144; featherweight face-off between Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway at UFC 143; UFC 142's battle between Vitor Belfort and Anthony Johnson.
6:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Featuring Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber and Sam Stout vs. Yves Edwards.
7:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Featuring Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes; Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago; Jake Ellenberger vs. Sean Pierson.
8:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Featuring Cain Velasquez vs. Brock Lesnar; Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin; Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader.
9:00 p.m. ET AXS: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 296 Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten preview UFC 162.
9:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Nate Diaz fights Jim Miller; Rory MacDonald vs. Che Mills; Cub Swanson vs. Charles Oliveira; Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman.
10:00 p.m. ET AXS: AXS TV Fights
Femmes Fatale: The Best of Women's MMA The best women's MMA action, with Felice Herrig, Megumi Fujii, and Sara McMann.
10:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
The 'Korean Zombie' Chan Sung Jung and Dustin Poirier battle in one of the greatest fights on the year; Travis Browne vs. Chad Griggs; Louis Gaudinot vs. John Lineker.
11:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet ONE: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
11:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
EPISODE: 72 Kenny Florian and Clay Guida battle in the lightweight division; heavyweights Frank Mir and Cheick Kongo; Randy Couture takes on Minotauro Nogueira.
12:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir; Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping; Paulo Thiago vs. Mike Swick.
12:00 p.m. ET AXS: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 296 Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten preview UFC 162. Read more -
UFC 117 Prelims: Struve Stops Morecraft
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Stefan Struve (20-4) bounced back from his crushing defeat at the hands of Roy Nelson to stop Christian Morecraft (6-1) with a second-round technical knockout at UFC 117.
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Morecraft started strong in his UFC debut by taking the first round with some slick ground work, but the second frame was all Struve. The lanky Dutch striker put the Massachusetts native down with a one-two and followed up with punches for good measure until referee Herb Dean pulled him off just 22 seconds into round two.