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Thursday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Thursday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter Nations
Canada vs. Australia: Strangers in a Strange Land
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night Prelims: Rockhold vs. Philippou
Louis Smolka vs. Alptekin Ozkilic; Brian Houston vs. Trevor Smith; Elias Silverio vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg; Justin Edwards vs. Ramsey Nijem. From Atlanta.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Johnson vs. Dodson
Demetrious Johnson takes on John Dodson for the flyweight title; Quinton Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira; Anthony Pettis vs. Donald Cerrone; Ricardo Lamas vs. Erik Koch. From Chicago.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter Nations
Canada vs. Australia: Strangers in a Strange Land
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Sam Sicilia vs. Cole Miller; Dustin Ortiz vs. John Moraga; Derek Brunson vs. Yoel Romero; Mike Easton vs. T.J. Dillashaw; Brad Tavares vs. Lorenz Larkin; Luke Rockhold vs. Costas Philippou. From Atlanta.
11:00 a.m. ET Sportsnet Ontario: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives
11:00 a.m. ET Sportsnet East: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
UFC 168: Costas Philippou/Josh Thomson
12:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider
UFC 168: Costas Philippou/Josh Thomson
1:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet West: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Best of UFC 2013
Reviewing all the thrilling action from 2013 and breaking down the top contenders, rising stars and the warriors dominating the sport.
2:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet Pacific: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter Nations
Canada vs. Australia: Strangers in a Strange Land
5:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet ONE: UFC Wired
Joe Rogan hosts this UFC highlight show featuring some of the best bouts from years past.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Sam Sicilia vs. Cole Miller; Dustin Ortiz vs. John Moraga; Derek Brunson vs. Yoel Romero; Mike Easton vs. TJ Dillashaw; Brad Tavares vs. Lorenz Larkin; Luke Rockhold vs. Costaas Philippou. From Atlanta.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sportsnet ONE: UFC Wired
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Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
4:00 a.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 132: Dominic Cruz vs. Urijah Faber
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
Luke Rockhold vs. Costas Philippou
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II Anderson Silva defends his UFC Middleweight Championship against Chael Sonnen.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night Episode 21
Nate Diaz vs. Melvin Guillard Nate Quarry vs. Tim Credeur; Roger Huerta vs. Gray Maynard.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Main Event
UFC 132: Dominic Cruz vs. Urijah Faber
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
Top 50 Moments of 2013
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Prefight Show
Luke Rockhold vs. Costas Philippou
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night Prelims: Rockhold vs. Philippou
Louis Smolka vs. Alptekin Ozkilic; Brian Houston vs. Trevor Smith; Elias Silverio vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg; Justin Edwards vs. Ramsey Nijem. From Atlanta.
5:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Preliminary Fights
Louis Smolka vs. Alptekin Ozkilic; Brian Houston vs. Trevor Smith; Elias Silverio vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg; Justin Edwards vs. Ramsey Nijem. From Atlanta.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
Sam Sicilia vs. Cole Miller; Dustin Ortiz vs. John Moraga; Derek Brunson vs. Yoel Romero; Mike Easton vs. T.J. Dillashaw; Brad Tavares vs. Lorenz Larkin; Luke Rockhold vs. Costas Philippou. From Atlanta.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter Nations
Canada vs. Australia: Strangers in a Strange Land
11:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Post-Fight Show
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Beatdown: Cruickshank, Ortiz, Gaethje, Sefo
By: Sherdog.com Staff
TJ De Santis and Jeff Sherwood were back for Wednesday’s edition of “Beatdown” on the Sherdog Radio Network. Joining them were mixed martial artists Daron Cruickshank, Dustin Ortiz, Justin Gaethje and World Series of Fighting President Ray Sefo.
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Justin Gaethje has been on preparing for a carousel of opponents for his WSOF lightweight title fight. The Colorado based fighter was originally set to rematch Gesias Cavalcante on January 18th. The Brazilian fell out do to injury and was replaced by Lewis Gonzalez. Gonzalez was then injured and now it is Richard Patishnock that is scheduled to face Gaethje next Saturday night in Florida. Justin joined “Beatdown” Wednesday to discuss the latest opponent change, how his training has gone, and how he feels about vying for the inaugural WSOF lightweight title. Gaethje also chats about his personal experience with Georges St. Pierre and how he feels about GSP leaving mixed martial arts for an indefinite period of time.
Daron Cruickshank returns to the UFC’s octagon part of the UFC Fight Night 35 card. “Detroit Superstar” joined De Santis and Sherwood to discuss his lightweight affair with Mike Rio. Cruickshank breaks down the fight, if this is a loser leaves town match, and where his head is at coming in to the match.
Dustin Ortiz proved victorious in Brazil last November in his UFC debut. The flyweight has now drawn former title challenger John Moraga for his UFC sophomore effort. Ortiz chatted with TJ and Jeff to discuss the fight, getting upgraded to the main card from the prelims, and how he feels the landscape of flyweight looks right now in mixed martial arts. The RofusSport pupil also discusses what he will have to do to earn a shot at UFC champion Demetrious Johnson.
World Series of Fighting has made waves this week when matchmaker Ali Abdelaziz went on MMAFighting.com’s “The MMA Hour” and suggested that Bellator and WSOF co-promote a pay-per-view with a promotion vs promotion card. President Ray Sefo joined “Beatdown” Wednesday to chat about the call out, the promotions upcoming January 18th card, and what the NBC Sports Network based promotion will try to accomplish in 2014. Sefo also speaks about his aspirations of a world grand prix type format which would include a one night tournament.
TJ and Jeff also discuss Dominick Cruz’s latest injury and title vacation, his future in fighting, and what this means for UFC bantamweights. The guys also discuss the chatter of Anderson Silva vs. GSP, and they take listener predictions via “The Go Daddy Hotline.” -
SDS: McCall & Hieron
By: TJ De Santis
Greg Savage and Jeff Sherwood returned to The Sherdog Radio Network Monday for another edition of "The Savage Dog Show." Joining them were MMA fighters Ian McCall and Jay Hieron.
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Ian McCall looked stellar Friday night in Lemoore, California at The Tachi Palace. "Uncle Creepy" joined the show Monday to talk about his unanimous decision victory of Tennessee's Dustin Ortiz.
Saturday night Jay Hieron defeated Rick Hawn in the finals of Bellator's welterweight tournament. Though the fan's opinion of the bout vary as to who won the fight, Hieron claims to be surprised at the decision going his way was split. The Xtreme Couture product talks about the victory and his upcoming title shot with Ben Askren.
Check out the show and our archives by clicking here.