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Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Dos Santos vs. Miocic
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 22 Episode 4: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: A Faithless Foe - After a frustrating fight, a coach loses his cool on a fighter in front of the team; Urijah and Conor argue over coaching styles; a member of Team Faber skips practice and the third preliminary match eliminates another fighter from the competition.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson - Prelims
Angela Hill vs. Rose Namajunas; Albert Tumenov vs. Alan Jouban; Ali Bagautinov vs. Joseph Benavidez; Daniel Hooker vs. Yair Rodriguez. From the Toyota Center in Houston.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2015
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 22 Episode 4: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: A Faithless Foe - After a frustrating fight, a coach loses his cool on a fighter in front of the team; Urijah and Conor argue over coaching styles; a member of Team Faber skips practice and the third preliminary match eliminates another fighter from the competition.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Dos Santos vs. Miocic
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2015
8:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC 1 on 1
Forrest Griffin - Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and winner of The Ultimate Fighter season 1, Forrest Griffin takes us through his life, inside and outside of the Octagon.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Main Event
Dos Santos vs. Miocic
10:00 p.m. ET AXS TV: AXS TV Fights
Highlighted championship moments of mixed martial arts from the vault.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
12:30 a.m. ET AXS TV: Inside MMA
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Thursday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Thursday
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 22 Episode 5: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2015
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson - Prelims
Angela Hill vs. Rose Namajunas; Albert Tumenov vs. Alan Jouban; Ali Bagautinov vs. Joseph Benavidez; Daniel Hooker vs. Yair Rodriguez. From the Toyota Center in Houston.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 141 Lesnar vs. Overeem - Relive UFC 141, Bock Lesnar versus Alistair Overeem.
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Behind-the-scenes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC Rio: Aldo vs. Mendes - The UFC returns to Brazil as Jose Aldo defends his Featherweight title against undefeated Chad Mendes. Plus a battle of strikers as Vitor Belfort battles Anthony Johnson.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 1 on 1
Forrest Griffin - Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and winner of The Ultimate Fighter season 1, Forrest Griffin takes us through his life, inside and outside of the Octagon. Read more -
Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Light Heavyweight Title Timeline - See the recent fights that crowned new 205-pound champions in one of the most talented divisions in the UFC. With Jon Jones, Mauricio Rua, Lyoto Machida and Rashad Evans.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fighter's Cut
Anthony Pettis - Step inside the octagon as Pettis relives his three exciting first round finishes, including his thrilling submission of Benson Henderson to capture the Lightweight title.
7:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Alexandra Pena vs. Jessica Rakoczy
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso - Champions and trash talkers made for one of the most anticipated nights of 2014: Conor McGregor had a grudge match against Dustin Poirier; Donald Cerrone welcomed Eddie Alvarez to the Octagon; and Demetrious Johnson fought Chris Cariaso.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Heavyweight Champions
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
UFC Bantamweights
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 92: Evans vs. Griffin - Forrest Griffin defends his Light Heavyweight title against Rashad Evans; Minotauro Nogueira fights Frank Mir for the Interim Heavyweight belt.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Dillashaw vs. Barao 2
2:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Flashback
St-Pierre vs. Hendricks - Reliving the epic UFC 167 title fight between UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and challenger Johny Hendricks.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II - Wanderlei Silva and former middleweight champion Rich Franklin faced off for the second time, as Silva sought to settle the score after his searing defeat in their first encounter, at UFC 99.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 139: Rua vs. Henderson - Former champions Dan Henderson and Mauricio Rua headlined UFC 139 in a five-round war that proved to be one of the greatest fights of all time. Go inside their training and then watch the 2011 instant classic between two MMA legends.
6:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
Future Legends 29 - KOTC Championship mixed martial arts competition.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Dillashaw vs. Barao 2
7:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fighter's Cut
Chris Weidman
8:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
Awakening - KOTC Championship mixed martial arts competition.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Heavyweight Champions
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 68: Sylvia vs. Couture - Randy Couture comes out of retirement to challenge for the heavyweight title; Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin.
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
Future Legends 29 - KOTC Championship mixed martial arts competition.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
UFC Bantamweights
12:00 a.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
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Chuck Mindenhall Joins Press Row
By: Jordan Breen
This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen and MMAFighting's Chuck Mindenhall discuss the 10-year anniversary of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 1 finale, the historical significance of Griffin-Bonnar and the curious case of Jason “Strange Brew” Thacker
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Thursday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Thursday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
UFC 165 Title Fights
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Best of WEC
WEC's Final Event - Take a look back at WEC 53 for two memorable lightweight fights: Benson Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis and Donald Cerrone vs. Chris Horodecki.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Training Day
Team Alpha Male - Behind the scenes of Team Alpha Male, the premiere lightweight MMA team of founder Urijah Faber and bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw.
11:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC 1 on 1
Dominick Cruz takes us on his emotional journey back to the octagon after three devastating injuries.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
1:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fighter's Cut
Johny Hendricks' top five knockouts.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 92: Evans vs. Griffin - Forrest Griffin defends his Light Heavyweight title against Rashad Evans; Minotauro Nogueira fights Frank Mir for the Interim Heavyweight belt.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
UFC 165 Title Fights
7:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Training Day
Team Alpha Male - Behind the scenes of Team Alpha Male, the premiere lightweight MMA team of founder Urijah Faber and bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Reloaded
UFC 173: Renan Barao vs. T.J. Dillashaw
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
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This Week’s MMA Birthdays: Forrest Griffin Turns 35
By: Brian Knapp
Forrest Griffin turns 35 this week. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
“The Ultimate Fighter” Season 1 winner and former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight titleholder Forrest Griffin will celebrate his 35th birthday on July 1.
Griffin burst on the global MMA scene in April 2005, when he earned a unanimous decision in a historic three-round brawl with Stephan Bonnar at “The Ultimate Fighter 1” Finale. He peaked some three years later, as he upset 2005 Pride Fighting Championships middleweight grand prix winner Mauricio Rua at UFC 76, submitting the Brazilian superstar with a third-round rear-naked choke. The victory thrust Griffin into a July 2008 title bout against Quinton Jackson at UFC 86, where he struck 205-pound gold with a unanimous verdict over the man they call “Rampage.”
A Columbus, Ohio, native, Griffin went 3-3 over his next six appearances, closing out his career with a one-sided unanimous decision over Tito Ortiz at UFC 148. He announced his retirement on May 26, 2013 and was later inducted into the UFC hall of fame.
Those in MMA celebrating a birthday during the week covering June 29-July 5:
JUNE 29
Shin Kochiwa (34)
Ryo Kawamura (33)
Mike Whitehead (33)
Ricky Rainey (31)
JUNE 30
Fabiano Scherner (42)
Gilbert Yvel (38)
Dan Miller (33)
Zach Makovsky (32)
JULY 1
Vener Galiev (39)
Amar Suloev (38)
Forrest Griffin (35)
Cat Zingano (32)
Karlos Vemola (29)
Norman Paraisy (28)
JULY 2
Jose Canseco (50)
Brad Cardinal (36)
Vinny Magalhaes (30)
Brett Cooper (27)
JULY 3
Mike Bencic (48)
Wanderlei Silva (38)
Tommy Depret (35)
JULY 4
Dave Vader (37)
Samil Zavurov (30)
JULY 5
John Alessio (35)
Kevin Knabjian (30)
Ian McCall (30) Read more -
Sunday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Sunday
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Boxing Golden Boy Live: Ishe Smith vs. Ryan Davis From Las Vegas.
4:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider Faber on the Brink Urijah Faber recounts his UFC 169 fight. Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar imagine a world where the UFC never existed.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Henderson vs. Melendez Benson Henderson and Gilbert Melendez battle for the light heavyweight title; Frank Mir vs. Daniel Cormier; Nate Diaz vs. Josh Thomson. From San Jose, Calif.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC UnleashedBenson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz; Mike Swick vs. Matt Brown; Jake Ellengerger vs. Martin Kampmann.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded UFC 157: Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche The first women's fight in UFC history.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Flashback Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson Enhanced replay of a memorable title fight.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night Michael Johnson vs. Joe Lauzon; Uriah Hall vs. John Howard; Matt Brown vs. Mike Pyle; Iuri Alcantara vs. Urijah Faber; Travis Browne vs. Alistair Overeem; Mauricio Rua vs. Chael Sonnen. From the TD Garden in Boston.
7:00 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. Dan Spohn continues training at the house and Todd Monaghan holds a sermon. Then Spohn and Monaghan face off in the second preliminary fight.
8:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider FOX UFC Saturday; Lorenz Larkin; Al Iaquinta From Orlando.
9:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Unleashed The best fights from the UFC archives
10:00 p.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. Read more -
Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
7:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 157: Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche
10:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Countdown to Golden Boy '14
Floyd 'Money' Mayweather and Marcos'El Chino' Maidana prepare for their fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira - Prelims
Charlie Brenneman vs. Danny Castillo, lightweight bout; Bethe Correia vs. Jessamyn Duke, women's bantamweight bout; Isaac Vallie-Flagg vs. Takanori Gomi, lightweight bout; Timothy Elliott vs. Joseph Benavidez, flyweight bout. From Baltimore.
6:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Countdown to Golden Boy '14
Floyd 'Money' Mayweather and Marcos'El Chino' Maidana prepare for their fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 157: Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche
9:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA Live
Bellator MMA Live 1009 In Atlantic City, N.J. Former champ Joe Warren takes on Bantamweight Champ Eduardo Dantas. Andrey Koreskov meets Sam Oropeza in the Welterweight Tournament.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Faber on the Brink Urijah Faber recounts his UFC 169 fight. Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar imagine a world where the UFC never existed.
11:15 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Countdown to Glory 16: Denver
Behind the scenes as Nieky Holzken and Marc de Bonte prepare for Glory; a look at fighters training. Read more -
Thursday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Thursday
3:00 a.m. ET CBS Sports: Boxing 2013
Adrien Broner vs. Marcos Rene Maidana From Dec. 14, 2013.
3:00 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.
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of WEC
Finishes Knockouts, submissions and memorable finishes in the WEC.
9:00 a.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.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira - Prelims
Charlie Brenneman vs. Danny Castillo, lightweight bout; Bethe Correia vs. Jessamyn Duke, women's bantamweight bout; Isaac Vallie-Flagg vs. Takanori Gomi, lightweight bout; Timothy Elliott vs. Joseph Benavidez, flyweight bout. From Baltimore.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 19 Episode 2: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn: Flying the Flag Contestants pursue their dreams.
1:00 p.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. Daniel Spohn continues training at the house and Todd Monaghan holds a sermon. Then Spohn and Monaghan face off in the second preliminary fight.
7:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Faber on the Brink Urijah Faber recounts his UFC 169 fight. Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar imagine a world where the UFC never existed. Read more -
Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Countdown to Golden Boy '14
Floyd 'Money' Mayweather and Marcos'El Chino' Maidana prepare for their fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
5:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider
Faber on the Brink Urijah Faber recounts his UFC 169 fight. Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar imagine a world where the UFC never existed.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of WEC
Finishes Knockouts, submissions and memorable finishes in the WEC.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira - Prelims
Charlie Brenneman vs. Danny Castillo, lightweight bout; Bethe Correia vs. Jessamyn Duke, women's bantamweight bout; Isaac Vallie-Flagg vs. Takanori Gomi, lightweight bout; Tim Elliott vs. Joseph Benavidez, flyweight bout. From Baltimore.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 156: Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of WEC
Finishes Knockouts, submissions and memorable finishes in the WEC.
7:00 p.m. ET MAvTV: King of the Cage
Beaten Path, Part 1 KOTC Championship mixed martial arts competition from San Manuel Casino in Highland, Calif. Featuring Bantamweight championship bout Seth Dikun vs. Henry Corrales.
9:00 p.m. ET MavTV: Greatest KnockOuts
EPISODE: 10 Matt Hughes squares off with Joe Stern in a battle that ends with a vicious KO plus much more.
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
Unleashed From Coeur D'Alene Casino Resort Hotel in Worley, Idaho. From Feb. 13, 2014.
12:00 a.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
Beaten Path, Part 1 KOTC Championship mixed martial arts competition from San Manuel Casino in Highland, Calif. Featuring Bantamweight championship bout Seth Dikun vs. Henry Corrales. Read more
