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Top 5 Forum Threads of the Week
By: Jeff Sherwood
Josh Barnett made quite a splash in his return to the UFC | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
Josh Barnett was near-flawless in his long-awaited return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
“The Warmaster” brutalized fellow former heavyweight champion Frank Mir in the clinch before finishing their UFC 164 co-main event with a close-quarters knee strike on Aug. 31 in Milwaukee. Barnett, who had not competed inside the Octagon in more than a decade, drew the curtain on Mir 1:56 into round one.
Barnett’s arrival made his presence known in a division short on title contenders. Some even view him as a threat to the reign of current heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, who will defend his title in a rubber match against Junior dos Santos at UFC 166 on Oct. 19. Barnett has won 10 of his past 11 bouts, losing only to Daniel Cormier, Velasquez’s American Kickboxing Academy stablemate, in that span.
Items of interest on the Sherdog.net forums this week:
Big Threat
MMA vs. College Football
Tepid Reception
Midas Touch
Heavy Stakes
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Podcast: Josh Barnett, Chad Mendes
By: Sherdog.com Staff
TJ De Santis and Jeff Sherwood were back Wednesday to host another edition of "Beatdown" on the Sherdog Radio Network. Joining the program was Josh Barnett and Chad Mendes to talk about their recent UFC 164 victories in Milwaukee. The duo also answered listener phone calls, emails and tweets.
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Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Anthony Pettis, Erik Perez, Josh Barnett, Joe Rogan
3:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
On The Brink in Boston
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Prelims: Henderson vs. Pettis Kyung Ho Kang vs. Chico Camus; Hyun Gyu Lim vs. Pascal Krauss; Tim Elliott vs. Louis Gaudinot; Gleison Tibau vs. Jamie Varner. From Milwaukee.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Prelims: Henderson vs. Pettis Kyung Ho Kang vs. Chico Camus; Hyun Gyu Lim vs. Pascal Krauss; Tim Elliott vs. Louis Gaudinot; Gleison Tibau vs. Jamie Varner. From Milwaukee.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Lyoto Machida vs. Ryan Bader
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Prelims: Henderson vs. Pettis Kyung Ho Kang vs. Chico Camus; Hyun Gyu Lim vs. Pascal Krauss; Tim Elliott vs. Louis Gaudinot; Gleison Tibau vs. Jamie Varner. From Milwaukee.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Prefight Show
Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader
5:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Preliminary Fights
UFC 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.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
UFC 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.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
Ali Bagautinov vs. Marcos Vinicius; Tor Troeng vs. Rafael Natal; Piotr Hallman vs. Francisco Trinaldo; Jussier da Silva vs. Joseph Benavidez; Jacare Souza vs. Yushin Okami; Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader. From Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 1: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Post-Fight Show
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Sunday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Sunday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC on FX
Thiago Alves vs. Martin Kampmann; Mackens Semerzier vs. Daniel Pineda. From Sydney, Australia.
10:00 a.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of Pride Fighting Championships
Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson, Mark Kerr vs. Igor Borisov, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring, and Josh Barnett vs. Mark Hunt.
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 149: Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Ultimate Insider
Anthony Pettis Erik Perez Josh Barnett Joe Rogan
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: 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.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of Pride Fighting Championships
Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Ultimate Insider
Anthony Pettis Erik Perez Josh Barnett Joe Rogan
8:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Ultimate Insider
On The Brink in Boston
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
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Saturday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Saturday
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 164: Benson Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis
7:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Countdown
UFC 164 Countdown Benson Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Preliminary Fights
UFC 164 Prelims Kyung Ho Kang vs. Chico Camus; Hyun Gyu Lim vs. Pascal Krauss; Tim Elliott vs. Louis Gaudinot; Gleison Tibau vs. Jamie Varner. From Milwaukee.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
Prelims: Benson Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis Kyung Ho Kang vs. Chico Camus; Hyun Gyu Lim vs. Pascal Krauss; Tim Elliott vs. Louis Gaudinot; Gleison Tibau vs. Jamie Varner. From Milwaukee.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Deportes: UFC on FOX
UFC 164, Preliminaries: Jamie Varner vs. Gleison Tibau Desde Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
10:00 p.m. ET PPV: UFC 164: Benson Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis
Dustin Poirier vs. Erik Koch; Brandon Vera vs. Ben Rothwell; Clay Guida vs. Chad Mendes; Josh Barnett vs. Frank Mir; Anthony Pettis vs. Benson Henderson. From Milwaukee. Read more -
Thursday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Thursday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Bubba McDaniel vs. Brad Tavares; Takeya Mizugaki vs. Erik Perez; Court McGee vs. Robert Whittaker; Kelvin Gastelum vs. Brian Melancon; Donald Cerrone vs. Rafael dos Anjos; Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann. From Indianapolis.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson, Mark Kerr vs. Igor Borisov, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring, and Josh Barnett vs. Mark Hunt.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 145: Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 164: Benson Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann II - Prelims
James Head vs. Jason High; Darren Elkins vs. Hatsu Hioki; Justin Edwards vs. Brandon Thatch; Papy Abedi vs. Dylan Andrews. From Indianapolis.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Bubba McDaniel vs. Brad Tavares; Takeya Mizugaki vs. Erik Perez; Court McGee vs. Robert Whittaker; Kelvin Gastelum vs. Brian Melancon; Donald Cerrone vs. Rafael dos Anjos; Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann. From Indianapolis.
11:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Fight Master: Bellator MMA
Season 1 Episode 10: It All Comes Down to This. The coaches' final four fighters put it all on the line in the Fight Master Semifinals.
11:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage: Split Decision
Joshua Aveles vs. David Gomez; Daniel Hernandez vs. Sean Strickland. Read more -
Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Conor McGregor; Joe Lauzon; Travis Browne; Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar
3:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Anthony Pettis, Perez, Josh Barnett, Joe Rogan
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: George Sotiropoulos vs. Ross Pearson
Rousimar Palhares vs. Hector Lombard; Norman Parke vs. Colin Fletcher; Scott Bradley vs. Robert Whittaker; George Sotiropoulos vs. Ross Pearson. From Queensland, Australia. (Card subject to change)
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson, Mark Kerr vs. Igor Borisov, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring, and Josh Barnett vs. Mark Hunt.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 148: Wanderlei Silva vs. Chael Sonnen II
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall
From Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
5:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
7:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
UFC: Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann II
7:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
11:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news. Read more -
Audio: UFC 164 ‘Henderson vs. Pettis’ Media Call
UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson was joined by No. 1 contender Anthony Pettis and co-headliners Frank Mir, Josh Barnett on a media conference call to promote UFC 164.
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Saturday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Saturday
3:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Tonight
Fight Edition - Highlights from UFC 160: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
3:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
Best of Urijah Faber As a pioneer for the lighter weight classes, Urijah Faber quickly became an icon and a champion.
4:00 a.m. ET AXS: AXS TV Fights: The Voice vs. Dana White
UFC President Dana White discusses the early days of UFC, boxing vs. MMA, and Fedor Emelianenko.
6:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Tonight
Fight Edition - Highlights from UFC 160: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
8:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC
Benson Henderson vs. Gilbert Melendez
12:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
Best of Urijah Faber As a pioneer for the lighter weight classes, Urijah Faber quickly became an icon and a champion.
12:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Tonight
Fight Edition - Highlights from UFC 160: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
5:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Benson Henderson vs. Clay Guida from UFC on FOX; Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard from UFC 136.
6:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Tonight
Fight Edition - Highlights from UFC 160: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
6:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
Best of Urijah Faber As a pioneer for the lighter weight classes, Urijah Faber quickly became an icon and a champion.
7:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 5 Episode 7: Be the General Coach B.J. Penn squares off with a team member. Dana White confronts Penn about the direction of his team. The final four of fighters square off in the final 2 preliminary bouts.
8:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson, Mark Kerr vs. Igor Borisov, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring, and Josh Barnett vs. Mark Hunt.
9:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir; Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping; Paulo Thiago vs. Mike Swick.
10:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Reloaded
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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.
6:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
FOX 7 Fight Flashback Ultimate Fighter upset winner Kelvin Gastelum in studio.
6:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
EPISODE: 133
7:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
Swanson; Velasquez; Buffer; Octagon Girls Cub Swanson shares his inspiring story of perseverance; Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez full blast; Bruce Buffer reflects on a career; behind the scenes with the Octagon girls.
7:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
Best of Urijah Faber As a pioneer for the lighter weight classes, Urijah Faber quickly became an icon and a champion.
8:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC 160: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva 2 Prelims
Mike Pyle vs. Rick Story; Dennis Bermudez vs. Max Holloway; Colton Smith vs. Robert Whittaker; Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Abel Trujillo. From Las Vegas.
11:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC From All Angles
Anderson Silva
3:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC From All Angles
Anderson Silva
4:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Tonight
Fight Edition - Highlights from UFC 160: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
4:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
Best of Urijah Faber As a pioneer for the lighter weight classes, Urijah Faber quickly became an icon and a champion.
5:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Reloaded
UFC 136: Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard 3 and Jose Aldo vs Kenny Florian.
5:30 p.m. ET The Score: UFC Wired
Joe Rogan hosts this UFC highlight show featuring some of the best bouts from years past.
8:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Tonight
Fight Edition - Highlights from UFC 160: Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
8:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
Best of Urijah Faber As a pioneer for the lighter weight classes, Urijah Faber quickly became an icon and a champion.
9:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson, Mark Kerr vs. Igor Borisov, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring, and Josh Barnett vs. Mark Hunt.
10:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir; Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping; Paulo Thiago vs. Mike Swick.
11:00 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.
12:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 5 Episode 7: Be the General Coach B.J. Penn squares off with a team member. Dana White confronts Penn about the direction of his team. The final four of fighters square off in the final 2 preliminary bouts. Read more