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Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
3:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
Gustafsson vs. Johnson - Sam Sicilia vs. Akira Corassani; Ryan Bader vs. Phil Davis; Gegard Mousasi vs. Dan Henderson; Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony Johnson. From Stockholm, Sweden.
5:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC's Road to the Octagon
Johnson vs. Bader - Six elite mixed martial artists from around the globe prepare body and mind for battle at UFC Fight Night.
8:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Velasquez/Allen/Evans
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor - Featherweight star Conor McGregor meets Californian Chad Mendes;' Robbie Lawler defends his welterweight belt against Canadian Rory MacDonald.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Boxing
Premier Boxing Champions - Undefeated Danny Garcia (31-0, 18 KOs) faces former three-division champion Robert Guerrero (33-3-1, 18 KOs). From STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Rising Stars - See the wild finishes that put up-and-coming fighters on the fast-track to becoming big stars. With Conor McGregor, Cat Zingano, Myles Jury, and more.
6:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: In the Clinch With... Matt Serra
Former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra is joined by Ariel Helwani in his Long Island hometown to discuss career highlights, unexpected detours, and his life today.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC's Road to the Octagon
Johnson vs. Bader - Six elite mixed martial artists from around the globe prepare body and mind for battle at UFC Fight Night.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Machida vs. Rockhold - Middleweights Luke Rockhold and Lyoto Machida fight.
8:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Velasquez/Allen/Evans
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
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Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
8:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Knockouts From Around The World - Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping, Alexander Gustafsson, Lyoto Machida, Yoel Romero, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and more.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
Fight Night from Dublin: McGregor vs. Brandao - Irish sensation Conor McGregor meets fiery Ultimate Fighter winner Diego Brandao in a main event sure to rock Dublin.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Dillashaw vs. Cruz – Prelims - Luke Sanders vs. Maximo Blanco, featherweight bout; Ed Herman vs. Tim Boetsch, light heavyweight bout; Chris Wade vs. Mairbek Taisumov, lightweight bout; Ben Saunders vs. Patrick Cote, welterweight bout. From Boston. (Card subject to change)
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Francisco Trinaldo vs. Ross Pearson, lightweight bout; Matt Mitrione vs. Travis Browne, heavyweight bout; Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis, lightweight bout; Dominick Cruz vs. TJ Dillashaw, bantamweight title bout. From Boston.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
UFC Flyweights
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
Before They Were Champs
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: In the Clinch With... Matt Serra
Former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra is joined by Ariel Helwani in his Long Island hometown to discuss career highlights, unexpected detours, and his life today.
5:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort - It's a story of friends turned foes as Anderson Silva defends his middleweight title against former teammate Vitor Belfort; examining the bad blood between the two, then their championship showdown from UFC 126.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz - Griffin vs. Ortiz; Kampmann vs. Alves; Varner vs. Barboza.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
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Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
3:30 a.m. ET Fox Sorts 1: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Epic Knockouts from the UFC - Featuring Carlos Condit, Lyoto Machida, Rafael dos Anjos, Donald Cerrone and more.
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Reloaded
UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira - Jon Jones faces Brazilian bruiser Glover Teixeira, the most dangerous threat to his title to date. In the co-main event, Anthony Johnson returns to the Octagon against national wrestling champion Phil Davis.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 160: Cain Velasquez vs. Bigfoot Silva II From Las Vegas.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Dillashaw vs. Cruz – Prelims - Luke Sanders vs. Maximo Blanco, featherweight bout; Ed Herman vs. Tim Boetsch, light heavyweight bout; Chris Wade vs. Mairbek Taisumov, lightweight bout; Ben Saunders vs. Patrick Cote, welterweight bout. From Boston. (Card subject to change)
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Francisco Trinaldo vs. Ross Pearson, lightweight bout; Matt Mitrione vs. Travis Browne, heavyweight bout; Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis, lightweight bout; Dominick Cruz vs. T.J. Dillashaw, bantamweight title bout. From Boston.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Training Day
Serra-Longo Fight Team - Take a look inside the Serra-Longo Fight Team, an elite Long Island based MMA squad that's home to middleweight champion Chris Weidman and other top prospects.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC's Top 5 Greatest Fights
Revisit the match-ups that made highlight reels and history in a count down of the five best bouts.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
UFC Middleweights - Fights from the best 185-pound fighters in the world. With Chris Weidman, Luke Rockhold, Yoel Romero and Ronaldo Souza.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Submissions
The best submissions by UFC superstars.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sorts 1: In the Clinch With... Matt Serra
Former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra is joined by Ariel Helwani in his Long Island hometown to discuss career highlights, unexpected detours, and his life today.
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Boxing
Jamal James vs. Javier Molina From Los Angeles, CA. Read more -
Jesse Denis Joins Press Row
By: Jordan Breen
This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen and Sherdog.com contributor Jesse Denis discuss the many unique flavors upsets in MMA history, where Holly Holm-Ronda Rousey stacks up with the sport's most shocking outcomes and why Georges St. Pierre-Matt Serra 1 is still the “perfect” upset.
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This Week’s MMA Birthdays: Matt Serra Turns 40
By: Brian Knapp
Matt Serra turns 40 this week. | Photo: Keith Mills/Sherdog.com
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight titleholder Matt Serra will celebrate his 40th birthday on June 2.
Serra compiled a 7-7 record in the UFC. However, he won Season 4 of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series and then authored one of the sport’s greatest upsets at UFC 69 in April 2007, when he stopped Georges St. Pierre on first-round punches and captured the welterweight championship at the Toyota Center in Houston. He later founded the Serra-Longo Fight Team, along with striking guru Ray Longo, and today serves as the head trainer for reigning UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, “The Ultimate Fighter 15” finalist Al Iaquinta and undefeated bantamweight prospect Aljamain Sterling. An East Meadow, N.Y., native, Serra was the first American to achieve the rank of black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Renzo Gracie.
“The Terror” last appeared at UFC 119 a little less than four years ago, when he wound up on the wrong side of a unanimous decision against Chris Lytle at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Serra announced his retirement from MMA on May 22, 2013.
Those in MMA celebrating a birthday during the week covering June 1-June 7:
JUNE 1
Miodrag Petkovic (45)
Michael Buchkovich (37)
Patricky Freire (28)
JUNE 2
Chris Haseman (45)
Matt Serra (40)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (38)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (38)
Christian M’Pumbu (37)
Roan Carneiro (36)
Tatsuya Mizuno (33)
Christopher Wing (26)
JUNE 3
Jason MacDonald (39)
JUNE 4
Michael Johnson (28)
James Krause (28)
JUNE 5
Brian Warren (40)
JUNE 6
Anthony Lemon (23)
JUNE 7
Chris Wilson (37)
Ryan Bader (31)
Michael Kuiper (25)
Mark Burns (23) Read more -
Podcast: Barnett, Faber, Rebney, Serra, Gonzalez, Makovsky
By: Sherdog.com Staff
TJ De Santis and Jeff Sherwood made their live return to the Sherdog Radio Network Monday for another edition of “Beatdown.” Joining them on today’s stacked show was UFC heavyweight Josh Barnett, Bellator MMA CEO Bjorn Rebney, former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra, WSOF title challenger Lewis Gonzalez, and UFC flyweight contender Zach Makovsky.
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The show traveled the gamut today as Barnett chatted about his fight with Travis Browne, Faber broke down his submission over Michael McDonald, and Makovsky reflected on his UFC debut defeating Scott Jorgensen. Rebney joined the discussion analyzing Bellator’s 2013, the UFC’s decision to pass on Ben Askren, and why the promotion’s rivalry with the UFC has become more vocalized. Serra also joined the program to talks Chris Weidman-Anderson Silva 2.
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Matt Serra Remembers Upset Win Over GSP: I Was Going for Broke Out There
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Was Serra-GSP the biggest upset in MMA history? Please tell us below. | Photo: Dave Mandel
Matt Serra, on “Beatdown,” discussing his April 2007 upset win over Georges St. Pierre:
“I knew … if it went bad, with the game plan we were having, it was going to be a quick night. Maybe brutal but quick. But listen, I don’t want to get tired in there. If I look to try to make it a grappling match with the guy, it would get exhausting if I just tried to put the guy down a lot. And you don’t want to be that guy jumping guard from Guam. … I knew my one title shot, it definitely wasn’t going to be boring. It was kind of thrilling. It was like a thrill in that sense because it’s like, I know I’m going for broke out here. I know it. I know I’ve either got to stop him or I can get stopped. You’ve got to put yourself out there.”
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Sunday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Sunday
9:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: King of the Cage
10:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Roundtable
Legends Royce Gracie, Mark Coleman, Randy Couture, and 'The People's Champ' Tito Ortiz.
10:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Roundtable
Legends II Royce Gracie, Mark Coleman, Randy Couture, and 'The People's Champ' Tito Ortiz.
11:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Roundtable
Welterweights The UFC's top welterweight fighters Renzo Gracie, George St.Pierre, B.J. Penn and Matt Serra.
11:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Roundtable
Welterweights II Jay Glazer sits down and gets personal with the UFC's top welterweight fighters.
11:30 a.m. ET FuelTV: Monster Knockouts
EPISODE: 8 MMA fan favorite Charles Bennett throws a nasty straight left; a boxer drops his opponent with a left hand bomb; two female fighters bring the pain.
1:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
Fight Flashback; Shogun and Roach; GSP Commercial Demetrious Johnson puts his flyweight title on the line; Mauricio Rua trains at the Wildcard boxing gym; Behind the scenes access as Georges St. Pierre.
3:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung - Prelims
Ian McCall vs. Iliarde Santos; Sergio Moraes vs. Neil Magny; Amanda Nunes vs. Sheila Gaff; Vinny Magalhaes vs. Anthony Perosh. From Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
5:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Round
table Analysts FUEL TV's expert panel of analysts, Rashad Evans, Chael Sonnen, Kenny Florian and Brian Stann sit down with Jay Glazer.
5:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Roundtable
Analysts II FUEL TV's expert panel of analysts, Rashad Evans, Chael Sonnen, Kenny Florian and Brian Stann sit down with Jay Glazer.
6:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Roundtable
Legends Royce Gracie, Mark Coleman, Randy Couture, and 'The People's Champ' Tito Ortiz.
6:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Roundtable
Legends II Royce Gracie, Mark Coleman, Randy Couture, and 'The People's Champ' Tito Ortiz.
9:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Fight Night
UFC Fight Night 21: Kenny Florian vs. Takanori Gomi in Charlotte, N.C.
11:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC: John Moraga vs. Demetrious Johnson
Jessica Andrade vs. Liz Carmouche; Bobby Voelker vs. Robbie Lawler; Jake Ellenberger vs. Rory MacDonald; John Moraga vs. Demetrious Johnson. From Seattle. Read more -
Sunday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Sunday
3:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung - Prelims
Ian McCall vs. Iliarde Santos; Sergio Moraes vs. Neil Magny; Amanda Nunes vs. Sheila Gaff; Vinny Magalhaes vs. Anthony Perosh. From Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
5:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Post-Fight Show
UFC 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung From HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
6:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Post-Fight Show
UFC 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung From HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
7:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Post-Fight Show
UFC 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung From HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
8:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Post-Fight Show
UFC 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung From HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
9:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Post-Fight Show
UFC 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung From HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
10:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung - Prelims
Ian McCall vs. Iliarde Santos; Sergio Moraes vs. Meil Magny; Amanda Nunes vs. Sheila Gaff; Vinny Magalhaes vs. Anthony Perosh. From Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
3:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC: John Moraga vs Demetrious Johnsons
Jessica Andrade vs. Liz Carmouche; Bobby Voelker vs. Robbie Lawler; Jake Ellenberger vs. Rory MacDonald; John Moraga vs Demetrious Johnsons. From Seattle.
5:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC From All Angles
Middleweight Mark Munoz and welterweight Jake Ellenberger.
5:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC From All Angles
Middleweight Michael Bisping.
6:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Roundtable
The UFC's top welterweight fighters Renzo Gracie, George St. Pierre, B.J. Penn and Matt Serra.
9:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Fight Night
UFC Fight Night 24: Relive all the action from UFC: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Phil Davis in Seattle.
11:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC 163: Jose Aldo vs. Chan Sung Jung - Prelims
Ian McCall vs. Iliarde Santos; Sergio Moraes vs. Meil Magny; Amanda Nunes vs. Sheila Gaff; Vinny Magalhaes vs. Anthony Perosh. From Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Read more -
Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
3:00 a.m. ET Sportsnet Pacific: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
5:00 a.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez Heavyweight Cain Velasquez versus Minotauro Nogueira; welterweights Matt Serra and Frank Trigg.
1:30 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Ultimate Insider
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.
2:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Reloaded
UFC 135: Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson and Matt Hughes vs. Josh Koscheck.
7:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
The best of Pride's Japanese hometown stars.
8:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 5 Episode 6: All Your Might Joe Lauzon vs. Brian Geraghty, followed by Rob Emerson vs. Corey Hill.
9:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC Unleashed
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez Heavyweight Cain Velasquez versus Minotauro Nogueira; welterweights Matt Serra and Frank Trigg.
10:00 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.
10:30 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.
11:00 p.m. ET FuelTV: UFC: Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold
Joao Zeferino vs. Rafael Natal; Evan Dunham vs. Rafael dos Anjos; Chris Camozzi vs. Jacare Souza; Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold. From Santa Catarina, Brazil. Read more