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Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Junior dos Santos defends his title for the first time against Frank Mir; Joe Lauzon and Jamie Varner; Donald Cerrone vs. Melvin Guillard, and Brian Stann vs. Alessio Sakara.
4:00 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.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Anderson Silva vs. Carlos Newton The best of team Chute Box, featuring Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio Rua.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 152: Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Wired
Highlights and interviews. With Joe Rogan.
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360 West: UFC Wired
Highlights and interviews. With Joe Rogan.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson - Prelims
Dustin Kimura vs. Mitch Gagnon; Stephen Thompson vs. Chris Clements; Wilson Reis vs. Ivan Menjivar; Myles Jury vs. Mike Ricci. From Toronto.
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360 West: UFC Wired
Highlights and interviews. With Joe Rogan.
9:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA Live
EPISODE: 26 Cheick Kongo vs. Lavar Johnson; bantamweight tournament final; middleweight semifinals.
9:00 p.m. ET AXS: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 310 Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten size up UFC Fight Night 29; Interviews with Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman; Michael Schiavello and Pat Miletich examine MFC 38.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 5: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Redemption
10:00 p.m. ET AXS: AXS TV Fights
Maximum Fighting Championship 38 - Behind Enemy Lines Jason South meets Sam Alvey for the middleweight title; Anthony Birchak vs. Tito Jones for bantamweight; Smealinho Rama vs. Anthony Hamilton for heavyweight.
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
11:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA Live
EPISODE: 26 Cheick Kongo vs. Lavar Johnson; bantamweight tournament final; middleweight semifinals.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: 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 -
Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Reloaded
UFC 150: Benson Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar II
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 2: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Ladies First Sixteen fighters move into the house and tensions rise as Coaches Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate cross paths.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 3: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Stick and Move Team Tate looks for its second win as Chris Holdsworth takes on Chris Beal; the team's cohesion is threatened when Cody Bollinger accuses Julianna Pena of leaking their fight picks.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson - Prelims
Dustin Kimura vs. Mitch Gagnon; Stephen Thompson vs. Chris Clements; Wilson Reis vs. Ivan Menjivar; Myles Jury vs. Mike Ricci. From Toronto.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Greatest Submissions Some of the most spectacular submissions ever witnessed in the history of PRIDE.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Johnson vs. Moraga
Jessica Andrade vs. Liz Carmouche; Bobby Voelker vs. Robbie Lawler; Jake Ellenberger vs. Rory MacDonald; John Moraga vs. Demetrious Johnson. From Seattle.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
7:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet360: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
7:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet360: UFC Wired
Joe Rogan hosts this UFC highlight show featuring some of the best bouts from years past.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
Junior dos Santos defends his title for the first time against Frank Mir; Joe Lauzon and Jamie Varner; Donald Cerrone vs. Melvin Guillard, and Brian Stann vs. Alessio Sakara.
9:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet360: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 3: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Stick and Move Team Tate looks for its second win as Chris Holdsworth takes on Chris Beal; the team's cohesion is threatened when Cody Bollinger accuses Julianna Pena of leaking their fight picks.
10:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet360: The Ultimate Fighter
Team Rousey vs. Team Tate
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 4: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Use the Force
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall
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Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
Relive all the action from UFC 146: Junior dos Santos vs Frank Mir, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Shogun vs. 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)
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 135: Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson and Matt Hughes vs. Josh Koscheck.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
UFC 164; Conor McGregor
2:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson - Prelims
Dustin Kimura vs. Mitch Gagnon; Stephen Thompson vs. Chris Clements; Wilson Reis vs. Ivan Menjivar; Myles Jury vs. Mike Ricci. From Toronto.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 134: Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami and Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin.
7:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 3: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Stick and Move Team Tate looks for its second win as Chris Holdsworth takes on Chris Beal; the team's cohesion is threatened when Cody Bollinger accuses Julianna Pena of leaking their fight picks.
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 3: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Stick and Move Team Tate looks for its second win as Chris Holdsworth takes on Chris Beal; the team's cohesion is threatened when Cody Bollinger accuses Julianna Pena of leaking their fight picks.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Inside Eddie Wineland's camp; Weidman vs. Silva through the eyes of Jon Jones; Southern California fight camps Alliance and Reigh square off; The Takedown with Phil Davis. Read more -
Saturday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Saturday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Miller vs. Diaz
Jim Miller vs. Nate Diaz; Pat Barry vs. Lavar Johnson; Josh Koscheck vs. Johny Hendricks. From New Jersey.
4:00 a.m. ET AXS: The Voice Versus
Michael 'The Voice' Schiavello interviews Wanderlei Silva; discusses his rise through MMA, origins of the wrist-roll and rumors of plastic surgery.
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Inside Eddie Wineland's camp; Weidman vs. Silva through the eyes of Jon Jones; Southern California fight camps Alliance and Reigh square off; The Takedown with Phil Davis.
1:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Inside Eddie Wineland's camp; Weidman vs. Silva through the eyes of Jon Jones; Southern California fight camps Alliance and Reigh square off; The Takedown with Phil Davis.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: 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.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: In the Moment
The Rise of Jon Jones An all-access look at the rise of Jon Jones, as he trains, fights, travels, and works.
4:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Inside Eddie Wineland's camp; Weidman vs. Silva through the eyes of Jon Jones; Southern California fight camps Alliance and Reigh square off; The Takedown with Phil Davis.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
5:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: The Ultimate Fighter 3
Team Rousey vs. Team Tate
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 165: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson From Toronto.
6:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Countdown
UFC 165 Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson From Toronto.
7:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
UFC 165 Preview Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson From Toronto.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
UFC 165: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Preliminary Fights
UFC 165 Prelims Dustin Kimura vs. Mitch Gagnon; Stephen Thompson vs. Chris Clements; Wilson Reis vs. Ivan Menjivar; Myles Jury vs. Mike Ricci. From Toronto.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson - Prelims
Dustin Kimura vs. Mitch Gagnon; Stephen Thompson vs. Chris Clements; Wilson Reis vs. Ivan Menjivar; Myles Jury vs. Mike Ricci. From Toronto.
10:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
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Weekend Rundown: Cote Returns, Tops Starnes at Ringside 10
By: Chris Nelson
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Former UFC middleweight title contender Patrick Cote began his post-Octagon campaign with a unanimous decision win over Kalib Starnes at Saturday’s Ringside MMA 10. Before a hometown crowd of approximately 3,500 at Montreal’s Bell Centre, the 31-year-old “Predator” survived an early scare on the ground to outstrike Starnes in the final two periods and earn a trio of 29-28 scorecards. Cote was released by the UFC in October and had not won a bout since defeating Ricardo Almeida at UFC 86 in July 2008.
Fighting on less than one month’s notice, “Polish Pistola” Seth Baczynski claimed the Ringside interim welterweight title by punching out local favorite Alex Garcia at 2:44 of the second round. The previously unbeaten Garcia was slated to meet welterweight champ Chris Clements before Clements was sidelined with an ankle injury in early March. A contestant on the eleventh season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Baczynski has notched back-to-back knockout wins since losing to Brad Tavares at the “TUF 11” finale in June 2010.
Elsewhere on the bill, Michel Gagnon retained his Ringside featherweight strap by slamming Rejean Groulx into submission at 3:47 of the third round; Georges St. Pierre training partner Mike Ricci returned from a year-long hiatus with a TKO win over Jesse Ronson at 3:12 of the opening frame; and light heavyweight Roger Hollett clubbed Martin Desilets 99 seconds into round two, stopping the Team Legion fighter with knees and hooks. Read more