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Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano - Prelims
Ruan Potts vs. Derrick Lewis; Tim Means vs. Dhiego Lima; Roman Salazar vs. Kid Yamamoto; Roan Carneiro vs. Mark Munoz. From Los Angeles.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Pettis vs. Melendez - With Rafael dos Anjos, Nate Diaz, Anthony Pettis, Alistair Overeem, Roy Nelson, Minotauro Nogueira and more.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
On the Brink: Pettis vs. Melendez - Anthony Pettis and Gilbert Melendez offer unfiltered access to their lightweight championship at UFC 181; Ben Saunders' omoplata submission analyzed in Gracie Breakdown; former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks unlocks his warrior code.
10:00 p.m. ET AXS TV: Resurrection Figthing Alliance 24: Smith vs. Romero
Benjamin Smith vs. Indalecio Tat Romero. From Prior Lake, Minn.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Boxing
Golden Boy Live: Joseph Diaz Jr. vs. Juan Luis Hernandez - From Los Angeles, Calif.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Pettis vs. Melendez - With Rafael dos Anjos, Nate Diaz, Anthony Pettis, Alistair Overeem, Roy Nelson, Minotauro Nogueira and more.
12:30 a.m. ET AXS TV: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 376 - Bas Rutten and Ron Kruck break down UFC 185; Pat Miletich and Michael Schiavello discuss RFA 24. Read more -
Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
4:00 a.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
Fisticuffs - KOTC Championship mixed martial arts competition from San Manuel Casino.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Johnson vs. Moraga - The UFC's first-ever flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson, readies for a hometown title defense, while super-tough John Moraga trains to pull off the upset of a lifetime.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar - Featherweight title fight.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira - UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones aims to defend his title for a record-breaking seventh time against Brazilian heavy-hitter Glover Teixeira. Go inside the training camps of both men, then re-visit the Octagon's Baltimore debut.
9:00 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.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz/Belfort vs. Akiyama - Former light heavyweight champions Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz get a rematch of their 2007 bout. In the co-main event. Vitor Belfort vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama. See how the fighters prepared, then watch the action unfold on Main Event: UFC 133.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano - Prelims
Ruan Potts vs. Derrick Lewis; Tim Means vs. Dhiego Lima; Roman Salazar vs. Kid Yamamoto; Roan Carneiro vs. Mark Munoz. From Los Angeles.
6:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
On the Brink: Pettis vs. Melendez - Anthony Pettis and Gilbert Melendez offer unfiltered access to their lightweight championship at UFC 181; Ben Saunders' Omoplata submission analyzed in Gracie Breakdown; former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks unlocks his warrior code. Read more -
Weekend Rundown: Bahadurzada, Depret Advance to Glory GP Final
By: Chris Nelson
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The final of United Glory’s 2010-2011 MMA World Series will be an all-Golden Glory affair, as welterweight stablemates Siyar Bahadurzada and Tommy Depret each emerged victorious from their semifinal bouts at the Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium, on Saturday.
Bahadurzada put a stop to Canadian John Alessio’s seven-fight win streak, punching out the former UFC and WEC welterweight title challenger with ground-and-pound just 1:55 into the first round. The 26-year-old “Siyar the Great” -- who inked a Strikeforce deal in April 2010, but has yet to debut for the promotion -- has won four of his last five via first-round knockout.
Belgian native Depret impressed his hometown crowd by forcing Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Roan Carneiro to submit to an armbar at 2:36 of round one. In October’s quarterfinals, Depret took only 36 seconds to tap another UFC vet, David Bielkheden, with a guillotine choke.
The Shooto Belgium-affiliated promotion will hold its next event May 22 in Moscow, where Bahadurzada and Depret will square off in the tournament final for a total of $150,000 in prize money. Read more