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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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Thursday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Thursday
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 21 Episode 10: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians: Do or Die
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Overeem vs. Lesnar - The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Alistair Overeem vs Brock Lesnar, Roy Nelson vs Mirko Filipovic, Lavar Johnson vs Joey Beltran, Pat Barry vs Christian Morecraft, and Frank Mir vs Rodrigo Nogueira.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II - Prelims
Urijah Faber vs. Francisco Rivera; Eddie Gordon vs. Josh Samman; Corey Anderson vs. Justin Jones; Raquel Pennington vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith. From Las Vegas.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of WEC
Johnson; Lamas; The Korean Zombie - Nonstop action by lightweight fighters.
6:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Dos Anjos vs. Diaz - Lightweights contenders Rafael dos Anjos and Nate Diaz battle.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber - UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz puts his belt on the line against the last man to defeat him, Urijah Faber.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 21 Episode 9: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians: No Guts, No Glory - The pressure is on both teams to choose their fighters wisely for their first 100-point fight. Both teams dig deep in their rosters for fighters they feel can rise to the occasion.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider
Behind-the-scenes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
9:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Main Event
UFC 167: Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
Debuts - The UFC's best fighters made unforgettable marks as soon as they got to the organization. See the Octagon debuts of Anderson Silva, Cain Velasquez, Alexander Gustafsson, Conor McGregor and more.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 79: St. Pierre vs. Hughes - Georges St. Pierre vs Matt Hughes; Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva.. Read more -
Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
4:00 a.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
March Mayhem
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 79: St. Pierre vs. Hughes - Georges St. Pierre vs Matt Hughes; Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva..
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Aldo vs. Mendes - The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Jose Aldo vs Chad Mendes, Matt Hughes vs Josh Koscheck, Nam Phan vs Jim Hettes, and Urijah Faber vs Brian Bowles.
10:00 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.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale
Frankie Edgar vs. B.J. Penn 3 From Las Vegas.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 21 Episode 7: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians: Eyes on the Prize - American Top Team struggles to put the fire back into their team. Meanwhile, the Blackzilians face the threat of losing one of their own.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 21 Episode 8: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians: Lightning Strikes Twice - The Blackzilians and American Top Team select their next fighters, setting the stage for an unexpected rematch.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 21 Episode 9: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians: No Guts, No Glory - The pressure is on both teams to choose their fighters wisely for their first 100-point fight. Both teams dig deep in their rosters for fighters they feel can rise to the occasion.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 21 Episode 9: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians: No Guts, No Glory - The pressure is on both teams to choose their fighters wisely for their first 100-point fight. Both teams dig deep in their rosters for fighters they feel can rise to the occasion.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 21 Episode 10: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians: Do or Die
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
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May Stories of the Month: Case Not Closed
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Wanderlei Silva took a round from the Nevada Athletic Commission in court. | Photo: Taro Irei/Sherdog.com
Wanderlei Silva may be retired, but he is not done fighting the Nevada Athletic Commission.
A Nevada district court judge on May 15 overturned the NAC’s lifetime ban and $70,000 fine on Silva, ruling that the commission’s disciplinary actions were “arbitrary, capricious and not supported by substantial evidence.” The same judge, however, dismissed Silva’s argument that the NAC exceeded its jurisdiction by attempting to drug test him when he was not a licensed fighter.
Judge Kerry Earley ordered that Silva, 38, appear before the NAC for rehearing on the matter, though exactly when that hearing will take place remains unclear.
Silva’s ban and fine stemmed from a May 2014 incident in which the NAC sent a representative to the fighter’s Wand Fight Team gym in Las Vegas and attempted to procure a urine sample prior to his then-scheduled UFC 175 bout with Chael Sonnen. The Brazilian veteran fled before producing the sample and later claimed that he ran from the test because he had taken banned diuretics to reduce inflammation on a wrist injury. Silva announced his retirement in September following his last appearance before the NAC.
The other stories of interest on Sherdog.com during the month of May:
* VACANCY FILLED
* HAWAIIAN PUNCH
* GREAT EXPECTATIONS
* ‘JAG’-GED EDGE
* COVER GIRL
* PUMPED UP OR AIRED OUT?
* VITOR BELFORT, FROM THE BEGINNING?
* TALKING TRASH
* SHATTERED ONE SUNDAY
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Brett Okamoto Joins Press Row
By: Jordan Breen
This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen and ESPN's Brett Okamoto discuss the overturning of Wanderlei Silva's lifetime ban, Nevada's new drug-testing penalties and the complexity of discussing Vitor Belfort.
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UFC Full Fight Video: Watch ‘Rampage’ Curbstomp Wanderlei Silva
By: Mike Fridley
Watch Quinton Jackson starch Wanderlei Silva in this free fight released by the Ultimate Fighting Championship to promote UFC 186.
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Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier - Prelims
Paul Felder vs. Danny Castillo; Cody Garbrandt vs. Marcus Brimage; Jared Cannonier vs. Shawn Jordan; Rodrigo Damm vs. Evan Dunham. From Las Vegas.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
A Champion Will Be Crowned: Esparza vs. Namajunas - The Ultimate Fighter Finale main event in Las Vegas. The UFC's first strawweight champion will be crowned, plus featherweight contenders Jeremy Stephens and Charles Oliveira will square off.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fighter's Cut
The Notorious Conor McGregor offers a first hand perspective inside the octagon, as he revisits his meteoric rise to MMA stardom.
11:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: 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.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Top submissions examined.
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
From the Brink of Defeat - Inside the Octagon, anything can happen and these unbelievable come-from-behind victories prove it. With Brock Lesnar, Jim Miller, Donald Cerrone, and more.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman - UFC 162 made history in July of 2013 when longtime champion and future Hall of Famer Anderson Silva first took on undefeated Chris Weidman.
7:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: 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.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of UFC 2014
9:00 p.m. ET Spike TV: Bellator MMA's Top 20 Knockouts
The most devastating and exciting finishes to have ever occurred inside the Bellator cage.
9:00 p.m. ET AXS TV: The Voice Versus
Wanderlei Silva - Michael 'The Voice' Schiavello interviews Wanderlei Silva; discusses his rise through MMA, origins of the wrist-roll and rumors of plastic surgery.
10:00 p.m. ET AXS TV: Resurrection Fighting Alliance 22: Smith vs. Njokuani
Gilbert Smith vs. Chidi Njokuani, welterweight world title bout; Mark Dickman vs. Donald Sanchez, featherweight bout; Alvin Robinson vs. Ricky Musgrave, featherweight bout. From Colorado Springs, Colo.
10:00 p.m. ET Spike TV: Bellator MMA Presents: 15 Fantastic Finishes
A celebration of 15 of the best Bellator MMA finishes.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Boxing
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Damon Martin Joins Press Row
By: Jordan Breen
Every Wednesday, Administrative Editor Jordan Breen welcomes a member of the mixed martial arts media into “Press Row” on the Sherdog.com blog. This week, Breen is joined by Fox Sports MMA writer Damon Martin.
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Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Boxing
Golden Boy Live: Danny O'Connor vs. Andrew Farmer - Main event Danny O'Connor 23-2 (7 KOs) vs. Andrew Farmer 18-2 (7 KOs), Co-Main event Lightweights Sarif Bogere 25-1 (17 KOs) vs. Frernando Garcia 29-6-2 (18 KOs) from Plymouth, Mass.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Heavyweights - The greatest finishers from the heavyweight division including Cain Velasquez, Minotauro Nogueira, Junior dos Santos, Andrei Arlovski and more.
6:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Flashback
Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos III
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes II - Prelims
Jose Aldo takes on Chad Mendes in the title fight. Also: Phil Davis vs. Glover Teixeira. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
9:00 a.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.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 6: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Give It All You Have - Tecia's return to the competition angers some fighters. Then, in the sixth fight of the tournament Team Pettis pits 5th ranked Aisling Daly against 12th ranked Angela Magana for a chance to advance to the quarterfinals.
9:00 p.m. ET AXS TV: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 362 - Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice take a tour of the Stanley Hotel and are live in Los Angeles; guests Brandon Thatch and Cat Zingano.
10:00 p.m. ET AXS TV: Frightening Fights
A countdown of the 25 most frightening fights; features knockouts, submissions and finishes.
10:00 p.m. ET CBS Sports Network: Titan FC 31
Mike Ricci vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida; Desmond Green vs. Miguel Torres; Dave Courchaine vs. Cody Pfister. From Tampa, Fla. Read more -
Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes II - Prelims
Jose Aldo takes on Chad Mendes in the title fight. Also: Phil Davis vs. Glover Teixeira. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
8:00 a.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.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 1: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: For the Belt - Female fighters prepare to compete for the UFC's new 115-pound division title.
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 2: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: We All Came Here to Fight! Joanne Calderwood faces Emily Kagan.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 3: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Don't Fight Fate - On the heels of Team Pettis' second win in a row, a silly game at the house turns raunchy. Then in the third preliminary fight, 4 seed Jessica Penne of Team Pettis takes on 13 seed Lisa Ellis of Team Melendez.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 4: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Make A Big Strike - Tensions between Heather Clark and the rest of Team Melendez escalate. Urijah Faber takes over for Anthony Pettis for a few days. Then, in the fourth fight of the tournament, Team Pettis pits 1 ranked Carla Esparza against 16 ranked Angela Hill.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 5: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Coming to Get You - An injury forces a fighter out of the competition and opens the door for another; Team Melendez fighters question Heather Clark's knee injury; the rivalry between Felice Herrig and Heather Clark comes to a head.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider
Chris Weidman's Ascent
7:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Flashback
Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos III
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 5: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Coming to Get You - An injury forces a fighter out of the competition and opens the door for another; Team Melendez fighters question Heather Clark's knee injury; the rivalry between Felice Herrig and Heather Clark comes to a head.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 6: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Give It All You Have - Tecia's return to the competition angers some fighters. Then, in the sixth fight of the tournament Team Pettis pits 5th ranked Aisling Daly against 12th ranked Angela Magana for a chance to advance to the quarterfinals.
10:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: The Ultimate Fighter
Team Pettis vs. Team Melendez Read more
