Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide

Jeff SherwoodOct 30, 2015




Friday



5:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider
Best of Conor McGregor - Conor McGregor On the Brink with featherweight gold on the line at UFC 189; Joe Rogan riffs on the McGregor phenomenon; the Irish superstar's take on the hype game and mental warfare.

6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Best of Conor McGregor - Conor McGregor On the Brink with featherweight gold on the line at UFC 189; Joe Rogan riffs on the McGregor phenomenon; the Irish superstar's take on the hype game and mental warfare.

6:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Epic Knockouts from the UFC

7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 22 Episode 4: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: A Faithless Foe - After a frustrating fight, a coach loses his cool on a fighter in front of the team; Urijah and Conor argue over coaching styles; a member of Team Faber skips practice and the third preliminary match eliminates another fighter from the competition.

8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 22 Episode 5: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: Just Do Something - The pressure of the competition starts to weigh on one of the fighters as Urijah and Conor prepare for the fourth preliminary fight featuring two hungry young competitors. Both teams get a chance to relax during a night out with the coaches.

9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: Snake In the Grass - An unorthodox fighter from Team Faber faces one of the top competitors of Team Europe in the fifth preliminary fight of the season. UFC Bantamweight Champion T.J. Dillashaw arrives to help Urijah. When Conor calls him a traitor, all hell breaks loose.

10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi From the Centre, Montreal, Canada.

5:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Epic Knockouts from the UFC

6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Lawler vs. Brown - Robbie Lawler and Matt Brown battle it out with a title shot on the line.

7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 184: Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano - It's the biggest night in women's UFC history as female athletes get top and co-main billing. Women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey defends her crown for the fifth time, this time against No. 1 contender Cat Zingano.

9:00 p.m. ET AXSTV: AXS TV Fights
CES MMA XXXI - Chip Moraza-Pollard meets Gil de Freitas; Kody Nordby and Dinis Paiva are schedules to appear.

10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.

11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: Snake In the Grass - An unorthodox fighter from Team Faber faces one of the top competitors of Team Europe in the fifth preliminary fight of the season. UFC Bantamweight Champion TJ Dillashaw arrives to help Urijah. When Conor calls him a traitor, all hell breaks loose.

11:30 p.m. ET AXSTV: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 403 - Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten live from Los Angeles; Michael Schiavello and Pat Miletich recap CES XXXI; special guest Amy Dardashtian.

12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
UFC: Machida vs. Dollaway - Lyoto Machida vs. C.B. Dollaway; Renan Barao vs. Mitch Gagnon; Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Patrick Cummins; Elias Silverio vs. Rashid Magomedov; Erick Silva vs. Mike Rhodes; Daniel Sarafian vs. Antonio Dos Santos. From Barueri, Brazil.