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Picture: Official UFC 181 Scorecard for Robbie Lawler-Johny Hendricks 2
By: C.J. Tuttle
Photo: Ultimate Fighting Championship
In a tightly contested, five-round title fight at UFC 181, Robbie Lawler edged Johny Hendricks via split decision to claim the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight crown.
Judges Sal D’Amato, Marcos Rosales and Glenn Trowbridge all agreed on rounds one and five for Lawler, but rounds two, three and four were all over the place. In the end, D’Amato ruled in favor of Hendricks 48-47, while Rosales (48-47) and Trowbridge (49-46) gave the fight to Lawler.
The first meeting between the two men at UFC 171 was equally close on the judges’ scorecards, with all three overseers ruling in favor of “Big Rigg” by scores of 48-47.
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Nate Wilcox 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 Nate Wilcox, founding editor of BloodyElbow.com.
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Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Diaz vs. Condit - UFC 143 Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit; UFC 142 Rousimar Palhares and and Mike Massenzio; Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon at UFC 144.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 Prelims
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. John Howard; Manny Gamburyan vs. Dennis Siver; Michael Johnson vs. Gleison Tibau; Uriah Hall vs. Chris Leben. From Las Vegas.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler - Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler battle for the welterweight championship.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 1 on 1
Welterweight champion Johny Hendricks.
7:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Ultimate Submissions
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
7:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Ultimate Fights
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Countdown
UFC 181 Countdown
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 9: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Don't Talk to Me - Team Pettis decides opponents will not attend the same practice. One of the fighters breaks the agreement and the team disintegrates into arguing factions. Then, teammates do battle as 6 seed Felice Herrig takes on 14 seed Randa Markos.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 10: Team Melendez vs Team Pettis: Fighting for Themselves - Aisling Daly gets a surprise visit from Conor McGregor. The fighters visit Harley Davidson boot camp. Then, in the second quarterfinal, 5 ranked Aisling Daly takes on 4 ranked Jessica Penne with the winner advancing to the semi-final.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 11: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Best Job in the World- In a special two-fight episode, 3 seed Tecia Torres faces top seed Carla Esparza in the third quarterfinal fight. Then 7 seed Rose Namajunas takes on 2 seed Joanne Calderwood for the last spot in the semifinals. Read more -
Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 181: Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler II From Las Vegas, Nevada.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler - Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler battle for the welterweight championship.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Diaz vs. Condit - UFC 143 Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit; UFC 142 Rousimar Palhares and and Mike Massenzio; Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon at UFC 144.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 8: Team Melendez vs Team Pettis: Scrapettes - A group of Team Melendez fighters decide they want Tecia to move out of their room. At a pool party tensions between the fighters boil over. Then Team Melendez sends 8 ranked Bec Rawlings against 3 ranked Tecia Torres.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 Prelims
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. John Howard; Manny Gamburyan vs. Dennis Siver; Michael Johnson vs. Gleison Tibau; Uriah Hall vs. Chris Leben. From Las Vegas.
7:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
Magnum Force Part 1
9:00 p.m. ET MavTV: Greatest KnockOuts
The best collection of knockouts ever caught on camera from the biggest stars in MMA today.
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
Magnum Force Part 1
12:00 a.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
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Sunday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Sunday
3:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Unleashed
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Wired
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: The Ultimate Fighter
Team Pettis vs. Team Melendez
8:00 p.m. ET HBO: Boxing
Terence Crawford vs. Raymundo Beltran
8:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Flashback
Diego Sanchez vs.Gilbert Melendez
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Countdown
UFC 181: Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler II
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Countdown
UFC 181: Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler II
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
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Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
3:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 1 on 1
Welterweight champion Johny Hendricks.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Edgar vs. Swanson – Prelims Ruslan Magomedov vs. Josh Copeland; Luke Barnatt vs. Roger Narvaez; James Vick vs. Nick Hein; Yves Edwards vs. Akbarh Arreola. From the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Training Day
Team Alpha Male
7:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Flashback
Diego Sanchez vs.Gilbert Melendez
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 10: Team Melendez vs Team Pettis: Fighting for Themselves - Aisling Daly gets a surprise visit from Conor McGregor. The fighters visit Harley Davidson boot camp. Then, in the second quarterfinal, 5 ranked Aisling Daly takes on 4 ranked Jessica Penne with the winner advancing to the semi-final. Read more -
Saturday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Saturday
3:00 a.m. ET AXS TV: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 365 - Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice break down UFC Fight Night; Pat Miletich and Michael Schiavello discuss Lion Fight 19; an interview with Matt Peterson.
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Medeiros; Grice; Hall; House
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 1 on 1
Welterweight champion Johny Hendricks.
9:00 a.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 1: UFC Prefight Show
UFC: Edgar vs. Swanson - Analysis and previews of Franike Edgar vs. Cub Swanson in Austin, Tex.
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Preliminary Fights
Edgar vs. Swanson – Prelims - Ruslan Magomedov vs. Josh Copeland; Luke Barnatt vs. Roger Narvaez; James Vick vs. Nick Hein; Yves Edwards vs. Akbarh Arreola. From the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
Edgar vs. Swanson – Prelims - Ruslan Magomedov vs. Josh Copeland; Luke Barnatt vs. Roger Narvaez; James Vick vs. Nick Hein; Yves Edwards vs. Akbarh Arreola. From the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
9:00 p.m. ET King of the Cage
EPISODE: 124 - Joel Castillo vs. Maurice Green, James Warfield vs. Joshua Aveles, Jimmy Zidek vs. Ben-Piere Saint, Brett Murphy vs. Anthony McDonald, Craig Exkelberg vs. Clarance Jordan and many more. From Carlton, Minn.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
Edgar vs. Swanson - Frankie Edgar vs. Cub Swanson; Bobby Green vs. Edson Barboza; Brad Pickett vs. Chico Camus; Jared Rosholt vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk; Joseph Benavidez vs. Dustin Ortiz; Matt Wiman vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg. From the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
10:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Fight Night
Edgar vs. Swanson - Frankie Edgar vs. Cub Swanson; Bobby Green vs. Edson Barboza; Brad Pickett vs. Chico Camus; Jared Rosholt vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk; Joseph Benavidez vs. Dustin Ortiz; Matt Wiman vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg. From the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Read more -
Free Full UFC Fight Video: Georges St. Pierre vs. Johny Hendricks
By: C.J. Tuttle
Ultimate Fighting Championship has released video of Johny Hendricks challenging for the welterweight title against Georges St. Pierre at UFC 171 ahead of Hendricks’ fight with Robbie Lawler at UFC 181.
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Free Full UFC Fight Video: Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler
By: C.J. Tuttle
Ultimate Fighting Championship has released video of Johny Hendricks defending his welterweight title against Robbie Lawler at UFC 171 ahead of the rematch at UFC 181.
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Sunday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Sunday
6:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fighter's Cut
Johny Hendricks' top five knockouts.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of WEC
Finishes - Knockouts, submissions and memorable finishes in the WEC.
8:00 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.
10:00 a.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.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 3: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Don't Fight Fate - Jessica Penne and Lisa Ellis vie for a quarterfinal spot.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 4: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Make A Big Strike - Tensions escalate after a third straight loss.
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 141 Lesnar vs. Overeem - Relive UFC 141, Brock Lesnar versus Alistair Overeem.
2:00 p.m. Sportsnet 360: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives
3:00 p.m. Sportsnet 360: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Wired
Joe Rogan hosts this UFC highlight show featuring some of the best bouts from years
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Countdown
UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes II - Jose Aldo welcomes Team Alpha Male rival Chad Mendes back to the country, his mind is intent on victory as Mendes' is on redemption. Glover Teixeira will look to rebound from his recent title shot with a bout against Phil Davis.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Head-Kick Knockouts - Spectacular head-kick knockouts.
5:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider
Bisping vs. Rockhold; Aldo vs. Mendes - Michael Bisping, MMA Dad; tempers flair as bitter rivals Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold join Jon Anik in studio; Chad Mendes on his hunt for UFC featherweight gold; Featherweight champ Jose Aldo's electrifying moments counted down by Joe Rogan.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fighter's Cut
Johny Hendricks' top five knockouts.
7:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Flashback
Demetrious Johnson vs. Joseph Benavidez 1 - Enhanced fight replay.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of WEC
Finishes - Knockouts, submissions and memorable finishes in the WEC.
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: The Ultimate Fighter
Team Pettis vs. Team Melendez
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Bisping vs. Rockhold; Aldo vs. Mendes - Michael Bisping, MMA Dad; tempers flair as bitter rivals Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold join Jon Anik in studio; Chad Mendes on his hunt for UFC featherweight gold; Featherweight champ Jose Aldo's electrifying moments counted down by Joe Rogan.
9:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 1 on 1
Welterweight champion Johny Hendricks.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes II - Jose Aldo welcomes Team Alpha Male rival Chad Mendes back to the country, his mind is intent on victory as Mendes' is on redemption. Glover Teixeira will look to rebound from his recent title shot with a bout against Phil Davis. Read more
