Saturday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide

Jeff SherwoodJul 12, 2014




Saturday



4:00 a.m. ET AXS TV: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 346 Coverage on UFC 175, the TUF 19 Finale, WSOF 11 and Lion Fight 16.

5:00 a.m. ET AXS TV: The Voice Versus
Dan Gables discusses his 1972 gold medal and coaching the Iowa Hawkeyes through nine consecutive championships.

9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 15 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1 Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber coach opposing teams of contestants competing for coveted UFC contracts, and the title of The Ultimate Fighter.

11:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 15 Episode 2: Embrace the War Sixteen promising mixed martial artists move into The Ultimate Fighter house and join teams; one fighter receives bad news from home; two warriors face off.

12:00 p.m. ET CBS Sports Network: Boxing 2013
Canelo Alvarez vs. Austin Trout From April 20, 2013 in San Antonio.

12:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 15 Episode 3: Old School vs. New School Teams react after Cruz picks two top fighters to face off early; Cruz trains number one pick Justin Lawrence as Faber prepares Brazilian jiu-jitsu veteran Cristiano Marcello for their clash.

1:00 p.m. ET CBS Sports Network: Boxing 2014
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs. Alfredo Angulo From March 8, 2014 in Las Vegas.

1:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 15 Episode 4: All the Pressure An injury in practice puts one fighter's future in doubt; Faber brings in a life coach to help the fighters be more positive; Al Iaquinta takes on Myles Jury of Team Cruz in the third preliminary fight.

2:00 p.m. ET CBs Sports Network: Boxing 2012
Erislandy Lara vs. Ronald Hearns From April 20, 2012 in Biloxi, Miss.

2:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 15 Episode 5: That Miserable Feeling Sam Sicilia must decide whether to share information with his team about best friend, Michael Chiesa; after Andy Ogle struggles in practice, Urijah Faber sits him down for a heart to heart; Dominick gets fed up with Chris Tickle's complaining.

3:00 p.m. ET CBS Sports Network: Boxing 2013
Erislandy Lara vs. Alfredo Angulo Interim WBA World light middleweight title. From June 8, 2013 in Carson, Calif.

3:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Ultimate Fighter Alumni Exciting finishes examined.

4:00 p.m. ET CBS Sports Network: Boxing 2013
Abner Mares vs. Daniel Ponce de Leon From May 4, 2013.

4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Boxing
Iron Mike Productions: Argenis Mendez vs. Rances Barthelemy Mendez takes on Barthelemy in a rematch for the IBF junior lightweight title. From Miami.

5:00 p.m. ET CBS Sports Network: Boxing 2014
Danny Garcia vs. Mauricio Herrera Garcia takes on Herrera for the WBC/WBA junior welterweight title. From March 15, 2014 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

6:00 p.m. ET CBS Sports Network: Boxing 2013
Francisco Vargas vs. Brandon Bennett Vacant NABF super featherweight and vacant WBO Inter-Continental super featherweight titles. From Aug. 9, 2013 in Indio, Calif.

7:00 p.m. ET CBS Sports Network: Boxing 2014
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs. Alfredo Angulo From March 8, 2014 in Las Vegas.

8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Reloaded
UFC 166: Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos 3 The last fight in the Dos Santos/Velasquez trilogy.

11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Fox Sports 1 on 1
Retired boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

11:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Ultimate Fighter Alumni Exciting finishes examined.