Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide

Jeff SherwoodOct 23, 2015




Friday



3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Reloaded
UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi - From the Centre, Montreal, Canada.

8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann - Prelims
Josh Sampo vs. Zach Makovsky; Aljamain Sterling vs. Cody Gibson; Raphael Assuncao vs. Pedro Munhoz; Alexis Davis vs. Jessica Eye. From Las Vegas.

9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: 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.

10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: 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.

10:00 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.

11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
UFC Strawweights - Three fights highlighting impressive Jedrzejczyk, Paige VanZant and Michelle Waterson.

12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Rothwell / Waterson / Rockhold / Poirier

9:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA
Bellator 144 - World Bantamweight Champion Marcos Galvao against Eduardo Dantas; from the Mohegan Sun.

10:00 p.m. ET AXS TV: AXS TV Fights
Lion Fight 25 - John Wayne Parr meets Cosmo Alexandre; Jorina Baars defends her Welterweight title against Martina Jindorva.

12:30 a.m. ET AXS TV: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 402 - Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice break down UFC FN Poirier vs Duffy; Pat Miletich and Michael Schiavello discuss Lion fight 25 and the AXS TV Fight's 300th show; guests Robery Maysey and Dan Henderson.