MMA Weekend: A Viewer's Guide

Friday

UFC 117 Weigh-ins: Pound-for-pound king Anderson Silva and middleweight challenger Chael Sonnen will take to the scales at 7 p.m. ET. View it online at UFC.com/live and Sherdog.com. If you’re a DirecTV customer, The 101 Network will broadcast the gathering live in HD.

“Fighting Words with Mike Straka”: Renzo Gracie will sit down for a lengthy interview with Straka. Watch it at 8:30 p.m. ET on HDNet.

“Inside MMA”: Tito Ortiz, Joe Soto, and Joe Warren will appear on Friday’s panel to break down UFC 117 with Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice. 9:00 p.m. ET on HDNet.

Best of Sengoku, Vol. II: The Sengoku Raiden Championship is featured in this compilation of scraps. Premiers at 10:00 p.m. ET on HDNet.

Saturday

UFC 117: Silva and Sonnen square off on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. Also, don’t miss Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves and Roy Nelson vs. Junior dos Santos.

Sunday

UFC 117 Post-Fight News Conference: Will air live on Sherdog.com and UFC.com/live at approximately 1:15 a.m. Sunday morning.