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UFC Fight Night 30: The Forum Threads
By: Jeff Sherwood
Lyoto Machida did not disappoint in his middleweight debut. The former 205-pound king knocked out Mark Munoz with a head kick 3:10 into the opening round of their UFC Fight Night 30 headliner at the Phones 4U Arena in Manchester, England, on Saturday.
The spectacular finish helped to erase memories of Machida’s most recent light heavyweight appearance -- a disappointing and controversial decision loss to Phil Davis at UFC 163. It also created plenty of interest regarding the Brazilian’s future in his new division. While Machida was the topic du jour, UFC Fight Night 30 spawned a number of forum threads on Sherdog.net.
All Class
Title Threat
Dragon vs. Spider
Gustaffson’s Future
Legal or Illegal
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Saturday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Saturday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
7:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Behind-the-scenes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Belfort vs. Bisping
Vitor Belfort vs. Michael Bisping; C.B. Dollaway vs. Daniel Sarafian; Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Ben Rothwell; Thiago Tavares vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov. From Sao Paulo, Brazil.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Behind-the-scenes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
12:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Behind-the-scenes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
Lyoto Machida vs. Mark Munoz
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Prefight Show
Lyoto Machida vs. Mark Munoz
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Lyoto Machida vs. Mark Munoz; Ross Pearson vs. Melvin Guillard; Jimi Manuwa vs. Ryan Jimmo; Norman Parke vs. Jon Tuck; Alessio Sakara vs. Nicholas Musoke; Phil Harris vs. John Lineker. From Manchester, England.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Post-Fight Show
Lyoto Machida vs. Mark Munoz
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Lyoto Machida vs. Mark Munoz; Ross Pearson vs. Melvin Guillard; Jimi Manuwa vs. Ryan Jimmo; Norman Parke vs. Jon Tuck; Alessio Sakara vs. Nicholas Musoke; Phil Harris vs. John Lineker. From Manchester, England.
9:00 p.m. ET NBC Sports Network: World Series of Fighting 6
Josh Burkman vs. Steve Carl. From Coral Gables, Fla.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
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Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 165: Jon Jones faces Alexander Gustafsson.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 165: Jon Jones faces Alexander Gustafsson.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
10:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Behind-the-scenes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
Lyoto Machida vs. Mark Munoz
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
Lyoto Machida vs. Mark Munoz
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
9:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA Live
EPISODE: 24
9:00 p.m. ET AXS: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 313 Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten preview UFC Fight Night 30; Mike Dolce discusses the 'Dolce Diet'; Tim Boetsch cuts his weight for UFC 166.
9:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Behind-the-scenes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
10:00 p.m. ET AXS: AXS TV Fights
Resurrection Fighting Alliance 10 Mike Rhodes and Alan Jouban compete for welterweight champion; Justin Lawrence meets Luis Saldana for featherweight; live from Des Moines, Iowa.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate 100 Knockouts
Part 3: Knockouts 40-11
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate 100 Knockouts
Part 4: Top 10 Greatest Knockouts
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
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Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Featuring Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Rua and B.J. Penn vs. Frankie Edgar.
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
UFC Fight Night 18: Relive all the action from UFC Fight Night 18: Carlos Condit vs Martin Kampmann in Nashville, Tenn.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Prelims: Maia vs. Shields Garett Whiteley s. Alan Patrick; Chris Cariaso vs. Iliarde Santos; David Mitchell vs. Yan Cabral; Igor Araujo vs. Ildemar Alcantara. From Sao Paulo, Brazil.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
The greatest knockouts in pride history.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 165: Jon Jones faces Alexander Gustafsson.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 7: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Zone In Rousey delivers Father's Day gifts; semifinal berth up for grabs.
6:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage: Greatest KO's 17
The best collection of knock outs ever caught on camera and featuring some of today's biggest stars in MMA.
7:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 7: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Zone In Rousey delivers Father's Day gifts; semifinal berth up for grabs.
8:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
11:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
12:00 a.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
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Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Junior dos Santos defends his title for the first time against Frank Mir; Joe Lauzon and Jamie Varner; Donald Cerrone vs. Melvin Guillard, and Brian Stann vs. Alessio Sakara.
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night Episode 21
Nate Diaz vs. Melvin Guillard Nate Quarry vs. Tim Credeur; Roger Huerta vs. Gray Maynard.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Anderson Silva vs. Carlos Newton The best of team Chute Box, featuring Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio Rua.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 152: Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Wired
Highlights and interviews. With Joe Rogan.
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360 West: UFC Wired
Highlights and interviews. With Joe Rogan.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson - Prelims
Dustin Kimura vs. Mitch Gagnon; Stephen Thompson vs. Chris Clements; Wilson Reis vs. Ivan Menjivar; Myles Jury vs. Mike Ricci. From Toronto.
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360 West: UFC Wired
Highlights and interviews. With Joe Rogan.
9:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA Live
EPISODE: 26 Cheick Kongo vs. Lavar Johnson; bantamweight tournament final; middleweight semifinals.
9:00 p.m. ET AXS: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 310 Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten size up UFC Fight Night 29; Interviews with Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman; Michael Schiavello and Pat Miletich examine MFC 38.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 5: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Redemption
10:00 p.m. ET AXS: AXS TV Fights
Maximum Fighting Championship 38 - Behind Enemy Lines Jason South meets Sam Alvey for the middleweight title; Anthony Birchak vs. Tito Jones for bantamweight; Smealinho Rama vs. Anthony Hamilton for heavyweight.
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
11:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA Live
EPISODE: 26 Cheick Kongo vs. Lavar Johnson; bantamweight tournament final; middleweight semifinals.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Lyoto Machida vs. Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama, Nam Phan v.s Leonard Garcia, and Donald Cerrone vs. Dennis Siver. Read more -
Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
Relive all the action from UFC 146: Junior dos Santos vs Frank Mir, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Shogun vs. Vera
Mauricio Rua vs. Brandon Vera; Lyoto Machida vs. Ryan Bader; Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner; DaMarques Johnson vs. Mike Swick. From Los Angeles. (Card subject to change)
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 135: Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson and Matt Hughes vs. Josh Koscheck.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
UFC 164; Conor McGregor
2:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson - Prelims
Dustin Kimura vs. Mitch Gagnon; Stephen Thompson vs. Chris Clements; Wilson Reis vs. Ivan Menjivar; Myles Jury vs. Mike Ricci. From Toronto.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 134: Anderson Silva vs Yushin Okami and Mauricio Rua vs Forrest Griffin.
7:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 3: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Stick and Move Team Tate looks for its second win as Chris Holdsworth takes on Chris Beal; the team's cohesion is threatened when Cody Bollinger accuses Julianna Pena of leaking their fight picks.
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 3: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Stick and Move Team Tate looks for its second win as Chris Holdsworth takes on Chris Beal; the team's cohesion is threatened when Cody Bollinger accuses Julianna Pena of leaking their fight picks.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Inside Eddie Wineland's camp; Weidman vs. Silva through the eyes of Jon Jones; Southern California fight camps Alliance and Reigh square off; The Takedown with Phil Davis. Read more -
Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 3: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Stick and Move
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Countdown
UFC 165: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson From Toronto.
8:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Inside Eddie Wineland's camp; Weidman vs. Silva through the eyes of Jon Jones; Southern California fight camps Alliance and Reigh square off; The Takedown with Phil Davis.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives, featuring Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida, Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone, Bart Palaszewski vs. Tyson Griffin, and Ryan Bader vs. Jason Brilz.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 145: Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Featuring Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson; Antonio Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub; Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
UFC 165: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson
4:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Weigh-ins
UFC 165 Weigh-ins Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 165: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson From Toronto.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Countdown
UFC 165: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson From Toronto.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
UFC 165: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
9:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA Live
EPISODE: 20 Ben Saunders vs. Douglas Lima; from Phoenix.
9:00 p.m. ET AXS: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 309 UFC 165 preview with an interview with Jon Jones; Cristiane Justino; Eddie Wineland's life.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
10:00 p.m. ET AXS: Lion Fight 11
Cristiane Justino vs. Martina Jindrova; Nampon vs. Cosmo Alexandre. From Las Vegas.
11:00 p.m. ET SpikeTV: Bellator MMA Live
EPISODE: 20 Ben Saunders vs. Douglas Lima; from Phoenix.
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 145: Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans
11:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet West: UFC Weigh-ins
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Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 2: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Ladies First Sixteen fighters move into the house and tensions rise as Coaches Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate cross paths.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
Shogun Grand Prix Mauricio Rua's epic run in the PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix tournament.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 2: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Ladies First Sixteen fighters move into the house and tensions rise as Coaches Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate cross paths.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Shogun vs. Vera
Mauricio Rua vs. Brandon Vera; Lyoto Machida vs. Ryan Bader; Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner; DaMarques Johnson vs. Mike Swick. From Los Angeles. (Card subject to change)
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
7:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
8:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Unleashed
The best fights from the UFC archives
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Countdown
UFC 165: Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson From Toronto.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 2: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate: Ladies First Sixteen fighters move into the house and tensions rise as Coaches Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate cross paths.
9:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Countdown
UFC 165 Countdown
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
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Anthony Pettis, Erik Perez, Josh Barnett, Joe Rogan
3:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
On The Brink in Boston
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Prelims: Henderson vs. Pettis Kyung Ho Kang vs. Chico Camus; Hyun Gyu Lim vs. Pascal Krauss; Tim Elliott vs. Louis Gaudinot; Gleison Tibau vs. Jamie Varner. From Milwaukee.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Prelims: Henderson vs. Pettis Kyung Ho Kang vs. Chico Camus; Hyun Gyu Lim vs. Pascal Krauss; Tim Elliott vs. Louis Gaudinot; Gleison Tibau vs. Jamie Varner. From Milwaukee.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Lyoto Machida vs. Ryan Bader
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Prelims: Henderson vs. Pettis Kyung Ho Kang vs. Chico Camus; Hyun Gyu Lim vs. Pascal Krauss; Tim Elliott vs. Louis Gaudinot; Gleison Tibau vs. Jamie Varner. From Milwaukee.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Prefight Show
Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader
5:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Preliminary Fights
UFC Prelims: Teixeira vs. Bader Ivan Jorge vs. Keith Wisniewski; Elias Silverio vs. Joao Zeferino; Junior Hernandez vs. Lucas Martins; Kevin Souza vs. Felipe Arantes. From Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
UFC Prelims: Teixeira vs. Bader Ivan Jorge vs. Keith Wisniewski; Elias Silverio vs. Joao Zeferino; Junior Hernandez vs. Lucas Martins; Kevin Souza vs. Felipe Arantes. From Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
Ali Bagautinov vs. Marcos Vinicius; Tor Troeng vs. Rafael Natal; Piotr Hallman vs. Francisco Trinaldo; Jussier da Silva vs. Joseph Benavidez; Jacare Souza vs. Yushin Okami; Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader. From Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 18 Episode 1: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Post-Fight Show
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Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Lyoto Machida vs. Ryan Bader
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann II - Prelims
James Head vs. Jason High; Darren Elkins vs. Hatsu Hioki; Justin Edwards vs. Brandon Thatch; Papy Abedi vs. Dylan Andrews. From Indianapolis.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall
From Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: Best of PRIDE Fighting Championship
No Weight Classes Some of the biggest size discrepancies in MMA history.
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall
From Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader
7:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
7:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall
From Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
10:00 p.m. ET MavTV: King of the Cage
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Presents Breaking Ground
Ronda Rousey
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 148: Wanderlei Silva vs. Chael Sonnen II
11:30 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: UFC Central
Hosted by "Showdown" Joe Ferraro. UFC highlights and news. Read more
