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Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
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Friday
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Boxing
Golden Boy Live: Danny O'Connor vs. Andrew Farmer - Main event Danny O'Connor 23-2 (7 KOs) vs. Andrew Farmer 18-2 (7 KOs), Co-Main event Lightweights Sarif Bogere 25-1 (17 KOs) vs. Frernando Garcia 29-6-2 (18 KOs) from Plymouth, Mass.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Heavyweights - The greatest finishers from the heavyweight division including Cain Velasquez, Minotauro Nogueira, Junior dos Santos, Andrei Arlovski and more.
6:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Flashback
Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos III
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes II - Prelims
Jose Aldo takes on Chad Mendes in the title fight. Also: Phil Davis vs. Glover Teixeira. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II - Wanderlei Silva and former middleweight champion Rich Franklin faced off for the second time, as Silva sought to settle the score after his searing defeat in their first encounter, at UFC 99.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 6: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Give It All You Have - Tecia's return to the competition angers some fighters. Then, in the sixth fight of the tournament Team Pettis pits 5th ranked Aisling Daly against 12th ranked Angela Magana for a chance to advance to the quarterfinals.
9:00 p.m. ET AXS TV: Inside MMA
EPISODE: 362 - Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice take a tour of the Stanley Hotel and are live in Los Angeles; guests Brandon Thatch and Cat Zingano.
10:00 p.m. ET AXS TV: Frightening Fights
A countdown of the 25 most frightening fights; features knockouts, submissions and finishes.
10:00 p.m. ET CBS Sports Network: Titan FC 31
Mike Ricci vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida; Desmond Green vs. Miguel Torres; Dave Courchaine vs. Cody Pfister. From Tampa, Fla. Read more -
Live Combat Sports Schedule
By: Ian Robinson
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Sherdog.com’s own Ian Robinson is back with his weekly live combat sports schedule to satisfy your need for consensual violence. Read more -
Video: Barb Honchak faces Vanessa Porto at Invicta FC 5
By: C.J. Tuttle
Get ready for Invicta FC 9 this weekend, with this video of Barb Honchak defeating Vanessa Porto via unanimous decision at Invicta 5. “Little Warrior” will look to defend her Invicta Fighting Championship flyweight title against Takayo Hashi in Saturday’s main event.
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Video: Glory World Series Top 20 Kickboxing Knockouts, Part 3
By: C.J. Tuttle
Top kickboxing promotion Glory World Series has graciously unlocked part three of its top 20 knockouts collection. If you missed the first two editions yesterday, click here.
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Free Full UFC Fight Video: ‘Shogun’ Rua vs. James Te Huna
By: C.J. Tuttle
Watch as Mauricio Rua snaps a two-fight losing skid against James Te Huna at UFC Fight Night “Hunt vs. Bigfoot.” “Shogun” only required 63-seconds to knock out the hometown fighter.
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Video: Mike Tyson Tries to Beat Himself in Nintendo’s ‘Punch-Out!!’
By: C.J. Tuttle
During a recent appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Mike Tyson faced himself in a round of Nintendo’s 1987 classic “Punch-Out!!”
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Dann Stupp 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 MMA Junkie editor-in-chief and USA Today senior MMA editor Dann Stupp.
Breen and Stupp discuss Canadian bantamweight Michael Imperato and the significance of his release by the UFC before he fought for the company after it was revealed he'd made racist and homophobic remarks during the filming of MMA reality TV show “Fight Xchange.” The two discuss the uneven punishments for socially lamentable behavior in the UFC, whether fighters like Imperato can ever earn a UFC bid and overcome the incidents of their past and the slippery slope of legislating morality in a sport like MMA.
The duo also discuss the recent and tragic tribulations of Jason “Mayhem” Miller and War Machine, why MMA notoriety and antisocial behavior often go hand-in-hand, what crimes an athlete's reputation can never recover from and what sort of sensational story it would take to negatively impact mixed martial arts on the whole.
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Wednesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Wednesday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes II - Prelims
Jose Aldo takes on Chad Mendes in the title fight. Also: Phil Davis vs. Glover Teixeira. From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II - Wanderlei Silva and former middleweight champion Rich Franklin faced off for the second time, as Silva sought to settle the score after his searing defeat in their first encounter, at UFC 99.
11:00 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.
1:00 p.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.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 3: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Don't Fight Fate - On the heels of Team Pettis' second win in a row, a silly game at the house turns raunchy. Then in the third preliminary fight, 4 seed Jessica Penne of Team Pettis takes on 13 seed Lisa Ellis of Team Melendez.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 4: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Make A Big Strike - Tensions between Heather Clark and the rest of Team Melendez escalate. Urijah Faber takes over for Anthony Pettis for a few days. Then, in the fourth fight of the tournament, Team Pettis pits 1 ranked Carla Esparza against 16 ranked Angela Hill.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 5: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Coming to Get You - An injury forces a fighter out of the competition and opens the door for another; Team Melendez fighters question Heather Clark's knee injury; the rivalry between Felice Herrig and Heather Clark comes to a head.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider
Chris Weidman's Ascent
7:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Flashback
Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos III
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
UFC highlights, analysis and interviews.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 5: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Coming to Get You - An injury forces a fighter out of the competition and opens the door for another; Team Melendez fighters question Heather Clark's knee injury; the rivalry between Felice Herrig and Heather Clark comes to a head.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Season 20 Episode 6: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Give It All You Have - Tecia's return to the competition angers some fighters. Then, in the sixth fight of the tournament Team Pettis pits 5th ranked Aisling Daly against 12th ranked Angela Magana for a chance to advance to the quarterfinals.
10:00 p.m. ET Sportsnet 360: The Ultimate Fighter
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Audio: UFC Fight Night ‘Rockhold vs. Bisping’ Conference Call
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Warning: Contains graphic language.
Middleweights Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping engaged in a bit of verbal sparring on Tuesday during a media conference call to promote their main event at UFC Fight Night “Rockhold vs. Bisping.”
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Video: Glory World Series Top 20 Kickboxing Knockouts
By: C.J. Tuttle
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