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The McGregor Sweepstakes: Aldo, Edgar, Nurmagomedov Ruled Out for UFC 196
By: Sherdog.com Staff
As soon as news broke on Tuesday that UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos had withdrawn from UFC 196, people began to speculate on potential replacement opponents for Conor McGregor.
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UFC Full Fight Download: Watch Rafael dos Anjos Dominate Anthony Pettis
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Rafael dos Anjos became lightweight champion of the world in March 2015 at UFC 185 by dominating then-champ Anthony Pettis for five rounds. Dos Anjos will risk his belt against featherweight titlist Conor McGregor at next month’s UFC 196.
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Thursday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Thursday
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC's Road to the Octagon
Johnson vs. Bader - Six elite mixed martial artists from around the globe prepare body and mind for battle at UFC Fight Night.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Gustafsson vs. Johnson - Sam Sicilia vs. Akira Corassani; Ryan Bader vs. Phil Davis; Gegard Mousasi vs. Dan Henderson; Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony Johnson. From Stockholm, Sweden.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: In the Clinch With... Matt Serra
Former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra is joined by Ariel Helwani in his Long Island hometown to discuss career highlights, unexpected detours, and his life today.
8:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Velasquez/Allen/Evans
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader - Ali Bagautinov vs. Marcos Vinicius; Tor Troeng vs. Rafael Natal; Piotr Hallman vs. Francisco Trinaldo; Jussier Formiga vs. Joseph Benavidez; Jacare Souza vs. Yushin Okami; Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader. From Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC's Road to the Octagon
Johnson vs. Bader - Six elite mixed martial artists from around the globe prepare body and mind for battle at UFC Fight Night.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Gustafsson vs. Johnson - Sam Sicilia vs. Akira Corassani; Ryan Bader vs. Phil Davis; Gegard Mousasi vs. Dan Henderson; Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony Johnson. From Stockholm, Sweden.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
Upsets - Three of the most unexpected, most shocking upsets in MMA championship history. With Georges St.Pierre, Matt Hughes, B.J. Penn, T.J. Dillashaw and more.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Epic Knockouts from the UFC - Featuring Carlos Condit, Lyoto Machida, Rafael dos Anjos, Donald Cerrone and more. Read more -
Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
3:30 a.m. ET Fox Sorts 1: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Epic Knockouts from the UFC - Featuring Carlos Condit, Lyoto Machida, Rafael dos Anjos, Donald Cerrone and more.
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Reloaded
UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira - Jon Jones faces Brazilian bruiser Glover Teixeira, the most dangerous threat to his title to date. In the co-main event, Anthony Johnson returns to the Octagon against national wrestling champion Phil Davis.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 160: Cain Velasquez vs. Bigfoot Silva II From Las Vegas.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Dillashaw vs. Cruz – Prelims - Luke Sanders vs. Maximo Blanco, featherweight bout; Ed Herman vs. Tim Boetsch, light heavyweight bout; Chris Wade vs. Mairbek Taisumov, lightweight bout; Ben Saunders vs. Patrick Cote, welterweight bout. From Boston. (Card subject to change)
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Francisco Trinaldo vs. Ross Pearson, lightweight bout; Matt Mitrione vs. Travis Browne, heavyweight bout; Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis, lightweight bout; Dominick Cruz vs. T.J. Dillashaw, bantamweight title bout. From Boston.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Training Day
Serra-Longo Fight Team - Take a look inside the Serra-Longo Fight Team, an elite Long Island based MMA squad that's home to middleweight champion Chris Weidman and other top prospects.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC's Top 5 Greatest Fights
Revisit the match-ups that made highlight reels and history in a count down of the five best bouts.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
UFC Middleweights - Fights from the best 185-pound fighters in the world. With Chris Weidman, Luke Rockhold, Yoel Romero and Ronaldo Souza.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Submissions
The best submissions by UFC superstars.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sorts 1: In the Clinch With... Matt Serra
Former UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra is joined by Ariel Helwani in his Long Island hometown to discuss career highlights, unexpected detours, and his life today.
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Boxing
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Sunday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Sunday
3:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Reloaded
UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos - From the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
6:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw prepares for the biggest test of his championship reign; Rashad Evans and Ryan Bader square off.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber - Featuring Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber and Sam Stout vs. Yves Edwards.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Dillashaw and Cruz weigh-in before the two battle for the Bantamweight title in Boston, Mass.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Embedded
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Reigning bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw embraces a new training camp as he gets set to take on Dominick Cruz, the UFC's first 135-pound champion, who was derailed by injury rather than opponent.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Dillashaw and Cruz weigh-in before the two battle for the Bantamweight title in Boston, Mass.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Dillashaw vs. Barao - Bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw must defend his title against the man he won it from, Renan Barao.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Weigh-In
UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Dillashaw and Cruz weigh-in before the two battle for the Bantamweight title in Boston, Mass.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Main Event
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber - UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz puts his belt on the line against the last man to defeat him, Urijah Faber.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Embedded
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Reigning bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw embraces a new training camp as he gets set to take on Dominick Cruz, the UFC's first 135-pound champion, who was derailed by injury rather than opponent.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Weigh-In
UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Dillashaw and Cruz weigh-in before the two battle for the Bantamweight title in Boston, Mass.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Prefight Show
UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
Dillashaw vs. Cruz – Prelims - Luke Sanders vs. Maximo Blanco, featherweight bout; Ed Herman vs. Tim Boetsch, light heavyweight bout; Chris Wade vs. Mairbek Taisumov, lightweight bout; Ben Saunders vs. Patrick Cote, welterweight bout. From Boston. (Card subject to change)
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Fight Night
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Francisco Trinaldo vs. Ross Pearson, lightweight bout; Matt Mitrione vs. Travis Browne, heavyweight bout; Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis, lightweight bout; Dominick Cruz vs. TJ Dillashaw, bantamweight title bout. From Boston. Read more -
Friday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Friday
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw - Renan Barao puts his UFC bantamweight title on the line when he faces talented contender T.J. Dillashaw in the main event of UFC 173.
9:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Insider
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw prepares for the biggest test of his championship reign; Rashad Evans and Ryan Bader square off.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Embedded
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Reigning bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw embraces a new training camp as he gets set to take on Dominick Cruz, the UFC's first 135-pound champion, who was derailed by injury rather than opponent.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Dillashaw vs. Barao 2 - Takanori Gomi vs. Joe Lauzon; Paul Felder vs. Edson Barboza; Jessica Eye vs. Miesha Tate; T.J. Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao. From Chicago.
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Embedded
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Reigning bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw embraces a new training camp as he gets set to take on Dominick Cruz, the UFC's first 135-pound champion, who was derailed by injury rather than opponent.
2:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Dillashaw vs. Barao - Bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw must defend his title against the man he won it from, Renan Barao.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fighter's Cut
T.J. Dillashaw - Join UFC Bantamweight Champion T.J. Dillashaw as he relives some of the biggest fights in his meteoric rise to the top of his division.
3:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Flashback
Barao vs. Dillashaw - One of the most memorable title fights in UFC history.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night
Dillashaw vs. Barao 2 - Takanori Gomi vs. Joe Lauzon; Paul Felder vs. Edson Barboza; Jessica Eye vs. Miesha Tate; T.J. Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao. From Chicago.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw - Renan Barao puts his UFC bantamweight title on the line when he faces talented contender T.J. Dillashaw in the main event of UFC 173.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Embedded
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Reigning bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw embraces a new training camp as he gets set to take on Dominick Cruz, the UFC's first 135-pound champion, who was derailed by injury rather than opponent.
10:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Unleashed
Pettis vs. Melendez - With Rafael dos Anjos, Nate Diaz, Anthony Pettis, Alistair Overeem, Roy Nelson, Minotauro Nogueira and more. Read more -
Tuesday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Tuesday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
UFC Bantamweights - Champions and Rising Stars - Thomas Almeida takes on Brad Pickett and Dominick Cruz looks to even the score with rival Urijah Faber.
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Reloaded
UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto - After pulling off the upset of the year to capture the bantamweight crown, T.J. Dillashaw makes his first title defense against Joe Soto, a fellow Californian who's already worn gold in two other MMA organizations.
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Dillashaw vs. Barao - Bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw must defend his title against the man he won it from, Renan Barao.
8:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Presents
T.J. Dillashaw: Fearless - The emergence of T.J. Dillashaw as a top-ranked fighter.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
The Best of Anthony Pettis - The best fights of Anthony Pettis' career, from the famous 'Showtime' kick to winning the UFC lightweight title.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Pettis vs. Melendez - With Rafael dos Anjos, Nate Diaz, Anthony Pettis, Alistair Overeem, Roy Nelson, Minotauro Nogueira and more.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Embedded
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Reigning bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw embraces a new training camp as he gets set to take on Dominick Cruz, the UFC's first 135-pound champion, who was derailed by injury rather than opponent.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos - From the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Embedded
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Reigning bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw embraces a new training camp as he gets set to take on Dominick Cruz, the UFC's first 135-pound champion, who was derailed by injury rather than opponent.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Main Event
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber - UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz puts his belt on the line against the last man to defeat him, Urijah Faber.
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto - After pulling off the upset of the year to capture the bantamweight crown, T.J. Dillashaw makes his first title defense against Joe Soto, a fellow Californian who's already worn gold in two other MMA organizations.
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Behind-the-scenes of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
8:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fighter's Cut
T.J. Dillashaw - Join UFC Bantamweight Champion T.J. Dillashaw as he relives some of the biggest fights in his meteoric rise to the top of his division.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Embedded
Dillashaw vs. Cruz - Reigning bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw embraces a new training camp as he gets set to take on Dominick Cruz, the UFC's first 135-pound champion, who was derailed by injury rather than opponent.
11:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Boxing
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Thursday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Thursday
3:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit - Inside the training camps of four elite fighters set to square off in Las Vegas including Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit.
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Lawler/Nelson/Rogan - Robbie Lawler's first person account of his UFC 181 title tilt against Johny Hendricks; Roy Nelson profiles Andrei Arlovski and Travis Browne's heavyweight battle; Joe Rogan discusses the UFC's most anticipated fights and fighters in 2016.
4:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC CountdownUFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit
Inside the training camps of four elite fighters set to square off in Las Vegas including Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit.
5:30 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Main Event
UFC 167: MacDonald vs. Lawler - Two years before they were scheduled to clash for the welterweight championship, Rory MacDonald and Robbie Lawler met in a Las Vegas showdown.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
Before They Were Champs
7:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Countdown
UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit - Inside the training camps of four elite fighters set to square off in Las Vegas including Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
Best of 2015 & 2016 Preview
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Tonight
Before They Were Champs
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Epic Knockouts from the UFC - Featuring Carlos Condit, Lyoto Machida, Rafael dos Anjos, Donald Cerrone and more.
4:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Knockouts From Around The World
5:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: Best of UFC 2015
An extraordinary look back at 2015's best fights and biggest stories from what was another exhilarating year in the UFC.
7:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC's Top 5 Greatest Fights
8:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: UFC Reloaded
UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Tonight
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Video: UFC ‘Road to the Octagon: dos Anjos vs. Cerrone’
By: Sherdog.com Staff
Lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos and challenger Donald Cerrone are featured in a new, full-length “Road to the Octagon” special, as well as heavyweight co-headliners Junior dos Santos and Alistair Overeem.
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Thursday MMA: A TV Viewer’s Guide
By: Jeff Sherwood
Thursday
4:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: Heart Is Not Enough - The seventh preliminary fight pits a hard-hitting striker from Team McGregor against an American brawler. Then, two more warriors step into the octagon for the eighth preliminary fight.
5:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: Bullseye - McGregor and Faber face off in the coaches' challenge. An American fighter gets ready to take on one of the most experienced European fighters in the ninth and final preliminary fight. Conor and Urijah argue over the quarterfinal matchups.
6:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Fight Night UFC: Swanson vs. Stephens - Cub Swanson vs. Jeremy Stephens; Kelvin Gastelum vs. Nico Musoke; Cezar Ferreira vs. Andrew Craig; Ricardo Lamas vs. Hacran Dias; Clint Hester vs. Antonio Braga Neto; Joe Ellenberger vs. James Moontasri. From San Antonio.
9:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Pettis vs. Dos Anjos - UFC superstar and lightweight champion Anthony Pettis makes his second title defense against hard-nosed Brazilian Rafael dos Anjos.
10:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Unleashed
Bad Blood - Bitter rivalries and grudge matches.
11:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: Heart Is Not Enough - The seventh preliminary fight pits a hard-hitting striker from Team McGregor against an American brawler. Then, two more warriors step into the octagon for the eighth preliminary fight.
12:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: The Ultimate Fighter
Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: Bullseye - McGregor and Faber face off in the coaches' challenge. An American fighter gets ready to take on one of the most experienced European fighters in the ninth and final preliminary fight. Conor and Urijah argue over the quarterfinal matchups.
1:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm - Prelims
Danny Martinez vs. Richie Vaculik, flyweight bout; Gian Villante vs. Anthony Perosh, light heavyweight bout; Peter Sobotta vs. Kyle Noke, welterweight bout; Akbarh Arreola vs. Jake Matthews, lightweight bout. From Melbourne, Australia.
3:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: Heart Is Not Enough - The seventh preliminary fight pits a hard-hitting striker from Team McGregor against an American brawler. Then, two more warriors step into the octagon for the eighth preliminary fight.
4:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 1: The Ultimate Fighter
Team McGregor vs. Team Faber: Bullseye - McGregor and Faber face off in the coaches' challenge. An American fighter gets ready to take on one of the most experienced European fighters in the ninth and final preliminary fight. Conor and Urijah argue over the quarterfinal matchups.
5:30 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Ultimate Insider
Dodson on the Brink - Flyweight John Dodson shares moments from UFC 191 fight week; Aljamain Sterling interview; Luke Rockhold discusses secrets behind his signature moves.
6:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Main Event
Pettis vs. Dos Anjos - UFC superstar and lightweight champion Anthony Pettis makes his second title defense against hard-nosed Brazilian Rafael dos Anjos.
9:00 p.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
163: Aldo vs. Korean Zombie - The most-feared featherweights in the world return to the Octagon when UFC Champion Jose Aldo defends his title against 'The Korean Zombie' Chan Sung Jung in the main event.
12:00 a.m. ET Fox Sports 2: UFC Reloaded
Fight Night Japan: Hunt vs. Nelson - Heavyweight legend Mark Hunt returns to Japan for a headlining clash against fellow knockout artist Roy Nelson. Read more
