As always, programming is listed in EST
Live fights are in BOLD.
Premiere programming is in ITALICS.
MMA programming is in ORANGE.
Boxing programming is in RED.
Kickboxing/Muay Thai/Karate programming is in BLUE.
Wrestling/Jiu Jitsu/Grappling programming is in PURPLE.
Misc./Combination combat sports programming is in GREEN.
Friday July 13
7:00am: OneFC: Pursuit of Power (OneFC App)
1:00pm: Absolute Championship Berkut Kickboxing 16 (YouTube)
4:00pm: Prograis vs. Velasco Weigh-Ins (ESPN+)
6:30pm: UFC Fight Night Weigh-Ins (Fox Sports 1)
7:00pm: Joet Gonzalez vs. Rafael Rivera/Maricelo Cornejo vs. Samantha Pill (ESPN)
7:00pm: Bellator 202 Prelims (Bellator.com)
9:00pm: Bellator 202 (Paramount Network)
Saturday July 14
7:20am: The Champion Muay Thai (Facebook)
11:00am: Marines Cadet & Junior National Championships (FloWrestling)
1:30pm: Polaris Pro 7 (UFC Fight Pass)
4:30pm: Top Rank on ESPN Prelims (ESPN+)
5:00pm: Marines Cadet & Junior National Championships (FloWrestling)
5:30pm: Fight To Win Pro 80 (FloGrappling)
6:30pm: UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov Prelims (UFC Fight Pass)
7:00pm: Regis Prograis vs. Juan Jose Velasco/Teofimo Lopez vs. William Silva (ESPN)
7:00pm: Top Rank on ESPN Around The Ring (ESPN3)
7:00pm: UFC Fight Night Pre-Fight Show (Fox Sports 1)
7:00pm: Warriors Cup XXXVII ($14.99 Fite.tv)
8:00pm: Matthysse vs. Pacquiao Prelims (ESPN+)
8:00pm: UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov Prelims (Fox Sports 1)
8:00pm: Bellator 203 (Paramount Network)
8:00pm: Cage Wars 37 ($14.99 Fite.tv)
8:30pm: Shamrock Fighting Championship 307 (FloCombat)
9:00pm: Lucas Matthysse vs. Manny Pacquiao/Edivaldo Ortega vs. Jhack Tepora (ESPN+)
9:00pm: Fusion Fight League: Lights Out at the Dome II ($14.99 Fite.tv)
10:00pm: Eduardo Hernandez vs. Marlyn Cabrera (Televisa)
10:00pm: UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov (Fox Sports 1)
10:15pm: Bellator Kickboxing 10 (Paramount Network)
Sunday July 15
1:00am: UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Show (Fox Sports 1)
7:20am: The Champion Muay Thai (Facebook)
11:00am: Marines Cadet & Junior National Championships (FloWrestling)
3:30pm: Marines Cadet & Junior National Championships (FloWrestling)
6:30pm: Marines Cadet & Junior National Championships (FloWrestling)
Top-10 Viewing Options: We’re in the dog days of summer for sports, kids. As a Pirates fan, I call it “no sports on TV, I swear”.
1. Lucas Matthysse vs. Manny Pacquiao/Edivaldo Ortega vs. Jhack Tepora: The main event will probably be disappointing, but the rest of the card absolutely crushes.
2. Bellator Kickboxing 10: Very, very top-heavy, but holy shit, you can put those top-two against any K-1 or Glory card this year.
3. UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov: Weak undercard, but it’s freaking JDS, man! UFC vs. WSOF Heavyweight champs.
4. Bellator 203: Bellator’s featherweight belt being defended usually means a fun-ass battle, so saddle up.
5. Regis Prograis vs. Juan Jose Velasco/Teofimo Lopez vs. William Silva: Kicks off its prelims at 4:30 to start an all-day ESPN boxing doubleheader.
6. Bellator 202: The lesser of the two weekend Bellator cards, but however, the only live option.
7. Polaris Pro 7: Not as loaded as most of their offerings, but a solid card for a wide-open chunk of the afternoon.
8. Absolute Championship Berkut Kickboxing 16: ACB keeps their mitts in just about every arm of the fight game with another card, this time, a kickboxing one.
9. Fight To Win Pro 80: Coming in hot from Boston! Featuring New England fighters you don’t often see on their cards like Gabriel Gonzaga and Rick Hawn.
t10. Joet Gonzalez vs. Rafael Rivera/Maricelo Cornejo vs. Samantha Pill: ESPN getting a big workout this weekend.
t10. Marines Cadet & Junior National Championships: If you’re jonesing for wrestling, these are some of the best up-and-comers in the land. Some future NCAA champs and Olympians in here.
4×5: Every week, UCS’s Luke Irwin will list his Top-5 bouts in each of the four major different combat sports that he’s looking forward to the most, regardless of any conventional criteria, merit, or logic.
KICKBOXING/MUAY THAI
5. Lightweight Bout: Adsalam Barkinkhoev (11-0) vs. Albert Kraus (89-27-3) [Absolute Championship Berkut Kickboxing 16]
4. One Super Series Featherweight Bout: Jo Nattawut (66-7-2) vs. Yohann Faitex Drai (42-6) [OneFC: Pursuit of Power]
3. Heavyweight Bout: Andrei Stoica (45-8) vs. Donegi Abena (9-2) [Absolute Championship Berkut Kickboxing 16]
2. Bellator Kickboxing Featherweight Championship: Kevin Ross (c) (45-13) vs. Gabriel Varga (15-6) [Bellator Kickboxing 10]
1. Inaugural Bellator Kickboxing Lightweight Championship: Chingiz Allazov (54-2) vs. Giorgio Petrosyan (87-2-2) [Bellator Kickboxing 10]
BOXING
5. Interim WBC World Junior Welterweight Championship: Regis Prograis (c) (21-0) vs. Juan Jose Velasco (20-0) [Top Rank on ESPN]
4. Interim WBA World Featherweight Championship: Edivaldo Ortega (26-1-1) vs. Jhack Tepora (21-0) [MP Promotions on ESPN+]
3. WBA World Super Middleweight Championship: Tyron Zeuge (c) (22-0-1) vs. Rocky Fielding (26-1) [Sauerland Boxing]
2. WBA World Junior Flyweight Championship: Carlos Canizales (c) (20-0-1) vs. Bin Lu (1-0) [MP Promotions on ESPN+]
1. WBA World Welterweight Championship: Lucas Matthysse (c) (39-4) vs. Manny Pacquiao (59-7-2) [MP Promotions on ESPN+]
MMA
5. Featherweight Bout: Dennis Bermudez (16-8) vs. Rick Glenn (20-5-1) [UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov]
4. Featherweight Bout: Chad Mendes (17-4) vs. Myles Jury (17-2) [UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov]
3. Bantamweight Bout: Eduardo Dantas (20-5) vs. Michael McDonald (18-4) [Bellator 202]
2. Bellator Featherweight Championship: Patricio Freire (c) (26-4) vs. Daniel Weichel (39-9) [Bellator 203]
1. Heavyweight Bout: Blagoi Ivanov (16-1) vs. Junior dos Santos (18-5) [UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov]
GRAPPLING/WRESTLING
5. Polaris Pro Welterweight Championship Eliminator: Nathan Orchard vs. Ross Nicholls [Polaris Pro 7]
4. 195lb Black Belt Bout: Joe Oppedisano vs. Rick Hawn [Fight To Win Pro 80]
3. Masters Black Belt Super Heavyweight Championship: Alex Huddleston vs. Gabriel Gonzaga [Fight To Win Pro 80]
2. 65.8kg No-Gi Bout: Nicky Ryan vs. Phil Harris [Polaris Pro 7]
1. 85kg No-Gi Bout: Gilbert Burns vs. Gregor Gracie [Polaris Pro 7]
Bold, Yet Probably Fruitless Predictions: A man who took an L for a whopping three whole cents and got angrier about it than he should have, attempts to right this grave wrong.
Best Fight of the Weekend: Daniel Weichel vs. Patricio Freire
Most Underrated Fight of the Weekend: Nicky Ryan vs. Phil Harris
If My Life Depended on One Pick: Regis Prograis over Juan Jose Velasco
Best Card Top-to-Bottom: Pacquiao vs. Matthysse on ESPN+
Upset of the Week: Rocky Fielding over Tyron Zeuge
Most Disappointing Fight of the Weekend: Lucas Matthysse vs. Manny Pacquiao
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