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 October 26
4:00am: Hex Fight Series 17 ($14.95 Epicentre.tv)
4:00am: Ultimate Legends VIII ($12.99 Fite.tv)
7:30am: OneFC: Pursuit of Greatness Prelims (Facebook/YouTube)
9:30am: OneFC: Pursuit of Greatness (OneFC App)
6:00pm: 2018 UWW World Wrestling Championships: Day 6 (NBC Sports)
7:00pm: UFC Fight Night Weigh-Ins (Fox Sports 1)
7:00pm: Boom Cups Celebrity Boxing Showdown: Abraham vs. Hoopz Press Conference (FREE Fite.tv)
8:00pm: Combate Americas 25 (DAZN)
Saturday October 27
7:00am: Brave 17 ($14.99 Fite.tv)
7:20am: The Champion Muay Thai (YouTube)
8:00am: 2018 Super 32 (FloWrestling)
9:00am: RCC 4 (YouTube)
10:00am: TATNEFT Cup World Cup Semifinals ($3.99 EliteBoxing.tv)
12:00pm: King of Kings 61 (kokfights.tv)
12:45pm: Enfusion Live 73 ($11.36 Cleeng)
2:00pm: Andrey Sirotkin vs. John Ryder/Jordan Gill vs. Ryan Doyle (DAZN)
4:00pm: Hughie Fury vs. Kubrat Pulev/Leonardo Damian Bruzzese vs. Tervel Pulev (ESPN+)
5:30pm: Fight To Win Pro 91 (FloGrappling)
6:00pm: Big John’s MMA: Monster Fight Night ($14.99 Fite.tv)
6:30pm: UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Volkan Prelims (UFC Fight Pass)
7:00pm: UFC Fight Night Pre-Fight Show (Fox Sports 2)
7:00pm: Iron Tiger Fight Series 84 (FloCombat)
8:00pm: UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Volkan Prelims (Fox Sports 2)
8:00pm: American Kombat Alliance 5 (FloCombat)
8:00pm: Diamond Rock Promotions: Victory In The Rock ($14.99 Fite.tv)
9:00pm: Regis Prograis vs. Terry Flanagan/Anthony Yigit vs. Ivan Baranchyk (DAZN)
9:30pm: 2018 UWW World Wrestling Championships: Day 7 (NBC Sports)
9:30pm: Elite Amateur Fight League Season 3: Arizona vs. California ($14.99 Fite.tv)
10:00pm: Daniel Jacobs vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko/Alberto Machado vs. Yuandale Evans (HBO)
10:00pm: UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Volkan (Fox Sports 1)
Sunday October 28
1:00am: UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Show (Fox Sports 1)
7:20am: MAX Muay Thai (YouTube)
8:00am: 2018 Super 32 (FloWrestling)
11:00pm: 2018 UWW World Wrestling Championships: Day 8 (NBC Sports)
Top-10 Viewing Options: A man who’s just waiting for his college football team’s inevitable collapse to Navy attempts to pass the time with a fun boxing-centric fight weekend.
1. Daniel Jacobs vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko/Alberto Machado vs. Yuandale Evans: Sad day, as this is the swan song for boxing on HBO. I can’t promise I won’t get emotional, as I am a meek washwoman.
2. Regis Prograis vs. Terry Flanagan/Anthony Yigit vs. Ivan Baranchyk: Two quarterfinal bouts in the same tourney in the WBSS. That should be the format going forward.
3. UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Volkan: Winner potentially getting the next crack at Jones/Gustaffson.
4. 2018 UWW World Wrestling Championships: We’re past most of the freestyle stuff, otherwise it’d be higher, but Greco-Roman is up now for the best of the best.
5. Hughie Fury vs. Kubrat Pulev/Leonardo Damian Bruzzese vs. Tervel Pulev: This won’t be a gorgeous matchup, but it will determine the next IBF mandatory heavyweight challenger.
6. OneFC: Pursuit of Greatness: Has One’s Super Series been the nicest surprise of 2018?
7. Fight To Win Pro 91: Absolute consistency, the Joe Thornton of professional grappling.
8. 2018 Super 32: It’s almost wrestling season, y’all! Super 32 is one of the most prestigious HS wrestling tournies in the country.
9. Enfusion Live 73: Wouldn’t be an Enfusion party without a Stoica brother!
10. Boom Cups Celebrity Boxing Showdown: Abraham vs. Hoopz Press Conference: Farrah Abraham vs. Hoopz…celebrity boxing press conference…to raise money for anti-bullying support! Oh, my god. We are through the looking glass here, people.
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. Vacant Enfusion Light Heavyweight Championship: Bogdan Stoica (51-12) vs. Levi Kuyken (8-3) [Enfusion Live 73]
4. Super Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinals: Shoya Masumoto (13-9-2) vs. Victor Saravia (5-4) [Krush 94]
3. Welterweight Bout: Enriko Kehl (46-14-2) vs. Jordan Watson (51-13-2) [Enfusion Live 73]
2. OneFC Super Series Light Heavyweight Bout: Ibrahim El Bouni (37-6-1) vs. Tarik Khbabez (39-4-1) [OneFC: Pursuit of Greatness]
1. Krush Bantamweight Championship: Akihiro Kaneko (c) (6-0) vs. Junya Weerasakreck (14-7-1) [Krush 94]
BOXING
5. Heavyweight Bout: Hughie Fury (21-1) vs. Kubrat Pulev (25-1) [Epic Sports on ESPN+]
4. Vacant IBF Junior Welterweight Championship/World Boxing Super Series Quarterfinals: Anthony Yigit (21-0-1) vs. Ivan Baranchyk (18-0) [World Boxing Super Series]
3. WBA World Junior Lightweight Championship: Alberto Machado (c) (20-0) vs. Yuandale Evans (20-1) [HBO Championship Boxing]
2. Interim WBC World Junior Welterweight Championship/World Boxing Super Series Quarterfinals: Regis Prograis (c) (22-0) vs. Terry Flanagan (33-1) [World Boxing Super Series]
1. Vacant IBF World Middleweight Championship: Daniel Jacobs (34-2) vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko (12-0) [HBO Championship Boxing]
MMA
5. Light Heavyweight Bout: Misha Cirkunov (13-4) vs. Patrick Cummins (10-5) [UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith]
4. DEEP Lightweight Championship: Satoru Kitaoka (c) (41-17-9) vs. Koji Takeda (7-0) [DEEP 86 Impact]
3. Featherweight Bout: Artem Lobov (13-14-1) vs. Michael Johnson (18-13) [UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith]
2. OneFC Middleweight Championship: Aung La N Sang (c) (23-10) vs. Mohammad Karaki (9-0) [OneFC: Pursuit of Greatness]
1. Light Heavyweight Bout: Anthony Smith (30-13) vs. Volkan Oezdemir (15-2) [UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith]
GRAPPLING/WRESTLING
5. 97kg Greco-Roman Finals [2018 UWW World Championships]
4. 60kg Greco-Roman Finals [2018 UWW World Championships]
3. 87kg Greco-Roman Finals [2018 UWW World Championships]
2. 130kg Greco-Roman Finals [2018 UWW World Championships]
1. Black Belt Heavyweight Masters No-Gi Championship: Tex Johnson vs. Tom Deblass [Fight To Win Pro 91]
Bold, Yet Probably Fruitless Predictions: Cleared a cool dollar-forty-sex last week, kids! That’s most of a school lunch!
Best Fight of the Weekend: Daniel Jacobs vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Most Underrated Fight of the Weekend: Satoru Kitaoka vs. Koji Takeda
If My Life Depended on One Pick: Nathan Thorley over Tayar Mehmed
Best Card Top-to-Bottom: World Boxing Super Series on DAZN
Upset of the Week: Anthony Smith over Volkan Oezdemir
Most Disappointing Fight of the Weekend: Hughie Fury vs. Kubrat Pulev
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