Your Weekend in Combat Sports

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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 December 4

7:30am: ONE Big Bang (B/R Live)
9:00am: 2020 RTC Cup (FloWrestling)
1:00pm: Dynamite Fighting Show 9 (SportExtra.ro)
2:00pm: Garcia vs. Spence Weigh-Ins (Fox Sports 1)
2:00pm: Billy Joe Saunders vs. Martin Murray/James Tennyson vs. Josh O’Reilly (DAZN)
5:00pm: Max on Boxing (ESPN2)
5:00pm: Fight To Win 158 (FloGrappling)
5:30pm: UFC Live (ESPN2)
6:05pm: UFC Fight Night Pre-Fight Show (ESPN+)
8:00pm: XFN Kickboxing 369 (UFC Fight Pass)
8:00pm: Tar Heel Freestyle Wrestling Open ($19.99 Fite.tv)
9:00pm: Legacy Fighting Alliance 96 (UFC Fight Pass)

 

Saturday December 5

7:00am: Dmitrii Khasiev vs. Vladislav Krasnoshein/Nikita Kuznetsov vs. Ruslan Kamilov (YouTube)
9:00am: 2020 RTC Cup (FloWrestling)
9:30am: 2020 IBJJF American National Jiu-Jitsu Championships (FloGrappling)
10:00am: 2020 Smash Nationals (FloWrestling)
7:00pm: UFC Fight Night Prelims (ESPN+)
7:00pm: Garcia vs. Spence Prelims (Fox Sports 2)
7:00pm: Rage in the Cage OKC 77 ($19.99 Fite.tv)
8:00pm: Pyramid Fights 16 ($19.99 Fite.tv)
9:00pm: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny Garcia/Jorge Cota vs. Sebastian Fundora ($74.99 Pay-Per-View)
9:45pm: SFT 26 ($14.99 Fite.tv)
10:00pm: UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori (ESPN2)

 

Sunday December 6

12:30am: UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Show (ESPN+)
12:30am: Grachan 46 ($19.99 Fite.tv)
1:00am: UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Press Conference (UFC Fight Pass)
9:30am: 2020 IBJJF American National Jiu-Jitsu Championships (FloGrappling)
10:00am: 2020 Smash Nationals (FloWrestling)

 

Top-10 Viewing Options: A man very pleasantly surprised by Jones Jr. vs. Tyson attempts not to be so goddamned curmudgeonly.

 

Your Weekend in Combat Sports  1. Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny Garcia/Habib Ahmed vs. Sebastian Fundora: PBC hasn’t been afraid to spoon shit on TV then throw out huge, expensive PPVs haven’t they?

Your Weekend in Combat Sports  2. UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori: I admire Kevin Holland: Quarantine Superstar, but I like the Marvin Vettori main event more.

Your Weekend in Combat Sports  3. Billy Joe Saunders vs. Martin Murray/James Tennyson vs. Josh O’Reilly: Scott Christ said it exactly right. This should have happened a few years ago at a lower weight.

Your Weekend in Combat Sports  4. ONE Big Bang: ONE bringing it this weekend. Light Heavyweight kickboxing tournament, and Garry Tonon and Marat Grigorian are in action.

Your Weekend in Combat Sports  5. XFN Kickboxing 369: Bring on all the one-night tournaments.

Your Weekend in Combat Sports  6. Legacy Fighting Alliance 96: For the vacant welterweight championship that Jaleel Willis held for not even two months before bolting for Bellator.

Your Weekend in Combat Sports  7. Fight To Win 158: Uniquely poor showing from F2W this weekend.

Your Weekend in Combat Sports  8. 2020 IBJJF American National Jiu-Jitsu Championships: Good to see IBJJF get back into their groove.

Your Weekend in Combat Sports  9. 2020 Smash Nationals: Amateur wrestling is as big a staple of winter as snow and shitty Pennsylvania drivers.

Your Weekend in Combat Sports  10. Grachan 46: Best JMMA offering of the weekend.

 

KICKBOXING/MUAY THAI

5. Openweight Bout: Florin Lambagiu (17-1-1) vs. Ion Grigore [Dynamite Fighting Show 9]

4. Openweight Bout: Andrei Stoica (51-12) vs. Pavel Voronin [Dynamite Fighting Show 9]

3. 8-Man Welterweight Tournament [XFN Kickboxing 369]

2. Featherweight Bout: Ivan Kondratev vs. Marat Grigorian (58-11-1) [ONE Big Bang]

1. ONE Kickboxing Light Heavyweight Championship: Roman Kryklia (c) (45-7) vs. Murat Aygun (16-1) [ONE Big Bang]

 

BOXING

5. Junior Middleweight Bout: Habib Ahmed (27-1-1) vs. Sebastian Fundora (15-0-1) [PBC on Pay-Per-View]

4. Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Championship: Lyndon Arthur (c) (17-0) vs. Anthony Yarde (20-1) [Queensberry Promotions on BT Sport]

3. Vacant WBO International Super Middleweight Championship: Cesar Nunez (17-2-1) vs. Zach Parker (19-0) [Matchroom on DAZN]

2. WBO World Super Middleweight Championship: Billy Joe Saunders (c) (29-0) vs. Martin Murray (39-5-1) [Matchroom on DAZN]

1. WBC/IBF World Welterweight Championships: Errol Spence Jr. (c) (26-0) vs. Danny Garcia (36-2) [PBC on Pay-Per-View]

 

MMA

5. Bantamweight Bout: José Alberto Quiñónez (8-4) vs. Louis Smolka (16-7) [UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori]

4. Vacant LFA Welterweight Championship: Batsumberel Dagvadorj (7-0) vs. Maycon Mendonca (10-4) [Legacy Fighting Alliance 96]

3. Featherweight Bout: Garry Tonon (5-0) vs. Koyomi Matsushima (12-4) [ONE Big Bang]

2. Light Heavyweight Bout: Jamahal Hill (7-0) vs. Ovince Saint Preux (25-14) [UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori]

1. Middleweight Bout: Jack Hermansson (21-5) vs. Marvin Vettori (15-4-1) [UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori]

 

GRAPPLING/WRESTLING

5. Black Belt Superfight: Ana Nascimento vs. Melissa Bentley [Fight To Win 158]

4. Black Belt Superfight: Mauricio Gomez vs. Samuel Nagai [Fight To Win 158]

3. Black Belt Superfight: German Eddie Gomez vs. Renato Tavares [Fight To Win 158]

2. Black Belt Superfight: Feliipe Trovo vs. Matheus Luna [Fight To Win 158]

1. Black Belt Superfight: Elisabeth Clay vs. Rafaela Guedes [Fight To Win 158]

 

Bold, Yet Probably Fruitless Predictions: Last month to make this year a winner for the first goddamned time ever! sigh

Best Fight of the Weekend: Jack Hermansson vs. Marvin Vettori
Most Underrated Fight of the Weekend: Batsumberel Dagvadorj vs. Maycon Mendonca
If My Life Depended on One Pick: Sebastian Fundora over Habib Ahmed
Best Card Top-to-Bottom: PBC on Pay-Per-View
Upset of the Week: Ovince Saint Preux over Jamahal Hill
Most Disappointing Fight of the Weekend: Danny Garcia vs. Errol Spence Jr.

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