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 1
7:00am: Thunderdome 36 ($14.99 Fite.tv)
1:00pm: Daniele Scardina vs. Juergen Doberstein/Devis Boschiero vs. Francesca Patera (DAZN)
2:00pm: Cage Warriors 128 Prelims (UFC Fight Pass)
4:00pm: Bellator 267 (Showtime)
4:00pm: Cage Warriors 128 (UFC Fight Pass)
5:00pm: Max on Boxing (ESPN2)
5:00pm: Fight To Win 186 (FloGrappling)
5:30pm: UFC Live (ESPN2)
6:05pm: UFC Fight Night Pre-Fight Show (ESPN+)
7:00pm: Battlefield Fight League 69 (UFC Fight Pass)
8:00pm: Ultimate Warrior Challenge 29 (UFC Fight Pass)
9:00pm: Dynasty Combat Sports: The Tribute 2021 ($19.99 Fite.tv)
Saturday October 2
4:30am: 2021 Senior World Championships (FloWrestling)
9:00am: 2021 Grappler Fall Classic (FloWrestling)
9:00am: Interstate 64 High School Duals (FloWrestling)
10:00am: Grappler Fall Classic Freestyle (FloWrestling)
11:20am: Cage Warriors 129 Prelims (UFC Fight Pass)
1:00pm: Cage Warriors 129 (UFC Fight Pass)
1:00pm: Medusa 1 (UFC Fight Pass)
1:00pm: CSC Submission Only Grappling 8 ($9.99 Fite.tv)
1:30pm: Cage Fury Fighting Championship 101 (UFC Fight Pass)
2:00pm: Boxstar Celebrity Boxing: A New Kind of Ratings War ($14.99 Fite.tv)
4:00pm: UFC Fight Night Prelims (ESPN+)
7:00pm: UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker (ESPN+)
8:00pm: Celebrity Boxing: Odom vs. Noa ($29.99 Fite.tv)
10:00pm: UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Show (ESPN+)
10:00pm: UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Press Conference (UFC Fight Pass)
Sunday October 3
4:30am: 2021 Senior World Championships (FloWrestling)
9:00am: 2021 Grappler Fall Classic (FloWrestling)
9:00am: Interstate 64 Club Duals (FloWrestling)
10:00am: Grappler Fall Classic Freestyle (FloWrestling)
5:00pm: Countdown: Fury vs. Wilder III (ESPN)
6:00pm: Combat Jiu Jitsu: The Middleweights (UFC Fight Pass)
Top-10 Viewing Options: Boxing takes another week off and this is a very, VERY light UFC card. Not combat sports’s finest hour.
1. UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker: This would be so much better if Walker wasn’t exposed and Santos wasn’t on a three-fight losing streak. Once upon a time, this would have been a PPV main event world title fight.
2. Bellator 267: Better main event than the UFC’s offering, but the showtime, on a Friday afternoon, is a little rough. Showtime is running a replay at 9, though.
3. Combat Jiu Jitsu: The Middleweights: Eddie Bravo’s Frankenstein creation comes back on Sunday afternoon.
4. Medusa 1: The newest female jiu-jitsu promotion featuring both traditional EBI and Combat Jiu-Jitsu rules.
5. Daniele Scardina vs. Juergen Doberstein/Devis Boschiero vs. Francesca Patera: A decent enough offering for Matchroom Italy.
6. Cage Warriors 129: Caps off Cage Warrior’s T-F-S tripleheader.
7. Countdown: Fury vs. Wilder III: And we’re on to the trilogy!
8. Cage Fury Fighting Championship 101: CFFC usually finds itself with a finish that goes viral after every show.
9. 2021 Senior World Championships: Your best wrestling option of the weekend.
10. Celebrity Boxing: Odom vs. Noa: That’s right, retired NBAer and candy enthusiast Lamar Odom takes the squared circle, plus, Paulie by-god Maliggnagi in action.
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. 73kg Bout: Jan Naus (13-4-3) vs. Oleksii Mykhailo [King of Kings 84]
4. 69kg Bout: Finn Larsen vs. Nauris Lukosiunas (5-0-2) [King of Kings 84]
3. 77kg Bout: Hynzhu Volodymyr (7-6) vs. Raimondas Avlasevicius (6-0-1) [King of Kings 84]
2. Interim King of Kings 67kg Championship: Matas Pultarazinskas (c) (8-1-1) vs. Vitas Karosas (3-0-2) [King of Kings 84]
1. King of Kings 72kg World Championship: Henrikas Viksraitis (c) (43-7-2) vs. Marek Pelcis (3-1) [King of Kings 84]
BOXING
5. Middleweight Bout: Anataoli Muratov (24-2-1) vs. Chris Eubank Jr. (30-2) [SKY Sports]
4. Junior Featherweight Bout: Ryoichi Tamura (14-5-1) vs. Yusaku Kuga (19-5-1)
3. Vacant WBO Intercontinental Lightweight Championship: Devis Boschiero (49-6-2) vs. Francesco Patera (24-3) [Matchroom on DAZN]
2. Vacant WBO Intercontientanl Super Middleweight Championship: Daniele Scardina (19-0) vs. Juergen Doberstein (26-4-1) [Matchroom on DAZN]
1. EBU Welterweight Championship: David Avanesyan (c) (27-3-1) vs. Liam Taylor (23-1-1) [SKY Sports]
MMA
5. Women’s Bantamweight Bout: Aspen Ladd (9-1) vs. Macy Chiasson (7-1) [UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker]
4. Middleweight Bout: Kevin Holland (21-7) vs. Kyle Daukaus (10-2) [UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker]
3. Welterweight Bout: Alex Oliveira (22-10-1) vs. Niko Price (14-5) [UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker]
2. Light Heavyweight Bout: Johnny Walker (18-5) vs. Thiago Santos (21-9) [UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker]
1. Welterweight Bout: Douglas Lima (32-9) vs. Michael Page (19-1) [Bellator 267]
GRAPPLING/WRESTLING
5-4. N/A
3. Strawweight EBI Tournament [Medusa 1]
2. Bantamweight Combat Jiu-Jitsu Tournament [Medusa 1]
1. 16-Man Combat Jiu Jitsu Middleweight Tournament [Combat Jiu Jitsu: The Middleweights]
Bold, Yet Probably Fruitless Predictions: Betting heavily on Lima turning off MVP’s lights yet again! A win all around!
Best Fight of the Weekend: Douglas Lima vs. Michael Page
Most Underrated Fight of the Weekend: Alex Oliveira vs. Niko Price
If My Life Depended on One Pick: Daniele Scardina over Juergen Doberstein
Best Card Top-to-Bottom: Combat Jiu Jitsu: The Middleweights
Upset of the Week: Misha Cirkunov over Misha Cirkunov over Krzysztof Jotko
Most Disappointing Fight of the Weekend: Krzysztof Jotko vs. Misha Cirkunov
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