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 March 29
2:30am: 2019 Chaves Beach Wrestling World Series (FloWrestling)
4:00am: Ultimate Legends IX ($12.99 Fite.tv)
7:00am: Victory 8: Welcome to Vietnam (FREE Epicentre.tv)
8:00am: 2019 NHSCA High School Nationals (FloWrestling)
4:00pm: Garcia vs. Lopez Weigh-Ins (DAZN)
4:15pm: Gvozdyk vs. Ngumbu Weigh-Ins (ESPN+)
5:00pm: UFC Fight Night Pre-Fight Show (ESPN+)
5:30pm: Max on Boxing (ESPN2)
9:00pm: Legacy Fighting Alliance 63 (AXS)
9:00pm: Bellator 219 (Paramount Network/DAZN)
9:00pm: Classic Entertainment & Sports MMA 55 (UFC Fight Pass)
10:00pm: Combate Americas 33 (DAZN)
Saturday March 30
2:30am: 2019 Chaves Beach Wrestling World Series (FloWrestling)
4:30am: Boxingmania 5 ($11.69 Epicentre.tv)
8:00am: 2019 NHSCA High School Nationals (FloWrestling)
8:00am: M-1 Challenge 101 Prelims (FREE Fite.tv)
11:00am: M-1 Challenge 101 ($7.99 Fite.tv)
12:30pm: AFL MMA 19 ($14.99 Fite.tv)
1:00pm: Bare Knuckle Boxing 16 ($14.99 Fite.tv)
2:00pm: Zam-Zam Fight Night 2019 ($9.99 Fite.tv)
3:00pm: Liam Smith vs. Sam Eggington/Joe Hughes vs. Robbie Davis Jr. (DAZN)
3:00pm: 2019 North Region MAWA Championships (FloWrestling)
3:30pm: UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje Prelims (ESPN+)
4:30pm: Clash of the Titans ($9.99 Fite.tv)
5:00pm: UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje Prelims (ESPN+)
5:00pm: Fight To Win Pro 106 (FloGrappling)
6:00pm: Top Rank on ESPN Prelims (ESPN+)
6:00pm: Big John’s MMA: Northern Comeback II ($19.99 Fite.tv)
7:00pm: UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje (ESPN)
7:00pm: Stand Up Warriors 21 ($9.99 Fite.tv)
7:30pm: Jose Lopez vs. Ryan Garcia (DAZN)
9:00pm: Mountain Force MMA 9 ($14.99 Fite.tv)
10:00pm: Doudou Ngumbu vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk/Keita Obara vs. Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (ESPN)
10:00pm: UFC on ESPN Post-Fight Show (ESPN+)
Sunday March 31
1:00am: Absolute Muay Thai (UFC Fight Pass)
2:30am: OneFC: A New Era Prelims (Facebook/Twitter)
5:30am: OneFC: A New Era (OneFC App)
8:00am: 2019 NHSCA High School Nationals (FloWrestling)
3:00pm: 2019 North Region MAWA Championships (FloWrestling)
Top-10 Viewing Options: A man whose baseball team will be letting him down immediately after Opening Day weekend drowns his sorrows in fights.
1. OneFC: A New Era: Putting on their biggest card ever, live from the esteemed Ryōgoku Kokugikan, a.k.a. Sumo Hall. The debuts of Eddie Alvarez and Demetrious Johnson and a bunch of title fights make this must-see.
2. UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje: Do you like violence? FUCKING DO YOU?!?! Barboza vs. Gaethje is violence personified.
3. Doudou Ngumbu vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk/Keita Obara vs. Kudratillo Abdukakhorov: Ngumbu is the latest protein pack to be fed to the machine known as Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
4. Fight To Win Pro 106: F2W is coming with some huge names lately. Just on this card, Talita Alencar, Cyborg Abreu, JZ Cavalcante, and Thiago Alves just to name a few.
5. Bellator 219: I know Bellator is gearing up for a huge summer, but MAN have these cards been mediocre on wheels.
6. Liam Smith vs. Sam Eggington/Joe Hughes vs. Robbie Davis Jr.: Beefy vs. Eggington. A Portland hipster diner’s take on Steak & Eggs, or Matchroom main event?
7. Legacy Fighting Alliance 63: Thankfully, no interim titles on this card.
8. Jose Lopez vs. Ryan Garcia: Golden Boy isn’t exactly wheeling out the big guns for their DAZN card, and a hush-hush undercard, apparently.
9. Max on Boxing: ESPN fulling all the way in and investing in boxing in 2019 is something I would have never guessed even three years ago.
10. Classic Entertainment & Sports MMA 55: Migrating over from AXS and joining the Fight Pass family is this solid, if unspectacular New England regional. The house that John Howard built, some say!
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. Bantamweight Muay Thai Super Series Bout: Mohammed Bin Mahmoud (31-3) vs. Panicos Yusuf (37-7) [OneFC: A New Era]
4. Flyweight Kickboxing Super Series Bout: Hiroki Akimoto (20-0) vs. Joseph Lasiri (37-9) [OneFC: A New Era]
3. Flyweight Muay Thai Super Series Bout: Hakim Hamech (43-8) vs. Rodtang Jitmuangnon (255-41-10) [OneFC: A New Era]
2. Krush 55kg Championship: Kotaro Simano (c) (21-12) vs. Yuma Saikyo (5-1) [Krush 99]
1. 72kg Super Series Bout: Andy Souwer (160-21-1) vs. Yodsanklai Fairtex (201-71-4) [OneFC: A New Era]
BOXING
5. Heavyweight Bout: David Price (23-6) vs. Kash Ali (15-0) [Matchroom Boxing on DAZN]
4. Welterweight Bout: Egidijus Kavaliauskas (21-0) vs. Ray Robinson (24-3) [Top Rank on ESPN]
3. Lightweight Bout: Jose Lopez (20-3-1) vs. Ryan Garcia (17-0) [Golden Boy on DAZN]
2. Junior Middleweight Bout: Liam Smith (26-2-1) vs. Sam Eggington (24-5) [Matchroom Boxing on DAZN]
1. WBC World Light Heavyweight Championship: Oleksandr Gvozdyk (c) (16-0) vs. Doudou Ngumbu (38-8) [Top Rank on ESPN]
MMA
5. OneFC Women’s Strawweight Championship: Xiong Jing Nan (c) (13-1) vs. Angela Lee (9-0) [OneFC: A New Era]
4. Lightweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals: Eddie Alvarez (29-6) vs. Timofey Nastyukhin (12-4) [OneFC: A New Era]
3. OneFC Bantamweight Championship: Kevin Belingon (c) (20-5) vs. Bibiano Fernandes (22-4) [OneFC: A New Era]
2. Flyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals: Demetrious Johnson (27-3-1) vs. Yuya Wakamatsu (10-3) [OneFC: A New Era]
1. Lightweight Bout: Edson Barboza (20-6) vs. Justin Gaethje (19-2) [UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje]
GRAPPLING/WRESTLING
5. 195lb Brown Belt Belt: Steven Nichols vs. Thiago Alves [Fight To Win Pro 106]
4. 180lb Black Belt Judo Bout: Jack Daouly vs. Ryan Reser [Fight To Win Pro 106]
3. 170lb Black Belt No-Gi Bout: Dustin Akbari vs. Gesias Cavalcante [Fight To Win Pro 106]
2. Black Belt Superfight: Luiz Panza vs. Roberto Abreu [Fight To Win Pro 106]
1. Fight To Win Pro Female Black Belt Flyweight Championship: Talita Alencar (c) vs. Karen Antunes [Fight To Win Pro 106]
Bold, Yet Probably Fruitless Predictions: TWENTY-FIVE SMACKEROOS, PAL! We’re headed straight to the top, folks!
Best Fight of the Weekend: Edson Barboza vs. Justin Gaethje
Most Underrated Fight of the Weekend: AJ Matthews vs. David Rickels
If My Life Depended on One Pick: Oleksandr Gvozdyk over Doudou Ngumbu
Best Card Top-to-Bottom: OneFC: A New Era
Upset of the Week: Jessica Aguilar over Marina Rodriguez
Most Disappointing Fight of the Weekend: Eduard Folayang vs. Shinya Aoki
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