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 August 10
8:30pm: LA Fight Club (FREE Fite.tv)
9:00pm: Legacy Fighting Alliance 47 (AXS)
9:15pm: Golden Boy on Telemundo Prelims (RingTV.com)
9:30pm: Glory 56 Superfight Series (UFC Fight Pass)
10:00pm: Genaro Gomez vs. Recky Dulay/Christopher Martin vs. Emilio Sanchez (Estrella TV)
10:00pm: Daniel Lozano vs. Ricardo Espinoza Franco/Hairon Socarras vs. Jose Nieves (Telemundo)
10:00pm: Max Ornelas vs. Raymond Tabugon/Hector Lopez Jr. vs. Sulaiman Segawa (BeIn Sports)
Saturday August 11
12:00am: Glory 56 (ESPN2)
3:00am: Boxing Mania 3 ($14.99 Fite.tv)
6:00am: Rebel Fighting Championship 9 (FREE Fite.tv)
7:20am: The Champion Muay Thai (YouTube)
3:30pm: Extreme Fighting Championship Worldwide 72 (EFCWorldwide.tv)
6:30pm: Fight To Win Pro 83 (FloGrappling)
7:00pm: Spartyka Fight League 35 ($14.99 Fite.tv)
8:00pm: Premier MMA Championship 9 ($19.99 Fite.tv)
9:00pm: Angel Fights: Road to M-1 USA ($19.99 Fite.tv)
9:00pm: Xcessive Force Fighting Championship 19 ($14.99 Fite.tv)
10:00pm: Jesus M. Rojas vs. Joseph Diaz/Damon Allen vs. Jonathan Navarro (Facebook)
Sunday August 12
2:00am: RIZIN 12 ($19.99 Fite.tv)
7:20am: MAX Muay Thai (YouTube)
Top-10 Viewing Options: A pretty mild weekend of fights this slate, so get some stuff done. For the love of god, mow your lawn, you slob.
1. Glory 56: Glory NIGHTS. Youch, rough start time, but clearly your best option this weekend.
2. Jesus M. Rojas vs. Joseph Diaz/Damon Allen vs. Jonathan Navarro: From drunkenly texting your ex to carrying world title fights. Atta way, Facebook.
3. Fight To Win Pro 83: Always there when you need it, solid-ass F2W.
4. RIZIN 12: A weaker card compared to most of their other offerings, but the price tag isn’t bad if you want to support JMMA.
5. Legacy Fighting Alliance 47: No title fights, but a solid LFA card, nonetheless.
6. Rebel Fighting Championship 9: Just a who’s who of washed UFC veterans; Bigfoot Silva, Takeya Mizugaki, Hacran Dias…
7. Spartyka Fight League 35: SFL having a “TKO for the Ta-Tas” fight night, so fighting for a good cause.
8. LA Fight Club: Hollywood is the boxing mecca of the weekend, and this free card comes the day before the other free card on Facebook.
9. Extreme Fighting Championship Worldwide 72: The best MMA promotion in Africa deserves some eyeballs.
10. Daniel Lozano vs. Ricardo Espinoza Franco/Hairon Socarras vs. Jose Nieves: Your best spanish-language cable option, of which there are a few this weekend. Yes, we’re reaching.
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. Featherweight Bout: Massaro Glunder (31-12-4) vs. Quade Taranaki (5-5) [Glory 56]
4. Glory Women’s Bantamweight Championship: Anissa Meksen (c) (96-3) vs. Jady Menezes (12-2) [Glory 56]
3. Featherweight Bout: Anvar Boynazarov (91-24-2) vs. Serhiy Adamchuk (37-9) [Glory 56]
2. Middleweight Bout: Jason Wilnis (30-8-1) vs. Simon Marcus (48-4-2) [Glory 56]
1. Glory Light Heavyweight Championship: Artem Vakhitov (c) (19-5) vs. Danyo Ilunga (58-13) [Glory 56]
BOXING
5. Junior Welterweight Bout: Damon Allen (15-0-1) vs. Jonathan Navarro (14-0) [Golden Boy on Facebook]
4. WBO Latino Bantamweight Championship: Daniel Lozano (c) (15-4) vs. Ricardo Espinoza Franco (20-2) [All Star Boxing on Telemundo]
3. Vacant IBF World Women’s Junior Featherweight Championship: Laura Soledad Griffa (16-1) vs. Marcela Eliana Acuna (46-7-1)
2. WBC World Female Bantamweight Championship: Mariana Juarez (c) (49-9-4) vs. Terumi Nuki (10-3)
1. WBA World Featherweight Championship: Jesus M Rojas (c) (26-1-2) vs. Joseph Diaz (26-1) [Golden Boy on Facebook]
MMA
5. Lightweight Bout: Vadim Ogar (5-3) vs. Yoislandy Izquierdo (11-4) [Angel Fights: Road to M-1 USA]
4. Welterweight Bout: Carlo Prater (33-19-1) vs. Justin Edwards (9-6) [Premier MMA Championship 9]
3. Women’s Featherweight Bout: Kaitlin Young (7-9-1) vs. Reina Miura (9-1) [RIZIN 12]
2. Featherweight Bout: Hatsu Hioki (29-11-2) vs. Mikuru Asakura (5-2) [RIZIN 12]
1. Lightweight Bout: Luiz Gustavo (8-0) vs. Yusuke Yachi (20-6) [RIZIN 12]
GRAPPLING/WRESTLING
5. 180lb Black Belt No-Gi Bout: Isiah Wright vs. Vinicius De Jesus [Fight To Win Pro 83]
4. Black Belt Heavyweight Division [IBJJF Floripa Winter International Open]
3. 185lb Black Belt Bout: Diogo Araujo Moreno vs. Enrique Galarza [Fight To Win Pro 83]
2. 200lb Black Belt No-Gi Bout: Caio Magalhaes vs. Jordan Lutsky [Fight To Win Pro 83]
1. 175lb Black Belt Bout: Cassio Werneck vs. Rafael Formiga Barbosa [Fight To Win Pro 83]
Bold, Yet Probably Fruitless Predictions: A man who absolutely wiped away any good will from his previous two weeks by losing a whopping 83 dollars out of 100 worth of bets last week attempts to laughably predict anything.
Best Fight of the Weekend: Artem Vakhitov vs. Danyo Ilunga
Most Underrated Fight of the Weekend: Daniel Lozano vs. Ricardo Espinoza Franco
If My Life Depended on One Pick: Mariana Juarez vs. Terumi Nuki
Best Card Top-to-Bottom: Glory 56
Upset of the Week: Danyo Ilunga over Artem Vakhitov
Most Disappointing Fight of the Weekend: Anissa Meksen vs. Jady Menezes
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