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 9
1:00am: PFL 6 Post-Fight Show (ESPN+)
4:30am: SLB Fight Night ($19.95 Epicentre.tv)
5:00am: 2019 Odessa Beach Wrestling World Series (FloWrestling)
11:00am: 2019 Pan-American Games: Karate (ESPN3)
1:00pm: Orozco vs. Ortiz Jr. Weigh-Ins (DAZN)
3:00pm: 2019 Pan-American Games: Karate (ESPN3)
4:00pm: 2019 Pan-American Games: Judo (ESPN3)
5:00pm: Dominguez vs. Frampton Weigh-Ins (ESPN+)
5:00pm: UFC Fight Night Pre-Fight Show (ESPN+)
8:00pm: Invicta Fighting Championship 36 (Fight Pass)
10:00pm: Friday Night Fights (Fight Pass)
Saturday August 10
5:00am: 2019 Odessa Beach Wrestling World Series (FloWrestling)
11:00am: 2019 Pan-American Games: Karate (ESPN3)
2:00pm: Extreme Fighting Championship 81 (DAZN)
3:00pm: 2019 Pan-American Games: Karate (ESPN3)
4:00pm: 2019 Pan-American Games: Judo (ESPN3)
5:00pm: UFC Fight Night Prelims (ESPN+)
6:00pm: Fight To Win 121 (FloGrappling)
6:30pm: Top Rank on ESPN Prelims (ESPN+)
6:30pm: Spartyka Fight League 40 ($16.99 Fite.tv)
7:00pm: Stand Up Warriors 23 ($9.99 Fite.tv)
7:00pm: Antonio Orozco vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr./Joshua Franco vs. Oscar Negrete (DAZN)
7:00pm: Chin Chek Promotions: Kings of the Rumble II ($9.99 Fite.tv)
8:00pm: UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche II (ESPN+)
8:00pm: Pyramid Fights 13 ($19.99 Fite.tv)
8:30pm: Shamrock Fighting Championship 321 ($19.99 Fite.tv)
9:00pm: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 7 (FREE Fite.tv)
10:00pm: Haskell Lydell Rhodes vs. Jason Sosa/Edgar Berlanga vs. Gregory Trenel (ESPN+)
11:00pm: UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Show (ESPN+)
Sunday August 11
10:00am: 2019 Pan-American Games: Karate (ESPN3)
10:00am: 2019 Pan-American Games: Judo (ESPN3)
1:00pm: 2019 Pan-American Games: Karate (ESPN3)
3:00pm: UFC 241 Countdown (ESPN)
Top-10 Viewing Options: The dog days of summer are nearing, but do you know what isn’t nearing this weekend? A good fight card.
1. UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche II: Another lacking card from the UFC, with a much-worse headliner. However, at least this one isn’t at three in the afternoon.
2. Fight To Win 121: Gabi Garcia vs. Nathiely Karoline is an absolute grappling mega-fight, and one of, if not the biggest female grappling match you can make.
3. Invicta Fighting Championship 36: There’s a vacant title fight between two of Invicta’s bigger names in Pam Sorensen and Kaitlyn Young, then it falls off of a damned cliff.
4. Antonio Orozco vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr./Joshua Franco vs. Oscar Negrete: Franco and Negrete is the trilogy you never knew existed.
5. Haskell Lydell Rhodes vs. Jason Sosa/Edgar Berlanga vs. Gregory Trenel: Carl Frampton pulling out of this after breaking his hand after an ornament dropped on it (I’m not kidding) really killed this card dead.
6. 2019 Pan-American Games: The last weekend of the 2019 Pam-Ams features a smorgasbord of different combat events.
7. Friday Night Fights: More American Muay Thai on easily available streaming services is always a good thing.
8. UFC 241 Countdown: And the road for the (completely unnecessary) Cormier-Miocic rematch kicks off!
9. PFL 6 Post-Fight Show: The last event of the regular season before the playoffs, and, as an aside, that’s a really cool thing to say about an MMA league.
t10. 2019 Odessa Beach Wrestling World Series: Beach wrestling. Because, you know, why not. Let your freak flag fly.
t10. Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 7: It returns!
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. Muay Thai Bout: Caleb Kim vs. Justin Grose [Friday Night Fights]
4. Muay Thai Bout: Lisa Lynn vs. Taylor McClatchie [Friday Night Fights]
3. Muay Thai Bouit: Eric Olsen vs. Hassan Oseni [Friday Night Fights]
2. Stand Up Warriors 135lb Championship: Ruben Garcia vs. Tyger Banks [Stand Up Warriors 23]
1. Muay Thai Bout: Eric Luna vs. Josh Sampo [Friday Night Fights]
BOXING
5. Light Heavyweight Bout: Blake Caparello (29-3-1) vs. Reece Papuni (13-2) [SLB Fight Night]
4. Middleweight Bout: Edgar Berlanga (11-0) vs. Gregory Trenel (11-4-2) [Top Rank on ESPN+]
3. Junior Lightweight Bout: Haskell Lydell Rhodes (27-3-1) vs. Jason Sosa (22-3-4) [Top Rank on ESPN+]
2. WBA International/NABF Bantamweight Championships: Joshua Franco (c) (15-1-1) vs. Oscar Negrete (18-2-1) [Golden Boy on DAZN]
1. Welterweight Bout: Antonio Orozco (28-1) vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr. (13-0) [Golden Boy on DAZN]
MMA
5. Women’s Strawweight Bout: Marina Rodriguez (11-0-1) vs. Tecia Torres (10-4) [UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche II]
4. Vacant Invicta Featherweight Championship: Kaitlin Young (10-9-1) vs. Pam Sorenson (7-3) [Invicta Fighting Championship 36]
3. UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship: Valentina Shevchenko (c) (17-3) vs. Liz Carmouche (13-6) [UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche II]
2. Light Heavyweight Bout: Ilir Latifi (14-6) vs. Volkan Oezdemir (15-4) [UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche II]
1. Welterweight Bout: Mike Perry (13-4) vs. Vicente Luque (16-6-1) [UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche II]
GRAPPLING/WRESTLING
5. 260lb Black Belt Bout: Lin Hughs vs. Marcio Junior [Fight To Win 121]
4. 145lb Black Belt Judo Bout: Aaron Morris vs. Taylor Weber [Fight To Win 121]
3. 190lb Black Belt Bout: Nikar Loynab vs. Yago Desouza [Fight To Win 121]
2. 175lb Black Belt No-Gi Bout: Jonathan Satava vs. Kody Steele [Fight To Win 121]
1. Fight To Win Female Black Belt Heavyweight Championship: Gabi Garcia vs. Nathiely Karoline De Jesus [Fight To Win 121]
Bold, Yet Probably Fruitless Predictions: Hey now! After I hit on my picks last week, I should be in the black by 2023 if I keep this pace up!
Best Fight of the Weekend: Mike Perry vs. Vicente Luque
Most Underrated Fight of the Weekend: Joshua Franco vs. Oscar Negrete
If My Life Depended on One Pick: Edgar Berlanga over Gregory Trenel
Best Card Top-to-Bottom: UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche II
Upset of the Week: Ilir Latifi over Volkan Oezdemir
Most Disappointing Fight of the Weekend: Liz Carmouche vs. Valentina Shevchenko
Add The Sports Daily to your Google News Feed!
