UFC® 84 ILL WILL
Sunday 21:00 BST on Bravo
The fight game can get very personal and the war of words between UFC Lightweight Champion "THE PRODIGY" BJ PENN and former champ SEAN "THE MUSCLE SHARK" SHERK has taken personal to a whole new level. The talking stops and the real competition begins as these two men step into the Octagon to determine the undisputed king of the 155-lb. division.
Plus, the controversial "HUNTINGTON BEACH BAD BOY" TITO ORTIZ faces undefeated Karate master LYOTO "THE DRAGON" MACHIDA.
UFC® 85 BEDLAM
20:00 BST
Former two-time UFC® welterweight champion MATT HUGHES begins his run for an unprecedented third title against a young gun eager to take his place near the top of the 170-pound ladder in Brazilian slugger THIAGO “PITBULL” ALVES. Plus, Michael “The Count” Bisping, Brandon “The Truth” Vera, Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum, Mike “Quick” Swick, “Sugar” Rashad Evans, Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis and James “The Sandman” Irvin.
UFC® 85 BEDLAM: Saturday, June 7, live from the O2 Arena in London, England, on pay-per-view in the USA, and on Setanta Sports in the United Kingdom. (Click "How to watch" above for worldwide information.)
The Ultimate Fighter® Finale
21:00BST on Bravo
The Ultimate Fighter® Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale from Las Vegas, NV on Bravo in the United Kingdom.
UFC® 86 JACKSON vs GRIFFIN
3am BST on Setanta Sports
The world is watching as UFC® Light Heavyweight Champion QUINTON “RAMPAGE” JACKSON and perennial fan favorite FORREST GRIFFIN spend 13 weeks as competing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter® reality show. Now, the time comes for these two mixed martial arts masters to go to war. On Saturday, July 5th, Griffin challenges Jackson for the most hotly contested title in the UFC® – the Light Heavyweight Championship. UFC® 86: JACKSON VS. GRIFFIN - Saturday, July 5, live on Setanta Sports from Las Vegas, NV.
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Armando Alvarez, UFC - Light heavyweight is known as the glamour division in the UFC, with the most recognizable fighters in the sport, such as Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Chuck Liddell, and Forrest Griffin campaigning in the 205 pound weight class. Just as these three and a few others are household names in the mixed martial arts world, Wilson Gouveia of Brazil is not, but if he keeps dominating fights the way he has been, he will soon join them.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - A Canadian veteran who had finally started to find his groove in the fight game after a rocky start that saw him lose three of his first five pro bouts, Jason Day was on the fringes of the UFC in 2007, with all but one of the four opponents he faced that year current or former UFC fighters.
Gareth Davies, Telegraph - Michael Bisping, the biggest British name in the UFC, will now face Canadian submission expert Jason Day at the UFC 85 super show at London's O2 Arena, June 7.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - With legal issues preventing middleweight contender Chris Leben from being able to prepare sufficiently for a June 7th bout with Michael Bisping in London, England, Canada’s Jason ‘Dooms’ Day has stepped in to face ‘The Count’ in a featured bout on the UFC 85: Bedlam card at the O2 Arena.
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - On June 21st, just days before Independence Day, the fireworks will get started a bit early at The Pearl Arena inside The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas when some of MMA’s top prospects and contenders clash on the undercard of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale.
Wayne 'The Pocket Rocket' McCullough, UFC - This week I’ll be taking aim at issue as wide as the Penn v Sherk feud, fellow Irishman Marcus Davis’s love of fighting in the UK and Ireland, whether top boxer David Haye could make it in UFC, the current season of TUF and whether UFC fans will learn to love Machida.
by Gareth Davies - The UFC fan base is growing rapidly, but I am constantly asked – or even challenged – on my views on who has won, and why. In Newark, last November, I thought Mike Bisping beat Rashad Evans. It was fighter versus wrestler. It was very close in my books, with British lad Bisping shading the light-heavyweight contest. The judges didn't think so.
by Ben Blackmore - Nothing is ever certain in the world of UFC, Matt Serra proved that when he dethroned Georges St-Pierre as an 11/1 underdog back in April ’07. However, Marcus Davis will guarantee Mike Swick one thing at “UFC 85: BEDLAM”, claiming: “You’ll never knock me out”.
