The UFC has a new cable home in Canada.
The company, which had long been broadcast on Rogers Sportsnet, will now be seen on TSN and it’s French-language counterpart, RDS, the company formally announced on Monday. MMAFighting.com first reported the news of the impending deal on Friday.
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MMA Fighting has the UFC Fight Night 58 results for the Machida vs. Dollaway event at the Ginasio Jose Correa in Barueri, Brazil on Saturday night
In the main event, Lyoto Machida squares off against C.B. Dollaway in a welterweight contest Renan Barao faces Mitch Gagnon in the co-main event.
Check out the UFC Fight Night 58 results below.
Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
Lyoto Machida vs. C.B. Dollaway
Renan Barao vs. Mitch Gagnon
Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Patrick Cummins
Elias Silverio vs. Rashid Magomedov
Erick Silva vs. Mike Rhodes
Daniel Sarafian vs. Antonio dos Santos Jr.
Undercard (FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Igor Pokrajac
Tom Niinimaki vs. Renato Carneiro
Darren Elkins vs. Hacran Dias
Leandro Issa vs. Yuta Sasaki
Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 7 p.m. ET)
Marcio Alexandre vs. Tim Means
Vitor Miranda vs. Jake Collier
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While no announcement has been made yet, The Sports Network (TSN) in Canada sent out schedule revisions for January to television listings services on Friday which included extensive UFC coverage.
TSN, the country’s equivalent to ESPN, was the leading candidate to get the UFC contract, which had been held by Sportsnet, a rival sports network run by Rogers Cable, since the sport’s popularity explosion.
UFC officials would not confirm the deal at this time.
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BARUERI, Brazil — Patrick Cummins returned to the win column with impressive back-to-back wins over Kyle Kingsbury and Roger Narvaez, and he’s ready to keep the win streak alive against TUF: Brazil winner Antonio Carlos Junior at UFC Fight Night 58 in Barueri, Brazil, on Dec. 20. In an exclusive interview to MMAFighting.com, “Durkin” broke down his match-up with “Cara de Sapato”, his desire to rematch Daniel Cormier, “DC’s” title clash with Jon Jones, recalled his first trip to Brazil with Jason Miller and much more.
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Roger Gracie returns to the batting cage Friday against fellow UFC expert James McSweeney at One FC 23, but that was not his initial strategies after getting cut from the UFC.
Following a unanimous decision loss to Tim Kennedy in 2013, the multiple-time jiujitsu and ADCC winner had made a decision to retire from MMA, however among the stars in his family altered his mind.
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Expert lightweight Anthony Njokuani has verbally agreed to some multi-fight deal with Legacy FC following his recent release in the UFC, Legacy FC owner Mick Maynard supported to MMAFighting.com on Wednesday.
A 34-year old former kickboxer, Njokuani (16-9, 1 NC) had been a mainstay in the WEC/UFC 155-pound division ever since his 2009 introduction, fighting 15 times and scoring memorable KO/TKO triumphs over Chris Horodecki, Edward Faaloloto and Roger Bowling, amongst others.
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MMA Fighting has the UFC Fight Night 57 results for the Edgar vs. Swanson event at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas on Saturday night
In the main event, Frankie Edgar will square off against Cub Swanson in a key featherweight contest. Bobby Green faces Edson Barboza in the co-main event.
Check out the UFC Fight Night 57 results below.
Main card (FOX Sports 1 at 10 p.m. ET)
Frankie Edgar vs. Cub Swanson
Bobby Green vs. Edson Barboza
Brad Pickett vs. Chico camus
Jared Rosholt vs. Oleksiy Oliynyk
Joseph Benavidez vs. Dustin Ortiz
Matt Wiman vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg
Undercard (FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET)
Ruslan Magomedov vs. Josh Copeland
Luke Barnatt vs. Roger Narvaez
James Vick vs. Nick Hein
Yves Edwards vs. Akbarh Arreola
Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 7 p.m. ET)
Paige VanZant vs. Kailin Curran
Juan Manuel Puig vs. Doo Ho Choi
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One FC has added four new matchups to the approaching card in Manila, Philippines, on Dec. 5, including the promotional introduction of UFC and Strikeforce expert Roger Gracie.
Roger Gracie (6-2), who has not fought since a unanimous decision loss to Tim Kennedy in his UFC debut in July 2013, returns to the light heavyweight division against fellow UFC expert James McSweeney (14-11). “The Hammer” is 2-0 below the One FC banner ad with first-round stoppages over Chris Lokteff and Cristiano Kaminishi.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Phil Davis is undefeated against Brazilians in the UFC, but light heavyweight competition Glover Teixeira needs to stop this run on Saturday night.
Teixeira is place to collide with Davis in the co-main event of UFC 179 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 25, and he is expecting to beat “Mr. Wonderful,” who got the better of Rogerio Nogueira, Wagner Prado, Vinny Magalhaes and Lyoto Machida inside the Octagon.
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The WSOF 14 live stream online can be found in the video above for the undercard starting at 6 p.m. ET. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows:
Tim Hague vs. Craig Hudson
Hakeem Dawodu vs. Mike Malott
Michael Hill vs. Marcus Hicks
Cory Krahn vs. Matt Baker
Roger Alves vs. Daivd Swanson
These bouts are expected to run until 9 p.m. ET. The main card will be televised on NBC Sports at 9 p.m. ET.
International fans of MMA Fighting should be able to watch the stream for the main card here after it starts on NBC Sports.
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MMA Fighting has WSOF 14 results for the Shields vs. Ford event at the Edmonton Expo Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on Saturday night.
In the main event, former Strikeforce champion Jake Shields makes his WSOF debut against Ryan Ford. Smealinho Rama squares off against Derrick Mehmen for the inaugural WSOF heavyweight title in the co-main event.
Check out the WSOF 14 results below.
Main card (NBC Sports at 10 p.m. ET)
Ryan Ford vs. Jake Shields
Smealinho Rama vs. Derrick Mehmen
Chris Horodecki vs. Luis Huete
Luke Harris vs. Jared Hamman
Undercard (MMA Fighting at 6 p.m. ET)
Tim Hague vs. Craig Hudson
Hakeem Dawodu vs. Mike Malott
Michael Hill vs. Marcus Hicks
Cory Krahn vs. Matt Baker
Roger Alves vs. Daivd Swanson
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At the WSOF 14 weigh-ins, all 18 fighters taking part in Saturday night’s WSOF 14 fights will step on the scale Friday afternoon, and we’ll have the live video here at MMAFighting.com.
In the main event, Jake shields and Ryan Ford will have to make the welterweight of 170 pounds.
The WSOF 14 weigh-in takes place at 4 p.m. ET, and the video is above.
Check out the WSOF 14 weigh-in results below.
Main card (NBC Sports at 10 p.m. ET)
Ryan Ford vs. Jake Shields
Smealinho Rama vs. Derrick Mehmen
Chris Horodecki vs. Luis Huete
Luke Harris vs. Jared Hamman
Undercard (MMA Fighting at 6 p.m. ET)
Tim Hague vs. Craig Hudson
Hakeem Dawodu vs. Mike Malott
Michael Hill vs. Marcus Hicks
Cory Krahn vs. Matt Baker
Roger Alves vs. Daivd Swanson
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MMA Fighting has Bellator 125 results for the Marshall vs. Manhoef fight card Friday night from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.In the primary event, Melvin Manhoef will make his Bellator introduction against Doug Marshall in a middleweight competition. Check out the Bellator 125 results under. Primary Card (Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET)Doug Marshall vs. Melvin ManhoefRafael Carvalho vs. Brian RogersMartin Stapleton vs. Goiti YamauchiJavy Ayala vs. Raphael ButlerUndercard (View Live on MMA Fighting at 7 p.m. ET)Ron Keslar vs. Jesse JuarezAaron Wilkinson vs. Chris HoneycuttJulio Cesar Neves vs. Poppies MartinezGranson Clark vs. George ZunigaJonny Bonilla-Bowman vs. Art BecerraOscar Ramirez vs. Matt RamirezJoe Neal vs. Paul Ruiz Nate James vs. Anthony Ruiz
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Andrei Arlovski fought Antonio Silva during the darkest years of the former UFC heavyweight champion’s career. He was coming off quick knockout losses to Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers, and many fans hoped that he’d just retire from the sport.
He kept going, and entered the Strikeforce cage against a big heavyweight in “Bigfoot.” He was still the betting favorite, but lost a unanimous decision. Months later, Arlovski joined the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, but suffered another stoppage loss, to Sergei Kharitonov.
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