Fight Network to Live Broadcast Over 12 Hours of Live MMA this Weekend, Including UFC Fight Night Prelims, ONE Championship, M-1 Challenge 82 & LFA 18
TORONTO – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 multi-platform channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, presents a busy weekend of live mixed martial arts, featuring the UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Pettis vs. Moreno PRELIMS on Saturday, August 5 at 8:00 p.m. ET. But first, LFA 18: Aguilar vs. Rader takes place tonight, Friday, August 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET, followed by a live doubleheader on Saturday morning, beginning with ONE Championship: Kings and Conquerors at 8:30 a.m. ET followed by M-1 Selection 14 at 11:30 a.m. ET and M-1 Challenge 82 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Fight Network’s extensive coverage of UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Pettis vs. Moreno will air across Canada, starting at 7:00 p.m. ET with the live UFC FIGHT NIGHT PREFIGHT SHOW leading into LIVE PRELIMS at 8:00 p.m. ET on Fight Network. The main card airs live on TSN5. The PREFIGHT SHOW will feature retired UFC contenders Kenny Florian and Yves Edwards serving as desk analysts with host Karyn Bryant and reporter Heidi Androl conducting on-site fighter interviews in Mexico City.
The two-hour LIVE PRELIMS on Fight Network will feature a clash between middleweights Brad Scott (12-4) and Jack Hermansson (15-3), No. 12-ranked Dustin Ortiz (16-7) fights Hector Sandoval (14-3) in a flyweight tilt, Henry Briones (19-6-1) faces well-travelled veteran Rani Yahya (23-9, 1NC) in a 135-pound bout, while bantamweights Jose Quinonez (6-2) and Diego Rivas (7-0) kick off the card.
The action wraps up immediately following the main event with the UFC FIGHT NIGHT POSTFIGHT SHOW at approximately 1:00 a.m. ET, featuring highlights, analysis and post-fight interviews.
Tonight’s live broadcast of LFA 18: Aguilar vs. Rader kicks off at 9:00 p.m. ET and airs live in Canada and globally in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In the main event from Shawnee, Okla., Kevin Aguilar (12-1) battles Justin Rader (7-2) for the LFA featherweight title. In other featured bouts, Brendan Allen (7-2) faces Chris Harris (9-1) at middleweight, Tyler Shinn (8-3) welcomes UFC veteran Chris Kelades (9-3) to the promotion in a 130-pound bout, Braden Smith (8-1) tackles Chauncey Foxworth (6-4) in a welterweight matchup, plus lightweights Daryl Wilson (6-1) and Derrick Adkins (9-4) face off against Jarrod Card (16-8-1) and Kyle Driscoll (5-2), respectively.
On Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET, ONE Championship: Kings and Conquerors emanates from Macau, China and airs live on Fight Network in Canada, co-anchored by a championship doubleheader, as longtime bantamweight kingpin Bibiano Fernandes (20-3) takes on red-hot contender Andrew Leone (8-2), while undefeated Kazakh phenom Kairat Akhmetov (23-0) tangles with former champion Adriano Moraes (15-2) in a highly anticipated rematch for the ONE flyweight title. In other action, flyweight Joshua Pacio (12-1) takes on undefeated Japanese prospect Hayato Suzuki (16-0-2), Shannon Wiratchai (6-1) takes on Robert Lisita (15-9) and Timofey Nastyukhin (10-3) meets Koji Ando (12-5-2) in a pair of featherweight tilts, Rika Ishige (2-0) faces Jomary Torres (1-0) in a battle of undefeated women’s atomweight contenders, featherweight Eric Kelly (12-3) collides with Kotetsu Boku (25-11-2), middleweight Leandro Ataides (9-3) seeks his second straight win against Poland’s Michal Pasternak (12-2), Marcin Prachnio (12-2) squares off with Gilberto Galvao (30-5-1) at middleweight, Herbert Burns (6-1) and Magomed Idrisov (7-1) collide at featherweight, plus Toni Tauru (11-5-1) throws down with Leandro Issa (13-6) in a bantamweight bout.
Immediately following the event, Fight Network will broadcast M-1 Selection 14 live from Helsinki, Finland, airing live in Canada, the U.S. and globally in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In featured matchups kicking off at 11:30 a.m. ET, Switzerland’s Frederico Gutzwiller (2-2) meets Georgia’s Akaki Khorava (1-2), Lithuania’s Oleg Lichkovaka (4-1) takes on Sweden’s Binh Son Le (5-2), Ukraine’s Boris Polezhay (16-6) faces Finland’s Toni Valtonen (27-15), American Moses Murrietta (5-0) takes on fellow undefeated Russian Ruslan Shamilov (2-0) and Frenchman Arnaud Kherfallah (3-1) clashes with Finnish fan favorite Patrik Pietila (8-4).
At 2:00 p.m. ET, the M-1 Challenge 82 main card will air live in Canada, headlined by a light heavyweight showdown pitting Mikhail Zayats (22-8) against Finland’s own Marcus Vanttinen (24-6). Rounding out the star-studded card, Vitali Branchuk (24-6) takes on Finland’s Mikael Silander (16-5) in a bantamweight bout, Heliton dos Santos (15-6) enters hostile territory for a bantamweight clash with Finland’s Janne Elonen-Kulmala (15-5), Brazil’s Michel Silva (18-6-1) battles Russian lightweight Pavel Gordeev (7-1), Portugal’s Aires Benrois (10-6) challenges Finnish welterweight Juho Valamaa (14-4) and American Keith Johnson (12-3) collides with Ukraine’s Alexander Butenko (43-12-3) in the welterweight opener.
For a full listing of Fight Network’s broadcast schedule, please visit www.fightnetwork.com, follow us on Twitter @fightnet, become a fan on Facebook and visit us on Instagram @fightnet.
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Weidman chokes out Gastelum in 3

Chris Weidman thrilled his hometown fans as he made Kelvin Gastelum tap from a choke in round three of their scheduled five round middleweight bout at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New Yor.
Weidman controlled most of the action save for getting drilled with a shot at the end of round one. Weidman dominated with seven takedowns and got Gastelum on the ground, and made him tap from a choke at 3:45.
Weidman, 186 lbs of Baldwin, NY is now 14-3. gastelum, 185.5 lbs of Yuma, AZ is now 13-3-1.
Darren Elkins won a split decision over Dennis Bermudez in a featherweight bout.
Elkins was cut under his left eye but was able to win on two cards by 29-28 scores. Bermudez won a card 29-28.
Elkins, 145.5 lbs of Portange, IN is now 23-5. Bermudez, 145.5 lbs of Lidenhurst, NY is now 16-7.
Patrick Cummins won a split decision over Gian Villante in a light heavyweight bout
Cummins was cut in round one from a headbutt that drew blood from his forehead on the left side. Cummins bled badly around both eyes as the fight progressed, but he landed the harder blows and took two cards by 29-28 tallies, while Villante took a card 29-28.
Cummins, 205.5 lbs of Boca Raton, FL is 10-4. Villante, 206 lbs of Bellmore, NY is 15-9.
In a battle of top-ten rated bantamweights, Jimmie Rivera took a unanimous decision over Thomas Almeida.
Rivera dropped Almeida twice in round one, and cut him on the nose and around the left eye.
Rivera, 136 lbs of Ramsey, NJ won by scores of 29-28, 30-26 and 30-27 and is now 21-1. Almeida, 135 lbs of Sai Paulo, BRA is 22-2.
Zaleski Dos Santos won a bloody split decision over Lyman Good in a welterweight bout.
Dos Santos took two cards 30-27, while Good took a card 29-28.
Dos Santos is 17-5. Good is 17-4-1.
Eryk Anders remained perfect as he stopped veteran Rafael Natal in the 1st round of their middleweight bout.
Anders landed a perfect kick to the face, and followed that up with two crushing left hands that put Natal down and out at 2:54.
Anders, 185.5 lbs of Birmingham, AL is now 8-0. Natal, 185 lbs is now 21-9-1.
Alex Oliveira scored a sensation one-punch knockout over Ryan LaFlare in the 2nd round of their welterweight bout.
Oliverira landed a perfect right hand as LaFlare ran in and the punch caught him flush on the jaw and he sprawled down face first and the bout was stopped at 1:50.
Oliveira of Tres Rio, BRA is nnow 18-3-1. LaFalre, 171 lbs of Farmingdale, NY is 13-2.
Chase Sherman won a unanimous decision over Damian Grabowski in heavyweight bout.
In round three, Grabowski was cut under his left eye.
Sherman, 241 lbs of Díbsville, MS won by scores of 30-27 twice and 30-26 and is now 11-3. Grabowski, 261.5 lbs of Opole, POL is 20-5.
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Fight Network to Live Broadcast UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: NELSON vs. PONZINIBBIO PRELIMS
TORONTO – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 multi-platform channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, today announced extensive live coverage for this Sunday’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: NELSON vs. PONZINIBBIO from Glasgow, Scotland, highlighted by the live two-hour UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS at 1:00 p.m. ET. The main card will be televised live on TSN5.
In featured prelim bouts, welterweights Danny Roberts (13-2) and Bobby Nash (8-2) collide, No. 14-ranked flyweight Alexandre Pantoja (17-2) takes on Neil Seery (16-12), Charlie Ward (3-2) fights Galore Bofando (4-2) in a welterweight tilt, plus Danny Henry (10-2) and Daniel Teymur (6-0) open the festivities with a lightweight bout.
Sunday’s live coverage on Fight Network begins at 12:00 p.m. ET with the UFC FIGHT NIGHT PREFIGHT SHOW, featuring No. 6-ranked UFC strawweight Michelle Waterson joining middleweight champion Michael Bisping and retired contender Kenny Florian as desk analysts alongside host Karyn Bryant and reporter Heidi Androl conducting on-site fighter interviews in Scotland.
The action wraps up immediately following the main event with the UFC FIGHT NIGHT POSTFIGHT SHOW at approximately 6:00 p.m. ET, featuring highlights, analysis and post-fight interviews.
For a full listing of Fight Network’s broadcast schedule, please visit www.fightnetwork.com, follow us on Twitter @fightnet, become a fan on Facebook and visit us on Instagram @fightnet.
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Number-14 ranked Heavyweight Aleksei Oleinik made number-9 ranked Travis Browne tap in the 2nd round of their heavyweoght bout.
With cuts over both eye, Oleinik got behind Browne and made him tap from a rear-naked choke at 3:44.
Oleinik is now 52-10-1. Browne drops to 18-7-1.
Chad Laprise stopped Brian Camozzi in the 3rd round of their welterweight bout.
Laprise landed a hard body blow that sent Camozzi to the canvas. Referee Herb Dean stopped the bout at 1:27 after several hard punches on the ground.
Laprise is 12-2. Camozzi is 7-4.
Thiago Santos stopped Gerlad Meerschaert in the 2nd round of their middleweight bout.
In round one, Meerschaert was poked in the eye. Santos was cut around the right side of his forehead and Meerschaert was bleeding from the nose in the opening frame. In round two, Santos pounded Meershcaert with four hard shots on the ground and the bout was stopped at 2:04.
Santos, 186 lbs of Rio De Jenairo, BRA is 15-5. Meerschaert, 184.5 lbs of Milwaukee, WI is 26-9.
Belal Muhammad won a unanimous decision over Jordan Mein in a welterweight bout.
In round one, Mein was cut over his left eye.
Muhammad won by scores of 30-27 and 29-28 and is now 12-2. Mein is 29-12.
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Fight Network Delivers Extensive UFC Fight Week Coverage, Including THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER FINALE PRELIMS Live Across Canada

TORONTO – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 multi-platform channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, will deliver extensive live UFC fight week coverage for THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER FINALE: JOHNSON vs. GAETHJE and UFC 213: NUNES vs. SHEVCHENKO 2 from Las Vegas, including live WEIGH-INS, PREFIGHT and POSTFIGHT shows and a live broadcast of THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER FINALE PRELIMS across Canada on Friday, July 7 at 7:00 p.m. ET.
The coverage begins on Thursday, July 6 at 7:00 p.m. ET with the live ceremonial WEIGH-INS for THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER FINALE: JOHNSON vs. GAETHJE, as headliners Michael “The Menace” Johnson and Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje tip the scales ahead of their pivotal lightweight showdown in the main event.
On Friday, July 7 at 5:00 p.m. ET, Fight Network presents the live ceremonial WEIGH-INS for UFC 213: NUNES vs. SHEVCHENKO 2, as Amanda Nunes, Valentina Shevchenko, Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker all weigh in ahead of their five-round championship clashes on pay-per-view.
Immediately following the live weigh-ins, Fight Network will broadcast THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER FINALE PREFIGHT SHOW at 6:00 p.m. ET followed by the live PRELIMS at 7:00 p.m. ET.
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER FINALE PREFIGHT SHOW will feature former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and retired contender Kenny Florian serving as desk analysts with host Karyn Bryant and reporter Megan Olivi conducting on-site interviews.
THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER FINALE PRELIMS will feature an intriguing women’s strawweight encounter between Angela “Overkill” Hill (6-3) and Ashley “SpiderMonkey” Yoder (5-2), a welterweight matchup between TUF contestants James Krause (23-8) and Tom “Da Tank” Gallicchio (19-10), a light heavyweight pairing between battle-tested veterans Ed “Short Fuse” Herman (24-12, 1NC) and CB “The Doberman” Dollaway (16-9), plus a women’s bantamweight matchup pitting Jessica “Evil” Eye against undefeated newcomer Aspen Ladd (5-0).
At the conclusion of Friday’s main card on TSN5, the live broadcast of THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER FINALE POSTFIGHT SHOW airs at approximately 12:00 a.m. ET, featuring highlights, analysis and post-fight interviews.
On Saturday, July 8 at 7:00 p.m. ET, UFC middleweight champion Michael Biping will join the desk for the UFC 213 PREFIGHT SHOW, featuring final predictions and analysis from Las Vegas.
At the conclusion of Saturday’s pay-per-view, the live UFC 213 POSTFIGHT SHOW airs at approximately 1 a.m. ET, recapping all the exciting action.
Additional UFC fight week content on Fight Network includes Countdown to UFC 213, a behind-the-scenes look at the men and women involved in Saturday’s championship bouts, a three-hour special on UFC Hall of Fame inductee Kazushi Sakuraba entitled SAKURABA: GRACIE HUNTER, plus post-fight press conference highlights airing on Sunday, July 9.
For a full listing of Fight Network’s broadcast schedule, please visit www.fightnetwork.com, follow us on Twitter @fightnet, become a fan on Facebook and visit us on Instagram @fightnet.
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Fight Network to Live Broadcast UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Holm vs. Correia Main Card Saturday & TKO 39: Ultimatum Tonight
TORONTO – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 multi-platform channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, presents the stacked main card for UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: HOLM vs. CORREIA from Singapore this Saturday, June 17 at 8 a.m. ET, airing live on Fight Network across Canada.
In the main event, former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm (10-3) looks to right her ship in her 135-pound return opposite Brazilian banger and former title challenger Bethe Correia (10-2-1). Former UFC heavyweight champion and No. 8 heavyweight contender Andrei Arlovski (25-14) is featured in the co-main event against fast-rising Polish star and No. 13-ranked Marcin Tybura (15-2). Rounding out the four-bout main card, top welterweights in pursuit of their fourth consecutive victory will collide when South Korean judoka and No. 7-ranked Dong Hyun Kim (22-3-1) battles American Top Team product Colby Covington (11-1), while former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos (25-9) makes his long awaited welterweight debut against No. 11 contender Tarec Saffiedine (16-6).
UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: HOLM vs. CORREIA will re-air in its entirety this Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET.
But first, tonight, June 16 at 6 p.m. ET, Fight Network presents a live broadcast of TKO 39: Ultimatum across Canada, emanating from St. Roch, Quebec, Canada. The 16-bout card is headlined by a pivotal featherweight matchup pairing Ontario-based featherweight William Romero (10-5) against top Quebec prospect Charles Jourdain (4-0). The card will also showcase the entertaining Laramie brothers, as featherweight T.J. Laramie (5-2) takes on American Jimmy Spicuzza (7-4), while bantamweight Tony Laramie (3-0) meets Louis Jourdain (3-1). Meanwhile, middleweight Strahinja Gavrilovic (5-4) will make his return against Fritz Paul (10-4) and undefeated Brazilian welterweight Davis dos Santos (3-0) battles Frenchman Yacine Bandaoui (7-6).
Canadian viewers can take advantage of Fight Network’s free preview on cable carriers across the country to see all the live action this weekend.
For a full listing of Fight Network’s broadcast schedule, please visit www.fightnetwork.com, follow us on Twitter @fightnet, become a fan on Facebook and visit us on Instagram @fightnet.
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Fight Network to Live Broadcast GLORY 42 & Superfight Series Paris, UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Lewis vs. Hunt Prelims & Fight Night Medicine Hat 3
TORONTO – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 multi-platform channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, presents an action-packed day of live combat sports action this Saturday, June 10, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET with GLORY 42 Superfight Series followed by the GLORY 42 Paris main card at 3 p.m. ET, both airing live on Fight Network across Canada and Turkey.
Later, Fight Network will deliver extensive coverage of UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Lewis vs. Hunt across Canada, starting at 7 p.m. ET with the live UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Lewis vs. Hunt PRE-FIGHT SHOW leading into LIVE PRELIMS at 8 p.m. ET on Fight Network. The main card airs live on TSN5. The UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Lewis vs. Hunt PRE-FIGHT SHOW will feature former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate and retired contender Kenny Florian serving as desk analysts with host Karyn Bryant and reporter Heidi Androl conducting on-site fighter interviews in New Zealand.
The two-hour LIVE PRELIMS on Fight Network will feature lightweights Damien Brown (17-9) and Vinc Pichel (9-1) in a featured clash, plus Luke Jumeau (11-3) takes on Dominique Steele (14-8) at 170 pounds, while No. 11 John Moraga (16-6) fights Ashkan Mokhtarian (13-1) in a flyweight tilt. Kiichi Kunimoto (18-6-2, 1NC) and Zak Ottow (14-4) open the telecast in a welterweight bout.
At the conclusion of Saturday’s main card, the live UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: Lewis vs. Hunt POST-FIGHT SHOW at approximately 1 a.m. ET on Fight Network features highlights, analysis and post-fight interviews.
Kicking off at 12:30 p.m. ET, the GLORY 42 Superfight Series is headlined by recent championship challenger Yoann Kongolo (64-9, 46 KO) in a knockdown, drag-out affair against French veteran Yohan Lidon (92-35-1, 55 KO). In the co-headline bout, heavyweight French native Nicolas Wamba (47-7, 21 KO) goes head-to-head with Brazilian brawler Jhonata Diniz (15-5, 10 KO).
The complete six-fight card for GLORY 42 Superfight Series can be found below:
Welterweight Headline Bout: Yoann Kongolo vs. Yohan Lidon
Heavyweight Co-Headline Bout: Nicolas Wamba vs. Jhonata Diniz
Light Heavyweight Bout: Zinedine Hameur-Lain vs. Freddy Kemayo
Lightweight Bout: Marat Grigorian vs. Antonio Gomez
Featherweight Bout: Dylan Salvador vs. Serhiy Adamchuk
Welterweight Bout: Remy Vectol vs. Francois Ambang
At 3 p.m. ET, the GLORY 42 Paris main card is headlined by GLORY welterweight world champion Cédric Doumbé (66-4-1, 39 KO) defending his title on home soil against rival Nieky Holzken (90-12, 46 KO). Meanwhile, Armenian-Belgian striker Harut Grigorian (44-10, 32 KO) fights No. 4 ranked welterweight Murthel Groenhart (65-22-3) with the winner next in line for a welterweight title opportunity, plus a one-night, four-man lightweight contender tournament.
The complete five-fight card for GLORY 42 Paris can be found below:
Welterweight World Title Headline Bout: Cédric Doumbé vs. Nieky Holzken
Lightweight Tournament Final Bout: Winner of Bout A vs. Winner of Bout B
Welterweight Co-Headline Bout: Murthel Groenhart vs. Harut Grigorian
Lightweight Tournament Semifinal Bout B: Niclas Larsen vs. Massaro Glunder
Lightweight Tournament Semifinal Bout A: Anatoly Moiseev vs. Christian Baya
At 10 p.m. ET, Z Promotions presents Fight Night Medicine Hat 3 from Alberta, Canada’s Canalta Centre, airing live on Fight Network in Canada, the U.S. and globally in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In the main event, battle-tested warriors Dennis Hallman (53-20-2) and Joe Riggs (42-17) will collide for the promotion’s vacant middleweight championship. In other featured bouts, Matt MacGrath (18-9) battles Peter Grajcar (4-0) for the welterweight crown, while Steve Roy (2-2) throws down with Josh Heinz (3-1) for the heavyweight title.
For a full listing of Fight Network’s broadcast schedule, please visit www.fightnetwork.com, follow us on Twitter @fightnet, become a fan on Facebook and visit us on Instagram @fightnet.
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Fight Network to Live Broadcast M-1 Challenge 79, Fight Nights Global 68, LFA 13 & Extensive UFC 212 Fight Coverage
TORONTO – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 multi-platform channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, presents another busy weekend of live events, beginning this Thursday, June 1 with M-1 Challenge 79: Shlemenko vs. Halsey 2 from St. Petersburg, Russia, which kicks off at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Airing live exclusively across Canada, M-1 Challenge 79: Shlemenko vs. Halsey 2 is headlined by a highly anticipated middleweight rematch between former Bellator MMA champions Alexander Shlemenko (55-9) and Brandon Halsey (9-2). In other featured bouts, German welterweight Arda Adas (7-2) enters enemy territory against Russia’s Sergey Romanov (11-1), Brazilian lightweight Michel Silva (18-5) throws down with Alexey Makhno (13-5), Spanish middleweight Enoc Solves Torres (19-9) meets Oleg Olenyechev (8-4) and Serbian featherweight Dragan Pesic (13-7) faces off with Khamzat Dalgiev (8-1).
The live M-1 Challenge 79: Shlemenko vs. Halsey 2 main card will immediately follow the M-1 Selection prelims, which kick off at 12 p.m. ET and air live on Fight Network in Canada, the U.S. and globally in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The M-1 Selection broadcast features American bantamweight Josh Rettinghouse (14-4) taking on Kyrgyzstan’s Bakhtiyar Toichubaev (7-3), while undefeated Temirlan Sharipov (3-0) meets Danila Prikaza (6-1) in an all-Russian welterweight affair.
The Russian city of St. Petersburg will play host to more live action on Friday, June 2 at 12 p.m. ET, as Fight Nights Global 68 airs live on Fight Network in Canada and globally in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The light heavyweight title is up for grabs in the main event as undefeated Sergey Pavlovich (10-0) takes on Mikhail Mokhnatkin (9-1-2). Meanwhile, a heavyweight superfight is set for the co-main event, with unbeaten Russian powerhouse Vitaly Minakov (19-0) taking on former EliteXC kingpin and UFC title challenger Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva (19-11). Rounding out the star-studded card, Stjepan Bekavac (19-6) welcomes UFC veteran Nikita Krylov (21-5) to the promotion, Tony Johnson Jr. (10-3) squares off with Baga Agaev (28-19) in a heavyweight encounter, Asif Tagiev (5-2-1) meets Dmitry Aryshev (5-5-1) in a welterweight bout, plus unbeaten Israeli prospect Jackie Gosh (7-0) looks to extend his perfect mark against Russia’s Oleg Dadonov (6-1).
On Friday, June 2 at 9 p.m. ET, Legacy Fighting Alliance invades Burbank, Calif. for LFA 13: Millender vs. Holland, featuring pivotal duels in the welterweight division, as Curtis Millender (11-3) takes on Kevin Holland (9-2), while Karen Darabedyan (12-6) faces Sam Liera (12-9). In light heavyweight bouts, Dominick Reyes (5-0) takes on Jordan Powell (8-6), while Alonzo Menifield (2-0) battles Khadzhimurat Bestaev (4-1). A bantamweight bout between undefeated American Kyler Phillips (3-0) and Mexico’s Jonathan Quiroz (2-1) will round out the card, which airs live on Fight Network in Canada and globally in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Finally, on Saturday, June 3, Fight Network presents extensive live pre and post-fight coverage for UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But first, the live weigh-ins will be televised on Fight Network on Friday, June 2 at 6 p.m. ET, with all the stars tipping the scales ahead of their pay-per-view showdowns.
The UFC 212 PRE-FIGHT SHOW will air live on Fight Network in Canada on Saturday, June 3 at 7 p.m. ET leading into the LIVE PRELIMS on TSN3. The UFC 212 PRE-FIGHT SHOW will feature featherweight contender Cub Swanson, middleweight champion Michael Bisping and former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans working as desk analysts with host Karyn Bryant and reporter Laura Sanko conducting on-site fighter interviews in Brazil.
At the conclusion of Saturday’s pay-per-view broadcast, the live UFC 212 POST-FIGHT SHOW at approximately 1 a.m. ET on Fight Network features highlights, analysis and post-fight interviews.
For a full listing of Fight Network’s broadcast schedule, please visit www.fightnetwork.com, follow us on Twitter @fightnet, become a fan on Facebook and visit us on Instagram @fightnet.