It will be a battle of the heavyweights on November 12, as Spike TV plans on counter programming the Ultimate Fighting Championships debut event on FOX.
The FOX event will feature just one fight, a heavyweight title match between UFC champion Cain Velasquez and No. 1 contender, Junior dos Santos.
Spike meanwhile, is planning on airing previous bouts from both Velasquez and Dos Santos on the same evening.
Check out the full schedule below from the Press Release.
Press Release – Spike TV and MTV2 are combining for a knockout night of mixed martial arts programming on Saturday, November 12 from 7:00pm-12:00am ET/PT. MTV2 will kick off the night at 7:00pm ET/PT with a live two-hour fight card featuring the welterweight final in the Bellator Season 5 tournament. MMA fans can then switch over to Spike TV at 9:00pm ET/PT for a three-hour “UFC Unleashed” marathon, “Dos Santos vs. Velasquez: Unleashed for the Heavyweight Title,” featuring many of the top fighters in the world including current heavyweight contenders Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos.
Enclosed is the action-packed Spike TV/MTV 2 schedule:
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12
7:00-9:00pm
MTV 2 (simulcast in HD on Epix)
Bellator Fighting Championships
Season 5 –Welterweight final
Casino Rama, Ontario
Fighters tbd
9:00-12:00am
SPIKE TV
“Dos Santos vs Velasquez: Unleashed for the Heavyweight Title”
9:00pm
Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader
Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin
Cain Velasquez vs. Brock Lesnar
10:00pm
Junior dos Santos vs. Mirko “Cro Cop”
Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes France
Thiago Silva vs. Keith Jardine
11:00pm
Cain Velasquez vs. Minotauro Nogueira
Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg
Pat Barry vs Antoni Hardonk
Mark Munoz vs Kendall Grove