Every now and then, someone will get excited when they learn I have a side gig writing about MMA. In those cases, the usual reaction is, “So you get to really follow the sport!”
“Well, how do you mean?”
“You get to order all the pay-per-views.”
“Right. But you do know it’s on regular TV, too, right? And now, that’s not just occasionally, but fairly often?”
“WHA!?!?!”
The free TV cards (and I’m lumping Showtime and HDNet in with that) may not always be gangbusters. But more often than not, they’re pretty damn good, especially considering the entrance fee. That will continue tonight with UFC on FX 2, which will pit welterweight contenders Thiago Alves and Martin Kampmann.
This list of the best non-PPV main events is for proof you don’t have to shell out $49.99 every month to follow MMA.