Mention “free UFC world title fight on network TV” to your casual MMA fan and chances are they’ll start telling you all about Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos, coming live on FOX this fall!
Hold on just a second.
Before the heavyweights take MMA to the next level on network TV, a different set of UFC champions are set to throw down for free under the bright lights of network TV.
For the bantamweights, this is a moment to step out from under the shadows of their heavyweight comrades—and that’s important, since I don’t think Demetrious Johnson could step out from Cain Velasquez’s shadow in real life if he tried.
Backing up the title fight on the network card are some intriguing undercard matchups, featuring scrapy lightweights, just as scrappy welterweights, and your obligatory heavyweight slugfest.
What does it all mean? What exactly is at stake when the lights go down in Washington, D.C. Saturday night? Well, let’s find out shall we? Opening the show, a pair of lightweights with a lot to prove…