A special Friday night UFC fight card featuring the welterweight bout between Thiago Alves and Martin Kampmann will be beginning of the upcoming, action-packed MMA weekend.
The event, which is the second full fight card to appear on FX, is part of the new deal that the UFC signed with FOX and its affiliates heading into 2012.
Friday fights have been a staple of boxing for quite some time, but due to the event’s location in Sydney, Australia, the UFC will be looking to break into the market by playing the event live in the United States on Friday night.
Here’s what you need to know…
PRELIMINARY CARD—
Where to watch:
Fuel TV
When:
6:00pm EST
How:
Check your local listings for availability.
MAIN CARD—
Where to watch:
FX
When:
9:00pm EST
How:
Check your local listings for availability.
For your convenience, Bleacher Report has also put together a list of the full fight card including the preliminary bouts on Fuel TV, the main card on FX and the non-televised preliminary fight.
Non-televised Heavyweight bout: Oli Thompson vs. Shawn Jordan
Preliminary card (Fuel TV)
Featherweight bout: Mackens Semerzier vs. Daniel Pineda
Welterweight bout: TJ Waldburger vs. Jake Hecht
Middleweight bout: Kyle Noke vs. Andrew Craig
Featherweight bout: Cole Miller vs. Steven Siler
Light Heavyweight bout: Anthony Perosh vs. Nick Penner
Light Heavyweight bout: James Te Huna vs. Aaron Rosa
Main card (FX)
Middleweight bout: Court McGee vs. Constantinos Philippou
Flyweight bout: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ian McCall
Flyweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Martin Kampmann
Make sure you don’t miss this event as the 125-pound flyweights make their debut in the promotion in the first round of the four-man tournament!
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