If you’re looking for star power, UFC 190 is the way to go. But if you want a solid fight card, top to bottom, what you really want this Saturday is World Series of Fighting 22.
Maybe get the toggle button ready on your remote control. Sure, Ronda Rousey and her submission game might be must-see TV but so too is that of Rousimar Palhares. You remember Paul Harris, the guy who launched a thousand memes, the guy who was released and banned from the UFC for holding submissions too long and continues to hold them too long in the WSOF? Not the sharpest knife in the ol‘ drawer there.
Is Palhares the kind of guy you look up to as a role model? Yeah, probably not. Is his behavior over the years ridiculous and out of bounds? I think so. Am I going to tune in and see whether he does it again or whether fellow grappling wizard Jake Shields can intelligently defend his way to a W and Palhares‘ welterweight strap? Yes.
I don’t blame if you don’t want to tune in. But I would blame you if you didn’t want to watch some of the other action on the card, which includes bantamweight champion Marlon Moraes, who might be the best bantamweight today outside of the UFC.
Either way, here are four reasons to tune in to the NBC Sports Network Saturday night.