This Saturday, Fox Sports 1 airs another edition of UFC Fight Night, this one taking place in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil.
The featured fight will be a middleweight fight scheduled for five rounds between former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and former Strikeforce champ Gegard Mousasi.
Jon Anik and Kenny Florian will call the match from Brazil and they’ll be joined by reporter Karyn Bryant. Host Mike Hill will at the Fox Sports Live studios in Los Angeles and he’ll have former middleweight Brian Stann and former bantamweight champion Dominic Cruz as his analysts.
Coverage of Fight Night will start with the Weigh-In on Friday on Fox Sports 2 at 1 p.m. ET. Fox Sports 1 airs the main fights at 10;30 p.m. ET on Saturday.
We have the preview from Fox.
FOX SPORTS 1 FEATURES MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE-CONTENDER BOUT AT UFC® FIGHT NIGHT: MACHIDA VS. MOUSASI
Cruz and Stann Serve as Analysts for UFC FIGHT NIGHT on FOX Sports 1
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) returns to Brazil for UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MACHIDA VS. MOUSASI live on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes on Saturday, Feb. 15 (10:30 PM ET), headlined by a five-round middleweight matchup between former UFC light heavyweight champion and current No. 4-ranked middleweight Lyoto Machida (20-4) versus former Strikeforce® Champion Gegard Mousasi (34-3-2).
According to UFC President Dana White, this fight has middleweight title contender implications: “If Machida wins, he could possibly be next in line for a title shot,” said White on an episode of FOX SPORTS LIVE last week. “The thing that makes the 185-pound division so interesting and so exciting right now is Vitor Belfort is fighting Chris Weidman next for the title, plus you’ve got Lyoto Machida, Jacare Souza and a list of nasty, nasty guys ready to fight for the belt.”
The UFC FIGHT NIGHT main card also features another key middleweight fight, with No. 3-ranked Jacare Souza (19-3, 1NC) facing No. 8-ranked Francis Carmont (22-7). Other bouts include welterweights Erick Silva (15-4, 1NC) versus Takenori Sato (17-8-7), Viscardi Andrade (15-6) against Nico Musoke (11-2, 1NC) in another 170-pound battle, and Charles Oliveira (16-4, 1NC) fights Andy Ogle (9-3) in a featherweight bout.
Jon Anik and Kenny Florian call the matchups from Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil, while host Mike Hill, with analysts Dominick Cruz, a former UFC bantamweight champion and retired middleweight Brian Stann, open the show from the FOX Sports 1 studios in Los Angeles and add updates during the fights. Veteran combat sports journalist Karyn Bryant interviews fighters in Brazil. Victor Dávila and Fabricio Werdum call the fights on FOX Deportes.
Coverage of UFC FIGHT NIGHT begins Wednesday, Feb. 12 (7:00 PM ET) on FOX Sports 1 with the UFC TONIGHT, where host Florian and guest host Stann preview the fights. Bryant and Insider Ariel Helwani add additional reports.
The UFC WEIGH-IN SHOW airs Friday, Feb. 14 (1:00 PM ET) on FOX Sports 2 with Hill hosting, and Stann and Cruz offering analysis as the 24 fighters attempt to make weight. Bryant interviews fighters during the show.
Wrapping up Saturday evening, fans can catch extended recaps of the fights on FOX SPORTS LIVE immediately following the conclusion of UFC FIGHT NIGHT, with interviews of the winners and losers.
In the week leading up to the main event, FOXSports.com features extended coverage of UFC FIGHT NIGHT, including interviews with the main fighters and a live blog during the fights. Follow @UFConFOX on Twitter and use the hashtag #UFCFightNight for the latest updates.
Fans can also catch the fights on FOX Sports GO, the app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content. Customers of participating video providers may access the live streams of the UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MACHIDA vs. MOUSASI through the FOX Sports GO app for iOS devices, as well as on desktops through FOXSportsGO.com.
Following the fights in Brazil, FOX Sports 1 airs the UFC COUNTDOWN: UFC 170 preview show on Monday, Feb. 17 (10:00 PM ET), kicking off the network’s coverage of UFC 170: ROUSEY VS. MCCANN.
Follow the link to watch UFC announcers Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan break down the main event at UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MACHIDA vs. MOUSASI: http://youtu.be/qJJqnbKaDyA
FOX SPORTS UFC PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE
DATE
TIME
EVENT
NET
Wednesday,
Feb. 127:00 PM ET
UFC TONIGHT
FOX Sports 1
Friday,
Feb. 141:00 PM ET
UFC FIGHT NIGHT WEIGH IN
FOX Sports 2
Saturday,
Feb. 157:30 PM ET
UFC FIGHT NIGHT ONLINE PRELIMS
UFC Fight Pass
Saturday,
Feb. 1510:30 PM ET
UFC FIGHT NIGHT:
MACHIDA vs. MOUSASIFOX Sports 1/
|FOX DeportesSaturday,
Feb. 151:00 AM ET
FOX SPORTS LIVE
FOX Sports 1
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: MACHIDA vs. MOUSASI Fight Card
Fighter Record vs. Fighter Record Class #4 Lyoto Machida 20-4 Gegard Mousasi 34-3-2 Middleweight #3 Jacare Souza 19-3, 1NC #8 Francis Carmont 22-7 Middleweight Erick Silva 15-4, 1NC Takenori Sato 17-8-7 Welterweight Viscardi Andrade 15-6 Nico Musoke 11-2, 1NC Welterweight Charles Oliveira 16-4, 1NC Andy Ogle 9-3 Featherweight Cristiano Marcello 13-5 Joe Proctor 8-2 Lightweight Rodrigo Damm 11-6 Ivan Jorge 25-3 Lightweight Francisco Trinaldo 13-3 Jesse Ronson 13-3 Lightweight Iuri Alcantara 27-5, 1NC Wilson Reis 17-4 Bantamweight Felipe Arantes 15-5-1, 2NC Maximo Blanco 9-5-1, 1NC Featherweight Ildemar Alcantara 19-6 Albert Tumenov 12-1 Welterweight Douglas Silva de Andrade 22-0, 1NC Zubaira Tukhugov 15-3 Featherweight
That will do it.
