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Premlims on ESPN now, Main Card on PPV at 10 eastern Jon Jones defends his newly-regained LHW title against Anthony Smith, who's finished 6 of his last 7 fights (and lost one in there). In the Co-main WW Champ Tyron Woodley faces Kamaru Usman Former Champ Robbie Lawler faces Ben Askren (in his UFC debut) Tecia Torres vs. Weili Zhang Cody Garbrandt vs. Pedro Munhoz

Live on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports GO, Prelims at 8 eastern main card at 10. Sergio Pettis vs. Brandon Moreno in the main event. Also, Randa Markos vs.Alexa Grasso and "Smiling" Sam Alvey V. Former Champ Rashad Evans.

The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale on Fox Sports 1 tonight, prelims already started, Main Card starts at 8 eastern. Michael Johnson vs. Justin Gaethje in the main event Tomorrow (Sat) UFC 217, Prelims on FS1 at 8:00 Eastern, Main Card on PPV at 10:00 Eastern Women's 135 Champ Amanda Nunes rematching Valentina Shevchenko in the Main event Interim Middleweight Title also on the line, Yoel Romero vs. Robert Whittaker Also Fabrício Werdum vs. Alistair Overeem, Anthony Pettis vs. Jim Miller Cowboy Cerrone was supposed to fight Robby Lawler but that fight was postponed due to an injury to Cowboy.

Main Card on FOX broadcast Network, NOW Paige VanZant vs. Michelle Waterson Sage Northcutt vs. Mickey Gall Urijah Faber (in his final fight) vs. Brad Pickett Alan Jouban vs. Mike Perry

Carwin (top) file photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com With just one tap by Fedor Emelianenko, UFC 116 “Lesnar vs. Carwin” went from being headlined by a heavyweight title unifier to a battle for status as the world’s premier heavyweight. Airing live on pay-per-view from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the cost of admission is worth it just for the chance to watch Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin decide who is the heavyweight alpha male of the moment. For a proper breakdown of this massively important fight as well as the rest of the main card proceedings, read on and get...

When you’re a fighter going 1-4 since a second win over Tito Ortiz in 2006, a natural course of action might be to fight Ortiz for a third time, just to get your bearings back. That’s what the UFC had planned for Chuck Liddell on Saturday: Ortiz had to have neck surgery instead, which helped maintained “The Ultimate Fighter” statistic of having at least a third of coaches’ fights fall between the cracks for one reason or another. For Liddell, who has been knocked down or out in three of those four losses, fighting Ortiz represented a safer re-entry into...

NEW YORK -- Shortly after a group of investors bought the nearly bankrupt Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2001, the company put on a pay-per-view bout. But the fight ran over its allotted time. Angry viewers didn't get to see the conclusion. "It was a very bad start," UFC President Dana White acknowledged. "It took us a long time to rebuild." UFC has since found its legs and it's making money. The privately held Las Vegas-based company has been slowly bolstering its brand, forging a successful relationship with cable network Spike TV and reshaping attitudes about the violent sport. More importantly...