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A preview of UFC vs. Bellator in Connecticut and UFC’s busy September schedule
By Zach Arnold | September 1, 2014
Event: UFC Fight Night on Friday, September 5th at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut
TV: Fox Sports 1
- Featherweights: Sean Soriano vs. Chas Skelly
- Bantamweights: Tateki Matsuda vs. Chris Beal
- Middleweights: Rafael Natal vs. Chris Camozzi
- Lightweights: Al Iaquinta vs. Rodrigo Damm
- Flyweights: John Moraga vs. Justin Scoggins
- Featherweights: Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
- Lightweights: Joe Lauzon vs. Michael Chiesa
- Heavyweights: Matt Mitrione vs. Derrick Lewis
- Heavyweights: Alistair Overeem vs. Ben Rothwell
- Middleweights: Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs. Gegard Mousasi
And this card goes up against Bellator’s show booking…
Event: Bellator 123 on Friday, September 5th at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut
TV: Spike TV
- Heavyweights: Cheick Kongo vs. Lavar Johnson
- Heavyweights: Bobby Lashley vs. Josh Burns
- Light Heavyweights: King Mo vs. Dustin Jacoby
- Featherweights: Pat Curran vs. Patricio Pitbull
As for what the rest of UFC’s September calendar looks like…
Event: UFC Fight Night on Saturday, September 13th at Nilson Nelson Gym in Brasilia, Brazil
TV: Internet
- Bantamweights: Rani Yahya vs. Johnny Bedford
- Welterweights: Paulo Thiago vs. Sean Spencer
- Lightweights: Francisco Trinaldo vs. Efrain Escudero
- Welterweights: Igor Araujo vs. George Sullivan
- Lightweights: Godofredo Pepey vs. Dashon Johnson
- Ladies 135 pounds: Jessica Andrade vs. Larissa Pacheco
- Bantamweights: Yuri Alcantara vs. Russell Doane
- Welterweights: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Wendell Oliveira
- Lightweights: Leonardo Santos vs. Lukasz Sajewski
- Lightweights: Gleison Tibau vs. Piotr Hallmann
- Heavyweights: Bigfoot Silva vs. Andrei Arlovski
Event: UFC Fight Night Japan 2014 on Saturday, September 20th at Saitama Super Arena
TV: Internet
- Featherweights: Maximo Blanco vs. Dan Hooker
- Lightweights: Kazuki Tokudome vs. Johnny Case
- Bantamweights: Michinori Tanaka vs. Kyung Ho Kang
- Welterweights: Hyun Gyu Lim vs. Takenori Sato
- Lightweights: Katsunori Kikuno vs. Sam Sicilia
- Welterweights: Kiichi Kunimoto vs. Richard Walsh
- Flyweights: Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Jon delos Reyes
- Bantamweights: Masanori Kanehara vs. Alex Caceres
- Ladies 135 pounds: Miesha Tate vs. Rin Nakai
- Welterweights: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Amir Sadollah
- Lightweights: Myles Jury vs. Takanori Gomi
- Heavyweights: Mark Hunt vs. Roy Nelson
Event: UFC 178 on Saturday, September 27th at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
TV: Fox Sports 1/PPV
- Featherweights: Manny Gamburyan vs. Cody Gibson
- Lightweights: Jon Tuck vs. Kevin Lee
- Welterweights: John Howard vs. Brian Ebersole
- Welterweights: Patrick Cote vs. Stephen Thompson
- Lightweights: Jorge Masvidal vs. James Krause
- Bantamweights: Dominick Cruz vs. Takeya Mizugaki
- Ladies 135 pounds: Cat Zingano vs. Amanda Nunes
- Middleweights: Tim Kennedy vs. Yoel Romero
- Featherweights: Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor
- Lightweights: Donald Cerrone vs. Eddie Alvarez
- UFC Flyweight title match: Demetrious Johnson vs. Chris Cariaso
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PPV main event of Demetrious Johnson vs Chris Cariaso? I legitimately think this will draw below 100k buys.
I’ll be checking out live most likely,
Alistair Overeem vs. Ben Rothwell I hate both of these guys so…
Jacare vs. Mousasi I love both of these guys, this is one hell of a match.
Bellators show is 2 hours so I’ll watch that while I do the laundry.
Then i’ll watch Rani Yahya vs. Johnny Bedford on some hosting site after the fact.
I’m in for fight nite japan. That’s a good looking card anytime hunt gomi and roy get it together i’m in. I have free time to watch all of this, but ufcJ and bellator’s show are the shows i’m looking forward to.
The ppv 178 main event pretty much sucks, but you got Alvarez vs cowboy and Mc gregor so i’m thinking its going to get some heat going in. Not having Cruz on the main is a fail. And again, aside from Tim and a couple of welterweight loosers, its an all lightweight or less affairs. At least the brazil and japan shows are anchored by HW main events.