MMA Events this Weekend!

[Dr. Death]

There are a few MMA Events this weekend including UFC 147, (which I'll post the prediction contest for tomorrow), and I wanted to share with those interested in watching them - the rundown of what is happening this week in the field of MMA.

Source: MMA Junkie

UFC on FX 4: Guida vs. Maynard
Date: Jun 22, 2012

Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey
Venue: Revel Atlantic City
Broadcast: FX, FUEL TV and Facebook

MAIN CARD (FX)

• Clay Guida vs. Gray Maynard
• Spencer Fisher vs. Sam Stout
• Brian Ebersole vs. T.J. Waldburger
• Ross Pearson vs. Cub Swanson

PRELIMINARY CARD (FUEL TV)

• Hatsu Hioki vs. Ricardo Lamas
• C.J. Keith vs. Ramsey Nijem
• Brock Jardine vs. Rick Story
• Joey Gambino vs. Steven Siler
• Matt Brown vs. Luis Ramos
• Chis Camozzi vs. Nick Catone

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

• Ricardo Funch vs. Dan Miller
• Dustin Pague vs. Ken Stone

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Xtreme Fighting Championship 18: Music City Mayhem
Date: Jun 22, 2012
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Venue: Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Broadcast: HDNet

MAIN CARD (HDNet)

• John Salter vs. Josh Samman
• Scott Barrett vs. Gabriel Salinas-Jones
• Sofia Bagherdai vs. Heather Jo Clark
• Luke Sanders vs. Chris Wright
• Jason Blackford vs. Donny Wallace
• Scott Holtzman vs. Matt Metts
• Joe Ray vs. Dustin West

PRELIMINARY CARD (unaired)

• Nate Landwehr vs. Billy Mullins
• Michael Graham vs. Cory Robinson
• Jonathan Ivey vs. Devan Plaisance
• Dave Hurst vs. Justin Pennington

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Bellator 71
Date: Jun 22, 2012
Location: Chester, West Virginia
Venue: Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort
Broadcast: MTV2 and Spike.com

MAIN CARD (MTV2)

• Chris Davis vs. Travis Wiuff - light-heavyweight-tourney opening round
• Zelg Galesic vs. Attila Vegh - light-heavyweight-tourney opening round
• Richard Hale vs. Beau Tribolet - light-heavyweight-tourney opening round
• Roy Boughton vs. Emanuel Newton - light-heavyweight-tourney opening round

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)

• Dan Spohn vs. Josh Stansbury
• Brett Rogers vs. Kevin Asplund
• Tim Carpenter vs. John Hawk
• Duane Bastress vs. Jason Butcher
• Neil Johnson vs. Brylan Van Artsdalen
• Chris Goldbaugh vs. Kevin Zalac
• E.J. Brooks vs. Joey Holt

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UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin II
Date: Jun 23, 2012
Location: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Venue: Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drumond (also known as "Mineirinho")
Broadcast: Pay-per-view, FX and Facebook

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

• Rich Frankin vs. Wanderlei Silva
• Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira vs. Sergio "Serginho" Moraes ("TUF: Brazil" middleweight final)
• Rony "Jason" Mariano Bezerra vs. Godofredo "Pepey" de Oliveira ("TUF: Brazil" featherweight final)
• Mike Russow vs. Fabricio Werdum
• Yuri Alcantara vs. Hacran Dias

PRELIMINARY CARD (FX)

• Rodrigo Damm vs. Anistavio "Gasparzinho" Medeiros
• Francisco "Massaranduba" Drinaldo vs. Delson "Pe de Chumbo" Heleno
• John "Macapa" Teixeira vs. Hugo "Wolverine" Viana
• Leonardo "Macarrao" Mafra Teixeira vs. Thiago de Oliveira Perpetuo

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

• Marcos Vinicius "Vina" Borges Pancini vs. Wagner "Galeto" Campos
• Felipe Arantes vs. Milton Vieira

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There are some good fights this weekend, some of which could lead to title contention. I for one am going to watch most of these and I suggest that for anyone who is a fan or is wondering what mma is about, this is the perfect weekend to watch and find out.