Weekend MMA: A Viewer’s Guide

It’s a busy weekend with a slew of combat sports, so let’s gets started early with a look at what’s on the tube and Web.

Thursday

UFC 113 Pre-Fight News Conference: UFC President Dana White is expected to join Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Rua in Montreal for the usual pre-fight presser. Airs live on UFC.com/live and Sherdog.com at 2 p.m. ET.

Bellator 17: Eddie Alvarez will take to the cage against Josh Neer. Also on the card: Roger Huerta vs. Pat Curran and Toby Imada vs. Carey Vanier. Watch live on FOX Sports Net at 8 p.m ET.

Friday

ESPN MMA Live: Will make its televised debut at 1 a.m. ET on ESPN2. Please be aware that’s 10 p.m. PT Thursday for West Coast viewers.

UFC 113 Weigh-ins: Catch them live on UFC.com/live and Sherdog.com at 4 p.m. ET.

“Fighting Words with Mike Straka”: Straka interviews referee “Big” John McCarthy. Debuts at 8:30 p.m. ET on HDNet.

“Inside MMA”: Stephan Bonnar and Jens Pulver will join Bas Rutten and Kenny Rice in studio. Reed Harris will discuss the future of the WEC with Ron Kruck. Airs at 9 p.m. ET on HDNet.

MFC 25: Thales Leites will lock horns with Jesse Taylor at 10 p.m. ET on HDNet.

Saturday

ESPN MMA Live: The show returns for a special UFC 113 pre-fight special. Tune in at 9 p.m. ET while you rock the Sherdog.com play-by-play for prelim results.

UFC 113 “Machida vs. Shogun”: Airs live on pay-per-view and UFC.com/live. Check out Tomas Rios’ main card and prelim previews.

Bellator: An hour-long English-language version of Bellator Fighting Championships’ weekly-review show airs on the “mun2” network at 10 p.m. ET.

Sunday

ESPN MMA Live: Jon Anik and crew will break down UFC 113 in depth directly following the PPV. 1 a.m. ET on Sunday morning and 10 p.m. PT Saturday on the West Coast.

Bellator: NBC’s Bellator recap show airs at 3 a.m. ET. The program is scheduled for 30 minutes. Telemundo’s version is slated for one hour, and starts at 1 a.m. ET.