TORONTO (August 14, 2013) Sportsnet is shipping up to Boston to deliver more than five hours of complete-card coverage of UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen. Coverage kicks off on Saturday, Aug. 17 as sportsnet.caprovides live streaming of three early preliminary fights at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. ET, followed by the preliminary and main card bouts on Sportsnet 360 beginning at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT.
As the new home to UFC in Canada, Sportsnet 360 delivers big names and big coverage leading up to and beyond fight night, all year-round.
Saturday’s stacked fight card features the always charismatic Chael Sonnen (27-13-1) taking on Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (21-7) in a battle of UFC veterans. Sonnen is looking for his final win as a light heavyweight before moving down a class following Saturday’s fight. Both Sonnen and Rua will be looking for a redemptive win, following losses in their last fights.
The co-main event of the evening features a colossal heavyweight clash between Travis Browne and Alistair Overeem. For full card details, please see below.
UFC Fight Night: – Coverage Details:
- Connected: Sonnen joins anchor Hazel Mae on Connected this evening at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific
- Pre-Fight Press Conference: Thursday, Aug. 15 at 1p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Sportsnet 360 and streamed live on sportsnet.ca
- UFC Central Radio: Host “Showdown” Joe Ferraro previews the action ahead of the weekend on Thursday, Aug. 15 at Midnight ET on Sportsnet 590 The FAN
- Official Weigh-Ins: Friday, Aug. 16 at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT on Sportsnet 360 and sportsnet.ca
- Post-Fight Press Conference: sportsnet.ca will have live streaming of the post-fight press conference following the main event
- UFC Central: Host Ferraro recaps the highlights and major storylines from fight night on Tuesday, August 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT on Sportsnet 360
Fight Card
Early Preliminaries (sportsnet.ca, 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT)
- Manny Gamburyan vs. Cole Miller
- Cody Donovan vs. Ovince St. Preux
- Ramsey Nijem vs. James Vick
Preliminaries (Sportsnet 360, 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT)
- Michael McDonald vs. Brad Pickett
- Max Holloway vs. Conor McGregor
- Mike Brown vs. Steven Siler
- Diego Brandao vs. Daniel Pineda
Main Card (Sportsnet 360, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
- Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Chael Sonnen
- Travis Browne vs. Alistair Overeem
- Iuri Alcantara vs. Urijah Faber
- Matt Brown vs. Mike Pyle
- Uriah Hall vs. John Howard
- Michael Johnson vs. Joe Lauzon
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