MMA for New Years 2006

by: DarthMolen 1 year, 11 months, 4 days, 19 hours ago 0

This is going to be a crazy weekend for MMA on TV, both PPV and Free. Seems all the organizations want to end 2006 with a bang.

UFC, PRIDE, and the IFL all have shows this weekend.

The IFL has their live Finals on Friday in Connecticut between the Portland Wolfpack and the Quad Cities Silverback. An hour of it will then be broadcast New Years Eve on FSN and Rogers Sportsnet. Here is the breakdown per region on FSN:

FSN Arizona, 8:30 p.m. MT-Ariz
FSN Bay Area, 9:30 p.m. PT
FSN Midwest, 9 p.m. CT
FSN New England, 9 p.m. ET
FSN New York, 9 p.m. ET
FSN Northwest, 5 p.m. PT
FSN Southwest, 8 p.m. CT
FSN West, 10 p.m. PT
Comcast Chicago, 11 p.m. CT
FSN Rocky Mountain, 8 p.m. MT

UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz 2 will broadcast on PPV December 30th at 9:00 PM. You can either purchase it, or do like me and go to your local sports bar and catch it for free! This is shaping up to be the card of the year for 2006. Will Liddell knock Ortiz all the way into 2007 or will Ortiz be able to wear down, hold down, and bang out the Iceman??

PRIDE, not to be outdone by the UFC, has their card headlined by Fedor Emelianenko, the most explosive heavyweight in the world, and will be broadcast on PPV for New Years Eve.

Here is the calendar for this weekend in bullet format: