Another MMA Weekend: Three (or Four) Cards in 36 Hours

Less than two months deep, 2009 has already been, mildly put, a busy year for MMA: the twin New Year salvos from DREAM and Sengoku, Affliction's heavyweight second show, a WEC, countless local shows and, of course, War Gods. After this Saturday, the UFC alone will have held four events in three countries over 36 days. We used to be thankful to pay for four UFCs per year.

It should be stated upfront that neither BloodyElbow.com nor its staff condones piracy, copyright infringement, illegal streaming or any of that jazz. But if you're an MMA fan with (a) the greatest satellite package ever, or (b) unscrupulous morals - and (c) few social obligations - you've got another busy weekend ahead of you.

Friday, February 20

Inside MMA
9:00 - 10:00 PM ET / HDNet
A preview of UFC 95; guests include Eddie Alvarez, Scott Smith and Alan Belcher.

Maximum Fighting Championship
MFC 20: Destined For Greatness
River Cree Resort & Casino
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10:00 PM - 1:00 AM ET / HDNet

Pat Healy (MFC Welterweight Champion) vs. Ryan Ford
Paul Daley vs. Nick Thompson
Derrick Noble vs. Antonio McKee (MFC Lightweight Title Bout)
Bryan Baker vs. Rory Singer
Solomon Hutcherson vs. Dave Mewborn
Roger Hollett vs. David Heath
Simon Marini vs. Ryan Machan
Donovan Foley vs. Josh Russel
Kyle Dietz vs. Evan Sanguin

Saturday, February 21

Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson
O2 Arena
London, England, United Kingdom

3:00 - 7:00 PM ET / Setanta Sports broadcast
9:00 PM - 12:00 AM ET / SpikeTV broadcast

Joe Stevenson vs. Diego Sanchez
Rory Markham vs. Dan Hardy
Wilson Gouveia vs. Nate Marquard
Chael Sonnen vs. Demian Maia
Paulo Thiago vs. Josh Koscheck
Terry Etim vs. Brian Cobb
Junior Dos Santos vs. Stefan Struve
Mike Ciesnolevicz vs. Neil Grove
Per Eklund vs. Evan Dunham
Paul Kelly vs. Troy Mandaloniz

Ultimate Warrior Challenge
UWC 5: Man 'O' War
Patrioit Center, George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia, USA

7:30 PM ET / Sherdog

Chase Beebe vs. Mike Easton (UWC Bantamweight Title Fight)
Antwain Britt vs. Jamal Patterson
John Dodson vs. Jose' Villarisco
Marcus Foran vs. Richie Hightower
Ronald Stalling vs. Herbert Goodman
Cody Donovan vs. Phil Davis
Felice Herrig vs. Iman Achhal
Kyle Baker vs. Levon Maynard
Brendan Schaub vs. Dave Brytus
Kris McCray vs. Manny Okorie

Unfortunately, the K-1 World MAX 2009 Japan Tournament, which begins in Kanagawa, Japan, around 3 AM ET on Sunday morning won't be broadcast live on HDNet, but will air on a delay next Friday, February 27 at 10:00 PM ET. Aside from the 8-man tournament - the winner of which becomes the first qualifier for the year-end K-1 World MAX GP - the card includes a superfight between Yoshihiro Sato and Sergey Golyaev (the man who "beat" Takanori Gomi) plus Buakaw Por Pramuk against Andre "Dida" Amade. It will, however, be broadcast live in Japan and Korea, and therefore presumably available on the interwebs.

CORRECTION: According to Nightmare Of Battle, "visa issues" will prevent Andre "Dida" Amade from participating in the K-1 MAX event. Amade will now face Buakaw Por Pramuk on April 21 at the K-1 World Max 2009 Seoul Tournament in Korea.

UPDATE: User Gogo Platter pointed out another show going down on Friday:

Ring Of Combat
ROC XXIII
Tropicana Showroom
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

9:00 PM ET / GoFightLive.tv ($4.99)

Preliminaries (2 x 4 minute rounds)
Jim Tomczuk vs. Howard Longus
Rubems Lopes vs. Chris Weidman
Randy Durant vs. Gian Villante

Undercard (3 x 4 minute rounds)
Garrett Carmody vs. Anthony Abatelli
Jeff Lintz vs. Jerome Isip
Jeff Pender vs. Roger Mamedov
Mervin Rodriguez vs. Al Iaquinta
Tyler Venice vs. Jimmie Rivera
Shawn Forman vs. Greg Soto
Aaron Meisner vs. Constantinos Philippou
Sergio Vinagre vs. Matt Makowski

Main Card (3 x 5 minute rounds)
Brendan Barrett vs. Ricardo Romero (Light Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
Alexandre Moreno vs. Rafael Sapo (Middleweight Title Bout)
Bret Kohan vs. Joe Abouata (Heavyweight Title Bout)