2013-08-13

The UFC's much talked about, highly anticipated Fox Sports 1 debut is very, very near.

The date: Saturday, August 17. The card: UFC Fight Night 26. The venue: the TD Garden. The channel....Fox Sports 1.

Here is an overview of the UFC Fight Night 26 card:

 

Fox Sports 1 Main Card

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Chael Sonnen
Alistair Overeem vs. Travis Browne
Urijah Faber vs. Yuri Alcantara
Matt Brown vs. Mike Pyle
Uriah Hall vs. John Howard
Joe Lauzon vs. Michael Johnson

 

Fox Sports 1 Prelims

Brad Pickett vs. Michael McDonald
Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway
Mike Brown vs. Steven Siler
Diego Brandao vs. Daniel Pineda

 

Facebook Prelims

Manny Gamburyan vs. Cole Miller
Cody Donovan vs. Ovince St. Preux
Ramsey Nijem vs. James Vick

Here we take a look at which fights and fighters carry the strongest chance to pocket some bonus cash. We'll examine the top candidates for each fight night award, and I'll provide a prediction for each.

Read on to see the picks.

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