Well Sunday could prove to be one of the biggest days in mixed martial arts (MMA) for a while. Not for any major reason other than the fact that two live events will be broadcast into Australia for the first time.

UFC

On Fuel TV (channel 516) the UFC is offering you the chance to see pound for pound the best fighter in the world, Anderson ‘the spider’ Silva fight James Irvin for FREE (providing you have got the Foxtel sports package). The card is also stacked with several great fights including

Lightweight bout: Hermes Franca vs. Frank Edgar
Light Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy
Welterweight bout: Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns
Middleweight bout: Jesse Taylor vs. C.B. Dollaway
Heavyweight bout: Cain Velasquez vs. Jake O’Brien

Affliction

On Main Event a new franchise is having its first Pay Per View event broadcast world wide. T’Shirt company turned MMA company will be presenting Affliction: Banned which is also boasting a stacked card featuring the accepted best heavyweight fighter walking the planet Russian Fedor Emelianenko versus Tim ‘the maniac’ Sylvia for their heavyweight championship.

Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski vs. Ben Rothwell
Heavyweight bout: Josh Barnett vs. Pedro Rizzo
Middleweight bout: Matt Lindland vs. Fabio Negao
Light heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral vs. Mike Whitehead

The preliminary card is nothing to be sneezed at either including a fight between Vitor Belfort and Mike Tysons long lost identical twin brother Terry Martin. I hope they show this slugfest.

I am left with the problem of which show to watch and which to record…..

Rest assured from 11:00AM onwards I will be watching pummellings for six solid hours!!! Give me a tingle if you are interested also.