For the second time this year, MMA has something of a major head-to-head television battle between the UFC and Bellator.
On Saturday, the UFC is running its UFC 224 pay-per-view show from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Amanda Nunes defending her women’s bantamweight title against Raquel Pennington. Bellator counters with its final first-round match in the eight-man heavyweight title tournament. It features Bellator light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader against Muhammed Lawal, with both men moving up from their usual weight class, from the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.