UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen Video Preview and Fight Card

The UFC will return to Boston for the first time since 2010 for UFC on FS1: Shogun vs. Sonnen on August 17th and the card will come from the TD Garden. UFC Fight Night Boston Poster

This event will be the first UFC event to be seen on Fox Sports 1 and will be headlined by a five round light heavyweight bout as former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (21-7) faces Chael Sonnen (27-13-1).

The preliminary card will begin on the UFC Facebook page with three fights and the remaining four preliminary bouts will be shown on Fox Sports 1 at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. The main card will begin at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and this portion of the fight card will have six fights.

The UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen video preview and fight card are below:

Main Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT)
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (21-7) vs. Chael Sonnen (27-13-1)
Alistair Overeem (36-12, 1NC) vs. Travis Browne (14-1-1)
Urijah Faber (28-6) vs. Iuri Alcantara (28-4, 1NC)
Matt Brown (17-11) vs. Mike Pyle (25-8-1)
Uriah Hall (7-3) vs. John Howard (20-8)
Joe Lauzon (22-8) vs. Michael Johnson (12-8)

Preliminary Card: (Fox Sports 1 – 6:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. PT)
Brad Pickett (23-7) vs. Michael McDonald (15-2)
Conor McGregor (13-2) vs. Max Holloway (7-2)
Mike Brown (26-8) vs. Steven Siler (22-10)
Diego Brandao (17-8) vs. Daniel Pineda (18-9)

Preliminary Card: (Facebook – 4:00 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT)
Manny Gamburyan (14-8) vs. Cole Miller (19-7)
Ovince St-Preux (13-5) vs. Cody Donovan (8-2)
Ramsey Nijem (7-3) vs. James Vick (4-0)