You’ll need to click fast and often if you want to keep up with all the MMA action Saturday, and you’ll surely need a DVR. There’s a smorgasbord of fight cards this weekend, from the UFC’s long-awaited debut in Mexico, to Bellator’s first big show under former Strikeforce promoter (and Zuffa check collector) Scott Coker, to the WSOF’s trio of title fights in Florida. It would be easy to drop the word counterprogramming, but really, the intersection of events for Bellator and WSOF owes more to the difficulty in finding a weekend not anchored by the UFC. And besides, counterprogramming is just so 2008. Sometimes, the competition put together bouts of equal intrigue to the UFC, which usually dominates the 10 reasons lists. Even if the other offerings aren’t always intriguing on their competitive merits, they do satisfy as guilty pleasures or checkups on veteran talent
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10 reasons to watch UFC 180, Bellator 131, and hey, WSOF 15 – MMA Junkie