UFC Fight Night 30 Start Times, Fight Card, TV Info, & Media and Fan Events
 

It's fight week again for the UFC, and Saturday's ( Oct 26 ) UFC Fight Night 30 event marks the organization's return to the U.K.

Here's the essential information for the show.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 30 START TIME: UFC Fight Night 30 takes place Saturday at Phones 4u Arena in Manchester, England. The event kicks off with six prelims on MMAjunkie.com (as well as Facebook and Youtube) at 12:15 p.m. ET (9:15 a.m. PT), followed by the six-fight main card at 3 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 2. The early start time accounts for the time difference, where the first fight is slated for 5:15 p.m. BST (local time).

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 30 BACKGROUND: With its second U.K. event of 2013 and its first since February, the organization planned to put veteran English middleweight Michael Bisping (24-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) in the headliner against fellow contender Mark Munoz (13-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC). However, when Bisping was forced off the card with an eye injury, Lyoto Machida (19-4 MMA, 11-4 UFC) was plugged in as a replacement. However, the co-headliner still features some local talent as English lightweight and "The Ultimate Fighter 9" winner Ross Pearson (15-6 MMA, 7-3 UFC) takes on the always-entertaining Melvin Guillard (31-12-2 MMA, 12-8 UFC).

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 30 ON-SITE REPORTER: MMAjunkie.com assistant editor Matt Erickson (@MMAjunkieMatt) is on site in Manchester. Give him a follow for updates throughout fight week.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 30 OPEN WORKOUTS WEDNESDAY: UFC Fight Night 30's open fighter workouts take place Wednesday. However, they're closed to the public. They kick off at 11:30 a.m. BST and include Machida, Munoz, Pearson, Guillard, Rosie Sexton and Jessica Andrade. We'll have full coverage throughout the day on MMAjunkie.com.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 30 MEDIA EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY: The UFC has fan friendly events (including special guests, meet-and-greets, Q&As and giveaways) scheduled for Wednesday and Friday. Check out our previous post to get the details. Featured guests include Bisping, Conor McGregor, Alexander Gustafsson, Dustin Poirier, Gegard Mousasi and ring girl Carly Baker.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 30 WEIGH-INS ON FRIDAY: Friday's UFC Fight Night 30 fighter weigh-ins take place at Manchester Central. You can watch a live video stream or get text-only results beginning at 11 a.m. ET (8 a.m. PT). We'll also have a video replay and full photo gallery available afterward.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 30 ON SATURDAY: Join us Saturday at 12:15 p.m. ET for UFC Fight Night 30 play-by-play and live results. You can also discuss UFC Fight Night 30 in our discussion thread. Afterward, watch the post-UFC Fight Night 30 press conference on MMAjunkie.com at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET.

The official UFC Fight Night 30 card includes:

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 2, 3 p.m. ET)

Lyoto Machida vs. Mark Munoz
Melvin Guillard vs. Ross Pearson
Ryan Jimmo vs. Jimi Manuwa
Norman Parke vs. Jon Tuck
Nicholas Musoke vs. Alessio Sakara
Phil Harris vs. John Lineker

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 12:15 p.m. ET)

Piotr Hallmann vs. Al Iaquinta
Luke Barnatt vs. Andrew Craig
Jessica Andrade vs. Rosi Sexton
Cole Miller vs. Andy Ogle
Jimy Hettes vs. Robert Whiteford
Michael Kuiper vs. Brad Scott