Stepping Into the TV Ring

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March 4

AXS TV

Mixed Martial Arts

Resurrection Fighting Alliance 36

Spike TV

Mixed Martial Arts

Bellator 151: Darrion ‘The Wolf’ Caldwell-Joe Warren

March 5

HBO

Boxing

Luis Ortiz vs. Tony Thompson and Sadam Ali vs. Jessie Vargas

FS1

Mixed Martial Arts

UFC 196 Prelims

Pay Per View

Mixed Martial Arts

UFC 196: Nate Diaz-Conor McGregor

Showtime

Boxing

Julian Williams-Marcello Matano

March 11

AXS TV

Mixed Martial Arts

CES MMA 33

March 12

CBS Sports Network

Boxing

CBS Sports Spectacular: Fight Night

March 15

FS1

Boxing

Card TBD

March 19

FS1

Mixed Martial Arts

UFC Fight Night: Mark Hunt-Frank Mir

March 25

AXS TV

MMA

Legacy Fighting Championship 52

March 26

HBO

Boxing

Andre Ward-Sullivan Barrera

April 1

AXS TV

Mixed Martial Arts

CES MMA 34

April 1

Spike TV

Boxing

PBC: Adrien Broner-Ashley Theophane

April 2

Pay Per View

Boxing

Tomasz Adamek-Eric Molina

April 3

Pay Per View

Wrestling

WWE: WrestleMania XXXII

April 6

CBS Sports Network: Boxing

CBS Sports Spectacular: Fight Night

April 8

AXS TV: Mixed Martial Arts

Legacy Fighting Championship 53

April 9

Pay Per View: Boxing

Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Jr.

April 10

FS1

Mixed Martial Arts

UFC Fight Night: Rothwell-Dos Santos

April 15

AXS TV

Mixed Martial Arts

Resurrection Fighting Alliance 37

April 19

FS1

Boxing

Card TBD

April 22

AXS TV

Mixed Martial Arts

Legacy Fighting Championship 54.

Spike TV

Mixed Martial Arts

Bellator 153: Benson Henderson-Andrey Koreshkov

Pay Per View

Boxing

Hard Knocks Fighting

April 23

FS1

Mixed Martial Arts

UFC 197 Prelims

Pay Per View

Mixed Martial Arts

UFC 197: Daniel Cormier-Jon Jones 2

HBO

Boxing

Gennady Golovkin-Dominic Wade

April 24

Pay Per View

Wrestling

WWE Extreme Rules

April 30

FS1

Boxing

Card TBD

May 1

Pay Per View

Wrestling

WWE: Payback

May 7

Pay Per View

Boxing

Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan

May 8

FS1

Mixed Martial Arts

UFC Fight Night: TBD

Pay Per View

Wrestling

Ring of Honor: Global Wars 2016 — Live!

May 14

FS1

Mixed Martial Arts

UFC Fight Night: TBD

May 17

FS1

Boxing

Card TBD

R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.