A&E will launch UFC Rivals later this month with CM Punk among those scheduled to appear on the roundtable of experts.
The series will kick off with back-to-back episodes on Sunday, June 21, at 8 p.m. ET.
UFC Rivals will reflect on past rivalries in the UFC with a roundtable hosted by Mario Lopez, and features CM Punk, Miesha Tate, Michael Bisping, and Ken Shamrock on the panel.
The first episode focuses on Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. The two first fought in April 2004 after a long period of attempting to put the fight together, where Ortiz pushed for higher compensation. Liddell finished Ortiz in the second round of their light heavyweight fight. The rematch was a huge fight in December 2006 and set the company’s pay-per-view record at the time after Ortiz won fights against Forrest Griffin and twice against Ken Shamrock earlier that year before losing the rematch to Liddell. They fought a third time in November 2018 for Golden Boy Promotions, and Ortiz stopped Liddell in the first round.
The second episode is a feature on Georges St-Pierre and Matt Serra covering their fights in 2007 and 2008. The first fight at UFC 69 was one of the biggest upsets in MMA history when Serra stopped St-Pierre and stunningly won the welterweight championship. St-Pierre changed up his camp and responded with a win against Josh Koscheck in August and beat Matt Hughes in December, lining up a rematch with Serra in his home province of Quebec. UFC 83 was the first UFC card in Canada in April 2008, as a sold-out Bell Centre saw St-Pierre regain his championship.
UFC Rivals will be followed by episodes of WWE LFG and WWE’s Greatest Moments.
