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Dark Side of the Cage
Dark Side of the Cage

Dark Side of the Cage

—"Dark Side of the Cage" cuts through the glamour and glory of the MMA spectacle to reveal the never-before-told stories behind its most iconic fighters.
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    Chael Sonnen: Becoming the Bad Guy
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    Chael Sonnen sells out arenas by becoming MMA's ultimate anti-hero, only for outside-the-cage scandals to expose the real guy behind "The Bad Guy."
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  • Conor vs Khabib

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    Upcoming
  • Affliction: From Fightwear to Nightmare

    When the UFC bans their hit T-shirt brand, Affliction's founders kick off an ego-fueled war by launching a rival MMA promotion, which rises quickly and crashes just as fast.
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Season 23 of 6 Episodes

  • UFC showman Jason Miller becomes a crossover star on MTV, but when lines blur between his "Mayhem" persona and his reality, it risks costing him everything.

  • Phil Baroni rises to fame as the UFC's "New York Bad Ass", but friends and family struggle to reconcile his legacy with a shocking murder charge in Mexico.

  • Don Frye becomes a titan of UFC and PRIDE, forging a legacy as one of MMA's toughest athletes, but the damage absorbed in the cage leads him into the fight of his life.

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8 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    The Mayhem of Jason Miller
    Don Frye: The Predator and the Pain
    Phil Baroni: Fall of the New York Badass
    The Final Days of Evan Tanner
    The Downfall of War Machine
    Diego Sanchez: The Fighter and the Guru
    The Triumph and Tragedy of Matt Hughes
    The Disappearance of Ronda Rousey
  • The Mayhem of Jason Miller

    UFC showman Jason Miller becomes a crossover star on MTV, but when lines blur between his "Mayhem" persona and his reality, it risks costing him everything.
    Upcoming
  • Don Frye: The Predator and the Pain

    Don Frye becomes a titan of UFC and PRIDE, forging a legacy as one of MMA's toughest athletes, but the damage absorbed in the cage leads him into the fight of his life.
    Upcoming
  • Phil Baroni: Fall of the New York Badass

    Phil Baroni rises to fame as the UFC's "New York Bad Ass", but friends and family struggle to reconcile his legacy with a shocking murder charge in Mexico.
    Upcoming
  • The Final Days of Evan Tanner

    When UFC pioneer Evan Tanner is found dead of heat exposure alone in the California desert, the MMA world wonders what led to his passing.
    Upcoming
  • The Downfall of War Machine

    One of MMA's most notorious figures, Jon "War Machine" Koppenhaver, commits a night of violence that earns him life in prison.
    Upcoming
  • Diego Sanchez: The Fighter and the Guru

    Diego Sanchez, one prestigious UFC fighter, is taken advantage of by a guru who turns his life into a living nightmare.
    Upcoming
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