MMA Live is a sports show about mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

. It is seen on ESPN2

ESPN2

ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...

. The show features analysts such as Franklin McNeil, Pat Miletich

Pat Miletich

Patrick Jay Miletich is a retired American mixed martial artist and a current sports commentator. He is known for his fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he became the first UFC Welterweight Champion and UFC 16 tournament champion....

, Kenny Florian

Kenny Florian

Kenneth Alan Florian is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, and is known for his cerebral approach to the sport based on his meticulous game plans and...

 and Rashad Evans

Rashad Evans

Rashad Anton Evans is an American mixed martial artist from Niagara Falls, New York, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Evans won the heavyweight division of The Ultimate Fighter 2. Evans lost the UFC Light Heavyweight...

. MMA Live was originally an Internet show, but made the move to television after positive reception. The show is also seen in the UK, Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 on ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

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Other occasional hosts of the show include, UFC Middleweight contenders Chael Sonnen

Chael Sonnen

Chael Patrick Sonnen is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was an NCAA Division I All-American wrestler at the University of Oregon, a two-time University Greco national champion as well as the 85.0 kg silver medalist at...

 and Brian Stann

Brian Stann

Brian Michael Stann is an American mixed martial artist and former US Marine who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former WEC Light Heavyweight champion...

, UFC Bantamweight contender Miguel Torres

Miguel Torres

Miguel Torres may refer to:*Miguel Torres , American mixed martial artist*Miguel Angel Torres, Peruvian footballer*Miguel A. Torres, president of Bodegas Torres*Miguel Torres de Andrade, Brazilian footballer, writer, and actor...

, UFC Light Heavyweight Stephan Bonnar

Stephan Bonnar

Stephan Patrick Bonnar is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

 and former Strikeforce

Strikeforce

Strikeforce is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California. It is headed by CEO Scott Coker and owned by Zuffa, LLC...

 Light Heavyweight Champion Muhammed Lawal

Muhammed Lawal

|-| Win|align=center| 8–1| Roger Gracie| KO | Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov| |align=center| 1|align=center| 4:37|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States|||-| Loss|align=center| 7–1| Rafael Cavalcante| TKO...

. MMA For Dummies is a segment on MMA Live, which features mixed martial arts-fighting techniques. Each segment demonstrates a single technique in a basic and straightforward manner, performed by a notable mixed martial arts fighter.

Hosts, Analysts and Other Contributors

Jon Anik

Jon Anik

Jon Anik is a former ESPN anchor and host of ESPN.com's MMA Live. He currently works for the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a commentator.-Early life:...

 (Host, 2010-2011)

Todd Grisham

Todd Grisham

Todd Grisham is an American presenter/announcer who is best known for his time in the WWE as a backstage interviewer, play-by-play commentator and occasional ring announcer...

 (Host, 2011-)

Jonathan Coachman

Jonathan Coachman

Jonathan William Coachman , also known as "The Coach", is a former professional wrestling color commentator and authority figure. He is also a former college basketball player, and football play-by-play announcer...

 (Guest Host, 2011)

Kenny Florian

Kenny Florian

Kenneth Alan Florian is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, and is known for his cerebral approach to the sport based on his meticulous game plans and...

 (Analyst, 2010-)

Franklin McNeil (Analyst, 2010-)

Rashad Evans

Rashad Evans

Rashad Anton Evans is an American mixed martial artist from Niagara Falls, New York, currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Evans won the heavyweight division of The Ultimate Fighter 2. Evans lost the UFC Light Heavyweight...

 (Analyst, 2010-)

Miguel Torres

Miguel Torres

Miguel Torres may refer to:*Miguel Torres , American mixed martial artist*Miguel Angel Torres, Peruvian footballer*Miguel A. Torres, president of Bodegas Torres*Miguel Torres de Andrade, Brazilian footballer, writer, and actor...

 (Analyst, 2010-)

Gilbert Melendez

Gilbert Melendez

Gilbert Melendez is an American mixed martial artist of Mexican descent. Currently fighting out of San Francisco, California, he formerly competed in the lightweight division of PRIDE Fighting Championships and now competes in Strikeforce...

 (Analyst, 2010-)

Muhammed Lawal

Muhammed Lawal

|-| Win|align=center| 8–1| Roger Gracie| KO | Strikeforce World Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov| |align=center| 1|align=center| 4:37|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States|||-| Loss|align=center| 7–1| Rafael Cavalcante| TKO...

 (Analyst, 2010-)

Stephan Bonnar

Stephan Bonnar

Stephan Patrick Bonnar is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

 (Analyst, 2010-)

Chael Sonnen

Chael Sonnen

Chael Patrick Sonnen is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was an NCAA Division I All-American wrestler at the University of Oregon, a two-time University Greco national champion as well as the 85.0 kg silver medalist at...

 (Analyst, 2010-)

Josh Gross (Insider, 2010-)

Brett Okamoto (Insider, 2010-)

Molly Qerim

Molly Qerim

Molly Qerim is a sports anchor and reporter for The CBS Sports Network.-Early Life :Qerim graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts in communications and a minor in business administration...

(Correspondent, 2010)

Gareth A. Davies (International Correspondent (2010-)