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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Stouffer Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 [email protected] UFC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION TYRON WOODLEY, FORMER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION CHRIS WEIDMAN JOIN AS FOX SPORTS DESK ANALYSTS WITH KENNY FLORIAN & HOST KARYN BRYANT FOR UFC 217: BISPING VS. GSP UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier Calls Fights with Analyst Joe Rogan and Blow-by-Blow Announcer Jon Anik UFC TONIGHT, UFC 217 FIGHT NIGHT PREFIGHT and POSTFIGHT SHOWS Live From New York City Los Angeles – Today, FOX Sports announces its broadcast team for UFC 217: BISPING VS. GSP on FS1 and FOX Deportes this Friday and Saturday. Current UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley (@TWooodley), former middleweight champion Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) and retired contender Kenny Florian (@KennyFlorian) serve as FOX Sports desk analysts with host Karyn Bryant (@KarynBryant) live from New York City. UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) joins analyst Joe Rogan (@JoeRogan) and blow-by-blow announcer Jon Anik (@Jon_Anik) to call UFC 217: BISPING VS. GSP on Saturday live from Madison Square Garden. Reporter Megan Olivi (@MeganOlivi) interviews fighters on-site. UFC bantamweight Erik “Goyito” Perez (@Goyito_Perez), Santiago Ponzinibbio (@SPonzinibbioMMA) and Victor Davila (@mastervic10) call the Spanish language telecast on FOX Deportes. In the UFC 217 main event, middleweight champion Michael Bisping (31-7) faces returning Canadian legend Georges St-Pierre (25-2). After a career-best year in 2016, in which he beat superstars Anderson Silva and Dan Henderson and scored a knockout of Luke Rockhold that earned him the UFC middleweight crown, Bisping attempts to add another superstar, St-Pierre, to his resume. Perhaps the greatest welterweight in UFC history, GSP makes his first Octagon appearance since 2013, and after nine successful defenses of his welterweight title, he’ll begin a new chapter in his storied career at 185 pounds. UFC 217 features two additional title fights, with undefeated bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt (11-0) facing former teammate turned bitter rival T.J. Dillashaw (15-3). Plus, undefeated strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-0) faces THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER finalist Rose Namajunas (7-3). FOX Sports begins its coverage of UFC 217 on Wednesday, Nov. 1 (8:00 PM ET), with UFC TONIGHT live from New York City. Hosts Florian and Cormier preview UFC 217 and interview headliners Bisping and St-Pierre, as well as Garbrandt, Dillashaw and Jedrzejczyk. The UFC 217 WEIGH-IN SHOW takes place on Friday, Nov. 3 (6:00 PM ET) on FS1 with host Karyn Bryant and analysts Woodley, Weidman and Florian previewing the upcoming fights. Saturday’s programming begins with the UFC 217 PREFIGHT SHOW on FS2 (7:00 PM ET) as Bryant, Florian, Woodley, Weidman and Olivi break down the night’s three title fights. The two-hour UFC 217 PRELIMS continue on FS1 and FOX Deportes at 8:00 PM ET and feature four action-packed bouts. Lightweight James Vick (11-1) faces Joe Duffy (16-2). Heavyweight Walt Harris (10-5) squares off with Mark Godbeer (12-3), while No. 6-ranked Ovince Saint Preux (21-10) and No. 7 Corey Anderson (10-3) go head-to-head in a light heavyweight bout. Plus, Randy Brown (9-2) and Mickey Gall (4-0) open the PRELIMS with an exciting welterweight bout. The action wraps up immediately following the main event with the UFC 217 POSTFIGHT SHOW on FS1. Leading up to UFC 217, UFC fighters offer unique, behind-the-scenes clips on FOX Sports PROcast and on the FOX UFC social pages. Follow @UFConFOX on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all updates throughout the #UFC217 fights this Saturday. Viewers can live stream the UFC shows on FOX Sports GO, available in English or Spanish through the FS1 or FOX Deportes feeds. The shows are available on desktop at FOXSportsGO.com and through the app store or on connected devices including Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, Xbox One and Roku. In addition, all programs are also available on FOX Sports on SiriusXM channel 83 on satellite radios and on the SiriusXM app. For notes, coverage, bios, photography and more, visit the FOX UFC page on FOX Sports Press Pass. FOX SPORTS UFC PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE DATE TIME (ET) EVENT NET* Wednesday, 8:00 PM UFC TONIGHT FS1 Nov. 1 Wednesday, 10:00 PM THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER FS1 Nov. 1 Wednesday, 11:00 PM TUF TALK FS1 Nov. 1 Friday, 6:00 PM FS1 UFC 217 WEIGH-IN SHOW FS1 Nov. 3 Saturday, 7:00 PM FS1 UFC 217 PREFIGHT SHOW FS2 Nov. 4 Saturday, 8:00 PM FS1 UFC 217 PRELIMS FS1 / FOX Nov. 4 Deportes Saturday, 1:30 AM FS1 UFC 217 POSTFIGHT SHOW FS1 Nov. 4 *All programs also available on FOX Sports GO and FOX Sports on SiriusXM channel 83. --FOX SPORTS-- .