When it was confirmed that the UFC and Bellator would be running live shows on September 5th, just minutes apart from each other in Connecticut, it was thought to be the first real test of their relative drawing power both inside the arena and on television. Of course, that came at a time when Bjorn Rebney was still with Bellator, instead of current President Scott Coker.

Prior to last night's Fox Sports press release, the UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi main card was slated to air at 9 PM ET and run for three hours, with Bellator 123: Curran vs. Pitbull II scheduled for an 8 PM ET two-hour long main card kickoff on Spike TV. In a surprise change of schedule, the UFC and Fox Sports have pushed John Moraga vs. Justin Scoggins and Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz to the preliminary card, and have changed the main card to just four fights running from 10 PM ET to approximately midnight ET. The whole preliminary card will also air on Fox Sports 1, beginning at 7 PM ET.

Basically, what this means is that the conclusion of Bellator 123, which features Pat Curran and Patricio Pitbull in the main event, is likely to end at approximately 10 PM ET, so viewers who want to catch both main cards can probably do so. The only real "snag" per se is for those who will flip channels back-and-forth between Bellator's main event and the rather strong UFC prelims.

So if you thought that you had to choose one or the other this Friday night, it looks like this latest change by the UFC has made it so that you can watch both. The re-tooled bout order now looks like this:

Main Card (10 PM ET, FS1)

Ronaldo Souza vs. Gegard Mousasi

Alistair Overeem vs. Ben Rothwell

Matt Mitrione vs. Derrick Lewis

Joe Lauzon vs. Michael Chiesa

Preliminary Card (7 PM ET, FS1)

Charles Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz

John Moraga vs. Justin Scoggins

Al Iaquinta vs. Rodrigo Damm

Chris Camozzi vs. Rafael Natal

Tateki Matsuda vs. Chris Beal

Sean Soriano vs. Chas Skelly