Best of FOX Sports 1's first weekend

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FOX Sports 1 has arrived, and it's been a fun couple of days already. From a big UFC fight to the debut of FOX Sports Live, we're off and running and hope you're enjoying the ride.

If you missed anything from the weekend's programming, here are some of our favorite highlights. Enjoy, and find your channel now so you can start watching too.

Tom Brady opens up in one-on-one interview

The Patriots quarterback — whose knee is just fine, thanks for asking — isn't much for lengthy sit-downs, but he made an exception for our Michael Strahan. Here's a sampling:

Miss it on Saturday? You can catch the re-air Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET.

Sonnen drops a poem, then calls out Silva

After beating Shogun Rua in the main event of Saturday's UFC on FOX Sport 1, Chael Sonnen had a little fun with the guy he'd like to be his next opponent. It should be no surprise, after 18 straight days of lead-up poems, that this post-fight speech also came partially in the same format:

Judging from Wanderlei's reaction to seeing Sonnen win, he might be set to take him up on it.

Jay Onrait gives best preseason game promo ever

This one speaks for itself, and almost single-handedly made Sunday's Colts-Giants game on FOX a must-watch:

Sorry. We should've warned you. It's kind of loud.

How about the ole kick-to-the-face KO?

Travis Browne earned Knockout of the Night honors at Saturday's UFC on FOX Sports 1 for this boot to the chin of Alistair Overeem that sent the big man careening down to the canvas for the finishing blows:

And there are plenty more UFC highlights where that came from. Here are Sonnen-Rua, Faber-Alcantara, and McDonald-Pickett.

FS Live panel takes on Ryan Braun

One of the unique features of FOX Sports Live, the all-athlete panel — hosted by Charissa Thompson — discussed many hot topics in sports throughout the weekend, perhaps none more memorable than when former MLB player Gabe Kapler joined to discuss the Ryan Braun scandal:

Strong words, but Kirk Gibson wins the award for harshest Braun comments of the weekend.

Hey, we're fair: We read critical tweets on-air

Not all of the feedback, of course, was 100 percent rosy. But we love you all, America. Even those of you who haven't warmed up to it. Here's some of our favorite feedback, good and bad:

The best response, though, was probably this critique from a small dog.

FOX Sports 1 crowns its first champion

UFC took center stage Saturday night, but earlier in the day, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series got the honor of first live competitive event on the new network. James Buescher outraced Kyle Busch to the finish to take the win: