UFC® 178: JONES vs. CORMIER
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27 – LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS
Las Vegas
– No. 1 light heavyweight contender
Alexander Gustafsson has suffered a knee injury that has forced him to withdraw from his UFC 178 bout with champion
Jon Jones. As a result, No. 2 contender
Daniel Cormier will challenge Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title on Saturday, Sept. 27 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Undefeated
at 15-0 in his pro career, Cormier owns UFC victories over the likes of
Frank Mir, Roy Nelson, Patrick Cummins and Dan Henderson. A two-time
U.S. Olympian and
former standout wrestler at Oklahoma State University, Cormier has long
been considered a potential threat to Jones’ reign as 205-pound
champion.
He
and Jones have traded words in the press for months regarding a
potential fight and their feud only intensified once Cormier moved to
the light heavyweight division
at the start of 2014. This heated rivalry will now finally be settled
inside the Octagon®
on Sept. 27 in what could be one of the biggest events of the year.
An updated UFC 178 press tour schedule, as well as ticket information, will be released in the days to come.
CHRIS WEIDMAN TO DEFEND UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST
VITOR BELFORT DEC. 6 IN LAS VEGAS
UFC® 181: WEIDMAN vs. BELFORT
SATURDAY, DEC. 6 – LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW
MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER
Las Vegas
– The
UFC® announced that former champion
Vitor Belfort
was granted
a license to compete in the state of Nevada at a commission hearing
held today. A winner of three straight, Belfort will now face UFC
middleweight champion
Chris Weidman in the main event
of UFC 181 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Saturday, Dec. 6.
Since
returning to the UFC in 2009, Belfort has scored victories over some of
the biggest names in the sport, including Rich Franklin, Yoshihiro
Akiyama, Anthony Johnson,
Michael Bisping, Luke Rockhold, and Dan Henderson. Now he’ll challenge
the champion Weidman, who is the only man to defeat UFC legend Anderson
Silva twice. The 30-year-old New Yorker is fresh off a victory over
Lyoto Machida early this month in a candidate
for 2014 Fight of the Year.
UFC®
181: WEIDMAN vs. BELFORT will be available live on Pay-Per-View on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on UFC.TV,
iN DEMAND, DirecTV, DISH Network, Avail-TVN, and
in Canada on BellTV, Shaw Communications, Sasktel, and Viewer’s Choice
Canada for a suggested retail price of $44.99 US/$49.99 CAN for Standard
Definition and $54.99 US/$59.99 CAN for High -Definition.
TOP CONTENDERS MEET AS ‘JACARE’ SOUZA TAKES ON GEGARD MOUSASI
ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 AT
FOXWOODS® RESORT CASINO
Plus:
ALISTAIR OVEREEM vs. BEN ROTHWELL
MATT MITRIONE vs. DERRICK LEWIS
JOE LAUZON vs. MICHAEL CHIESA
SEAN SORIANO vs. ANDRE FILI
NIK LENTZ vs. CHARLES OLIVEIRA
ROB FONT vs. CHRIS BEAL
RAFAEL NATAL vs. CHRIS CAMOZZI
AL IAQUINTA vs. RODRIGO DAMM
TICKETS FOR
UFC FIGHT NIGHT™: JACARE vs. MOUSASI
AT FOXWOODS RESORT CASINO
ON SALE FRIDAY, JULY 25
Las Vegas, Nevada – The UFC®
returns to Connecticut for the first time in nearly a decade on Friday, September 5 at Foxwoods®
Casino Resort in Mashantucket, Conn. with a five-round main event
pitting two of the best middleweights against one another as
fourth-ranked
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza takes on seventh-ranked
Gegard Mousasi
in a bout that could determine
the division’s next title contender. The UFC’s last visit to the state
saw Andrei Arlovski knock out Paul Buentello in just fifteen seconds of
the very first round to defend the UFC heavyweight championship at UFC
55 on October 7, 2005.
Currently
riding a six-fight win streak, and undefeated inside the Octagon, (No.
4) “Jacare” (20-3, 1 NC, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) will
look to continue
his climb toward a UFC title shot with a victory in September. A former
STRIKEFORCE® middleweight champ with victories
over Robbie Lawler, Tim Kennedy and Francis Carmont, “Jacare” is also
looking to avenge a previous loss to Mousasi
and solidify his spot as a title contender. A long-time dominant light
heavyweight and former STRIKEFORCE champ, Mousasi (35-4-2, fighting out
of Leiden, Holland, The Netherlands) has won five of his last six bouts
and boasts career wins over Mark Munoz, Mark
Hunt, Ovince Saint Preux, as well as a KO victory in the 2008 meeting
against Souza. The winner of the bout could potentially set themselves
up as the frontrunner in the wide open 185-pound division against
current champ Chris Weidman.
In addition, a heavyweight slugfest will feature (No. 7)
Alistair Overeem (37-13, 1NC, fighting out
of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) colliding with Ben Rothwell
(33-9, fighting out of Kenosha, Wis.). With an astonishing 64 finishes
between the two giants, fans won’t want to blink, as this bout has
“Fight of the Night” written all over it.
Also in the heavyweight division, former pro football defensive tackle
Matt Mitrione
(7-3,
fighting out of Boca Raton, Fla.), who is coming off a “Performance of
the Night” knockout victory over Shawn Jordan, will look to continue his
winning ways when he meets
surging contender Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis
(11-2, 1NC fighting out of Houston, Texas.) who is also fresh off of a first-round knockout victory.
Other bouts for UFC Fight Night include:
·
Local fan-favorite
Joe Lauzon
(23-10, fighting out of Bridgewater, Mass.) against
The Ultimate Fighter: Live winner, Michael Chiesa
(11-1, fighting out of Spokane Valley, Wash.) in the lightweight division.- Providence, R.I’s own Sean Soriano (8-1, fighting out of Boca Raton, Fla.) vs. featherweight knockout artist Andre Fili (13-2, fighting out of Sacramento, Calif.).
- No. 9-ranked featherweight contender Nik Lentz (27-6-2, 1NC, fighting out of Coconut Creek, Fla.) vs. submission specialist and No. 14-ranked Charles Oliveira (18-4, 1NC, fighting out of Houston, Texas) in a highly-anticipated rematch.
- Devastating finisher and New England-based Rob Font (11-1, fighting out of North Reading, Mass.) vs. undefeated bantamweight Chris Beal (9-0, fighting out of Ventura, Calif.).
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Rafael Natal (17-6-1, fighting out of New York, N.Y.) vs. well-rounded middleweight Chris Camozzi (19-8, fighting out of Lakewood, Colo.).
- New York-based lightweight Al Iaquinta (8-3-1, fighting out of Garden City, N.Y.) vs. seven-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion Rodrigo Damm (12-7, fighting out of Vila Velha, Espirito Santo Brazil).
Tickets for
UFC FIGHT NIGHT™: JACARE vs. MOUSASI go on sale Friday, July 25 at 10 a.m. ET and are priced at $350, $250 and $100. Tickets may be purchased online at
www.foxwoods.com, by calling the Foxwoods’ Box Office at 800-200-2882, Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or at
www.ticketmaster.com.
Tickets are available for purchase at. Ticket sales are limited to
eight (8) per person. Ticket prices do not include applicable service
charges.
UFC Fight Club®
members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event Wednesday, July 23 at 10 a.m. ET via the website
www.ufcfightclub.com. A special Internet ticket pre-sale will be
available to UFC newsletter subscribers Thursday, July 24 starting at 10 am. ET. To access this presale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through
UFC.com.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT™:
JACARE vs. MOUSASI will air live on FOX Sports 1 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Friday, September 5, with the prelims kicking off the evening on FOX Sports
1 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
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