Bad blood started between Jones and Cormier in early August to announce their fight at UFC 178 in September. After the pre-fight press conference, they did a face to face staredown. Jones leaned his forehead into Cormier and a brawl ensued into the lobby of the MGM Grand Hotel. That led to both guys getting fined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for the incident and a lot anticipation to see the fight happen. Jones suffered a knee and ankle injury in training that led the fight to take place this Saturday.
UFC 182 starts at 7 p.m. ET with two fights on UFC Fight Pass. The card then switches to Fox Sports 1 at 8 ET, with the main card starting 10 ET on pay-per-view.
Here is the full card for UFC 182:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier – for UFC light heavyweight title Donald Cerrone vs. Myles Jury Nate Marquardt vs. Brad Tavares Louis Gaudinot vs. Kyoji Horiguchi Josh Burkman vs. Hector Lombard
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET)
Danny Castillo vs. Paul Felder Marcus Brimage vs. Cody Garbrandt Jared Cannonier vs. Shawn Jordan Rodrigo Damm vs. Evan Dunham
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)
Omari Akhmedov vs. Mats Nilsson Alexis Dufresne vs. Marion Reneau
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