UFC 165
| UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 21, 2013 | |||
| Venue | Air Canada Centre | |||
| City | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on September 21, 2013 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Background
The main event is expected to be a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Jon Jones and #2 contender Alexander Gustafsson.[2][3][4] Co-featured on the card will be a rescheduled Interim Bantamweight Championship bout between the current champion Renan Barão, and former WEC Bantamweight Champion and top contender Eddie Wineland.[5] The pairing was first planned as the headliner at UFC 161, but was scrapped from that event after Barao was sidelined with a foot injury.[6]
Official fight card
| Fight Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones (c) | vs. | Alexander Gustafsson | [a] | |||
| Bantamweight | Renan Barão (ic) | vs. | Eddie Wineland | [b] | |||
| Heavyweight | Brendan Schaub | vs. | Matt Mitrione | ||||
| Lightweight | Pat Healy | vs. | Khabib Nurmagomedov | ||||
| Lightweight | Mike Ricci | vs. | Myles Jury | ||||
| Bantamweight | Ivan Menjivar | vs. | Norifumi Yamamoto | ||||
| Welterweight | Chris Clements | vs. | Stephen Thompson | ||||
| Bantamweight | Mitch Gagnon | vs. | Dustin Kimura | ||||
| Lightweight | John Makdessi | vs. | Renee Forte | ||||
| Lightweight | Mark Bocek | vs. | Michel Prazeres | ||||
| Heavyweight | Nandor Guelmino | vs. | Daniel Omielanczuk | ||||
- ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the Interim Bantamweight Championship.
See also
References
- ^ Staff (2013-05-14). "UFC 165 heads to Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Sept. 21". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
- ^ Dann Stupp and Matt Erickson (2013-06-13). "Champ Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson to headline UFC 165 in Toronto". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ Franklin McNeil (2013-06-13). "Jones-Gustafsson set for UFC 165". espn.go.com.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ "UFC Fighter Rankings". 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
- ^ Matt Erickson (2013-07-03). "Renan Barao, Eddie Wineland meet for interim 135 title as UFC 165 co-main event". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ^ Dave Deibert (2013-07-03). "Barao, Wineland interim title bout set for UFC 165 in Toronto". thestarphoenix.com. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ^ "UFC® 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
