UFC 295

UFC 295: Procházka vs. Pereira is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on November 11, 2023, at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, United States.[1]

UFC 295: Procházka vs. Pereira
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateNovember 11, 2023 (2023-11-11)
VenueMadison Square Garden
CityNew York City, New York, United States
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis UFC 295: Procházka vs. Pereira UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig

Background

The event will mark the promotion's seventh visit to New York City and first since UFC 281 in November 2022.[1]

A UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion (also former two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion) Jon Jones and former two-time champion Stipe Miocic was expected to headline the event.[2] However, it was announced on October 24 that Jon Jones was unable to fight due to a torn pec injury and the fight was cancelled.[3]

Sergei Pavlovich vs Tom Aspinall for the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship will now serve as the replacement for this fight, as the co-main event.[3]

A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former champion Jiří Procházka (also the inaugural Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion) and former UFC Middleweight Champion Alex Pereira (also former Glory Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion) was expected to serve as the co-headliner, but will now serve as the main event.[4] Former champion Jamahal Hill vacated the title after he ruptured his Achilles tendon.[5]

A flyweight bout between Joshua Van and Kevin Borjas is expected to take place at the event.[6] The pairing was previously scheduled to meet at Dana White's Contender Series 57, but Van was pulled in order to face Zhalgas Zhumagulov at UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria.[7]

A middleweight bout between Derek Brunson and Roman Dolidze was set to take place at the event.[8] However, Brunson parted ways with the organization and the bout was scrapped.[9]

Fight card
Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Light Heavyweight Jiří Procházka vs. Alex Pereira [lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich vs. Tom Aspinall [lower-alpha 2]
Featherweight Diego Lopes vs. Pat Sabatini
Women's Strawweight Mackenzie Dern vs. Jéssica Andrade
Lightweight Matt Frevola vs. Benoît Saint-Denis
Preliminary card (ESPN+)
Flyweight Matt Schnell vs. Steve Erceg
Women's Strawweight Tabatha Ricci vs. Loopy Godinez
Lightweight Nazim Sadykhov vs. Viacheslav Borshchev
Lightweight Mateusz Rębecki vs. Nurullo Aliev
Featherweight Dennis Buzukja vs. Jamall Emmers
Lightweight Jared Gordon vs. Mark Madsen
Bantamweight John Castañeda vs. Kang Kyung-ho
Flyweight Joshua Van vs. Kevin Borjas
  1. For the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
  2. For the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship.

[10]

See also

References
  1. Kevin Iole (2023-07-07). "Jon Jones will make 1st heavyweight title defense at UFC 295 in New York against ex-champ Stipe Miocic". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  2. Nolan King (2023-07-07). "Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic heavyweight title fight set to headline UFC 295 in November". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  3. "BREAKING: UFC rocked by another injury bombshell as Jon Jones out of huge UFC 295 title fight". Fox Sports. 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  4. Damon Martin (2023-09-20). "Jiri Prochazka vs. Alex Pereira set for vacant light heavyweight title fight as UFC 295 co-main event". mmafighting.comn. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  5. Damon Martin (2023-07-14). "Jamahal Hill relinquishes UFC title after suffering ruptured Achilles in basketball game". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  6. News Desk (2023-08-14). "Kevin Borjas UFC debut reported vs Joshua Van at UFC 295 event". itnwwe.com. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  7. Alexander K. Lee (2023-06-15). "Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Felipe Bunes off UFC Vegas 75, Zhumagulov to fight Joshua Van at UFC Jacksonville". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  8. Harvey Leonard (2023-07-24). "Derek Brunson vs. Roman Dolidze Added To UFC 295 At Madison Square Garden On November 11". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  9. Shaun Al-Shatti (2023-09-14). "Derek Brunson and UFC part ways, fight with Roman Dolidze scrapped". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  10. "UFC 295: Jones vs. Miocic". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
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