Get ready for UFC 295, happening this Saturday, with two title fights set to take place. But before that, join MMA Junkie’s Farah Hannoun for a preview show right here at 5 p.m. ET.
In the main event, former light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka (29-3-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) will face ex-middleweight champ Alex Pereira (8-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) for the vacant 205-pound title, as Pereira aims to become the UFC’s newest two-division titleholder.
The co-headliner features an interim heavyweight title fight between Sergei Pavlovich (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) and Tom Aspinall (13-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC). It’s a fight for the belt after champ Jon Jones suffered an injury during training for his fight with Stipe Miocic, which was the card’s original headliner.
UFC 295 will occur at Madison Square Garden in New York this Saturday. The main card will air on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+. Below is the lineup of fights included in the watch-along:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
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Jiri Prochazka vs. Alex Pereira – for vacant light heavyweight title
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Sergei Pavlovich vs. Tom Aspinall – for interim heavyweight title
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Jessica Andrade vs. Mackenzie Dern
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Matt Frevola vs. Benoit Saint-Denis
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Diego Lopes vs. Pat Sabatini
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews, 8 p.m. ET)
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Alessandro Costa vs. Stephen Erceg
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Loopy Godinez vs. Tabatha Ricci
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Mateusz Rebecki vs. Roosevelt Roberts
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Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Nazim Sadykhov
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
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Jared Gordon vs. Mark Madsen
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John Castaneda vs. Kyung Ho Kang
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Kevin Borjas vs. Joshua Van
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Dennis Buzukja vs. Jamall Emmers
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 295.
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