UFC 295 fight card: Date, matches, other key details
Regrettably, UFC 295 faced a setback with the injury sidelining heavyweight champion Jon Jones, leading to the cancellation of his scheduled title defense against Stipe Miocic. Despite this unforeseen turn of events affecting the planned main event, the fight card remains brimming with compelling matchups, promising a night of closely contested battles for fans to relish.
UFC 295 Fight Card
UFC 295 will witness crucial fights such as Diego Lopes vs Pat Sabatini, Matt Frevola vs Benoit Saint-Denis, Mackenzie Dern vs Jessica Andrade, Sergei Pavlovich vs Tom Aspinall, and Jiri Prochazka vs Alex Pereira.
Jones tore a pectoral tendon off the bone during training. UFC President Dana White said Jones was injured during a training session in October. The heavyweight champion needs surgery and will be out at least eight months, throwing out the anticipated main event of UFC 295 on November 11 at Madison Square Garden.
White said Sergei Pavlovich and Tom Aspinall will fight for the interim heavyweight title. The light heavyweight title fight between Jiri Prochazka and Alex Pereira was bumped to the main event.
Jones ended a three-year sabbatical from the UFC in March and moved up to its highest weight class to choke out Ciryl Gane and win the vacant championship in the main event of UFC 285.
Jones said after that fight he wanted Miocic, who is the second-ranked contender and who Jones called the greatest heavyweight ever. White said that fight would take place and a date was set for MSG.
Jones had already made the case he was the best light heavyweight by winning a record 14 title fights and is on a UFC-best 18-match unbeaten streak, giving him a 26-1 record with one no-contest.
He was suspended for a year in 2016 for a
