UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 1, 2010 at the EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
The event will be second UFC event to be broadcast on Versus, the first being UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones and will also mark the first event that the UFC has hosted in Utah.
Offical Card
Main Card
* Light Heavyweight bout: United States Jon Jones vs. Belarus Vladimir Matyushenko
* Middleweight bout: United States Mark Muñoz vs. Japan Yushin Okami
* Welterweight bout: United States John Howard vs. United States Jake Ellenberger
* Lightweight bout: United States Tyson Griffin vs. Japan Takanori Gomi
Preliminary Card
* Lightweight bout: England Paul Kelly vs. United States Jacob Volkmann
* Welterweight bout: United States DaMarques Johnson vs. United States Matthew Riddle
* Light Heavyweight bout: United States James Irvin vs. Croatia Igor Pokrajac
* Middleweight bout: United States Brian Stann vs. United States Mike Massenzio
* Lightweight bout: United States Darren Elkins vs. Brazil Charles Oliveira
* Middleweight bout: United States Rob Kimmons vs. United States Steve Steinbeiss
Background
Jim Miller and Gleison Tibau were set to fight at this event, but it was later moved to UFC Fight Night 22.
Two bouts have been moved to this event due to visa issues. Paul Kelly vs. Jacob Volkmann from UFC 116 and Darren Elkins vs. Charles Oliveira from The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale.
Joe Stevenson suffered a knee injury in training and was be unable to fight Takanori Gomi. Stevenson was replaced by Tyson Griffin
Willamy Freire also suffered an injury, forcing the cancellation of his fight with Thiago Tavares.
"Big" John McCarthy will be a referee at this event, the first time he has refereed at a UFC event in almost 3 years.