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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.
Official fight card
Fight card
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones (c) vs. Alexander Gustafsson For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
Bantamweight Renan Barão (ic) vs. Eddie Wineland For the Interim Bantamweight Championship.
Heavyweight Brendan Schaub vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight Costa Philippou vs. Francis Carmont
Lightweight Pat Healy vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight Mike Ricci vs. Myles Jury
Bantamweight Ivan Menjivar vs. Wilson Reis
Welterweight Chris Clements vs. Stephen Thompson
Bantamweight Mitch Gagnon vs. Dustin Kimura
Preliminary card (Facebook/Youtube)
Lightweight John Makdessi vs. Renee Forte
Lightweight Jesse Ronson vs. Michel Prazeres
Bantamweight Roland Delorme vs. Alex Caceres
Heavyweight Nandor Guelmino vs. Daniel Omielanczuk
Background
UFC 165 is the first UFC pay-per-view to feature two title defenses since UFC 152, which also took place in Toronto.
The main event is expected to be a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Jon Jones and #1 contender Alexander Gustafsson.
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. The pairing was first planned as the headliner at UFC 161, but was removed from that event after Barao had a foot injury.
Mark Bocek was expected to face Michel Prazeres at this event. However, Bocek pulled out due to an injury and was replaced by UFC newcomer Jesse Ronson.
Ivan Menjivar was expected to face Norifumi Yamamoto at the event. However, Yamamoto was removed from the bout and was replaced by Wilson Reis.
Aug 19 - updated fight card
Sep 9 - updated fight card & background
