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UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on January 3, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Official fight card
Fight card
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones (c) vs. Daniel Cormier For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
Lightweight Donald Cerrone vs. Myles Jury
Middleweight Brad Tavares vs. Nate Marquardt
Flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Louis Gaudinot
Welterweight Hector Lombard vs. Josh Burkman
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Lightweight Danny Castillo vs. Paul Felder
Bantamweight Marcus Brimage vs. Cody Garbrandt
Heavyweight Shawn Jordan vs. Jared Cannonier
Lightweight Evan Dunham vs. Rodrigo Damm
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Welterweight Omari Akhmedov vs. Mats Nilsson
Women's Bantamweight Alexis Dufresne vs. Marion Reneau
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by a Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Jon Jones and top contender Daniel Cormier.
Jones was initially scheduled to face Alexander Gustafsson in a rematch on September 27, 2014 at UFC 178. However, Gustafsson pulled out of the bout due to a torn groin and was replaced by Daniel Cormier. Subsequently on August 12, Jones pulled out of the bout against Cormier citing a leg injury, which in turn led to the rescheduling of the pairing to this event.
A matchup for the Women's Bantamweight Championship between current champion Ronda Rousey and top contender Cat Zingano was briefly attached to this event. However, it was announced in late October that the pairing was delayed and would take place eight weeks later at UFC 184.
Danny Castillo was expected to face Rustam Khabilov, but visa issues forced Khabilov out of the fight and was replaced by Paul Felder.
Dec 25 - Updated fight card