The top of the 2023 calendar has been bumpier than anticipated for Final Combating Championship (UFC).
UFC CEO, Dana White, introduced early Wednesday morning (Oct. 25, 2023) that UFC Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, suffered a torn pectoral muscle when coaching the night time earlier than. His title bout with Stipe Miocic for UFC 295 in New York Metropolis on Nov. 11, 2023, is now off and Sergei Pavlovich (18-1) will combat Tom Aspinall (13-3) for the interim title within the co-main occasion. The unique co-main occasion between Jiri Prochazka and Alex Pereira for the vacant Mild Heavyweight title has been promoted to the brand new essential occasion.
“What’s up, everyone? Right here we’re once more,” White mentioned in an X video embedded within the participant above. “Jon Jones was coaching final night time, received injured, he was wrestling and he tore the tendon that connects your pec to the bone… off the bone. Eight months, gonna want surgical procedure, he’s out.
“So, the primary occasion is Prochazka vs. Pereira,” he concluded. “The co-main occasion now’s Pavlovich vs. Aspinall for the interim Heavyweight championship.”
Jones final fought in March 2023, ending his three-year hiatus with a primary spherical guillotine choke of Ciryl Gane (watch highlights) at UFC 285 to grow to be the brand new champion. Aspinall not too long ago returned from time away himself, recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), and ending Marcin Tybura by way of a stellar first spherical technical knockout (watch highlights) in July 2023. In the meantime, Pavlovich has stayed busy, scoring his most up-to-date knockout towards Curtis Blaydes simply over three minutes into spherical one in all their April 2023 conflict (watch highlights).
The brand new line up for UFC 295 will be seen beneath.
205lbs.: (C) – Jiří Procházka vs. Alex Pereira
265lbs.: (IC) – Sergei Pavlovich vs. Tom Aspinall
145lbs.: Diego Lopes vs. Pat Sabatini
115lbs.: Mackenzie Dern vs. Jéssica Andrade
155lbs.: Matt Frevola vs. Benoît Saint-Denis
125lbs.: Matt Schnell vs. Steve Erceg
115lbs.: Tabatha Ricci vs. Crazy Godinez
155lbs.: Nazim Sadykhov vs. Viacheslav Borshchev
155lbs.: Mateusz Rębecki vs. Nurullo Aliev
145lbs.: Dennis Buzukja vs. Jamall Emmers
155lbs.: Jared Gordon vs. Mark Madsen
135lbs.: John Castañeda vs. Kyung-ho Kang
125lbs.: Joshua Van vs. Kevin Borjas
