Some big fights are going down in ‘The Big Apple!’
The UFC returns to New York City, this time with two title fights. The light heavyweight title is up for grabs in the UFC 295 main event, with Jamahal Hill relinquishing the title earlier this year due to injury. Former champions Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochakza will square off for the vacant title.
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Fight fans can catch UFC 295 live on ESPN+ pay-per-view at the usual time of 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, with the early prelims beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on ESPN+. The televised prelims will be simulcasted on ESPN News beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Since first stepping into the Octagon in 2021, ‘Poatan’ has been on a fast track to success. Pereira would dispatch current champ Sean Strickland en route to dethroning Israel Adesanya last year to become the UFC Middleweight Champion,
However, Pereira’s title reign was short-lived with Adesanya claiming revenge (as well as his title back) over his long-time rival in April. That’s in the past now though as Pereira has found a new life up a weight class.
Pereira rebounded in his light heavyweight debut, defeating former champ Jan Blachowicz over the distance at UFC 291. For his next assignment, the ex-middleweight king goes for gold in a second division.
Prochazka, on the other hand, looks to reclaim what was once his. ‘Denisa’ won the light heavyweight title at UFC 275 in a fight-of-the-year contender against Glover Teixeira. But, he wouldn’t hold onto the title for long as he vacated the belt because of a gnarly shoulder injury.
One road to recovery later, he’s back in action against the stone-faced Pereira.
Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship
An interim championship co-headlines UFC 295. Following Jon Jones’ withdrawal from his fight with Stipe Miocic, the UFC put together a short-notice bout between top heavyweight contenders Tom Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich.
The winner may have to wait a while to fight the undisputed champion, but interim gold will be put around their waist at Madison Square Garden.
No better place than NYC for a night like this 👏
The #UFC295 action kicks off at 6pmET / 3pmPT LIVE on ESPN+ 📺
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— UFC (@ufc) November 11, 2023
UFC 295 Results
Main Card
Alex Pereira defeats Jiří Procházka via TKO (punches) in round 2 (4:08)
Tom Aspinall defeats Sergei Pavlovich via KO (punches) in round 1 (1:09)
Jessica Andrade defeats Mackenzie Dern via TKO (punches) in round 2 (3:15)
Benoit Saint-Denis defeats Matt Frevola via KO (head kick) in round 1 (1:31)
Diego Lopes defeats Pat Sabatini via KO (punches) in round 1 (1:30)
Televised Prelims (ESPN News/ESPN+)
Steve Erceg defeats Alessandro Costa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lupita Godinez defeats Tabatha Ricci via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 28-29)
Mateusz Rębecki defeats Roosevelt Roberts via submission (armbar) in round 1 (3:08)
Nazim Sadykhov vs. Viacheslav Borshchev ruled majority draw (29-28, 28-28, 28-28)
Early Prelims (UFC Fight Pass)
Jared Gordon defeats Mark Madsen via TKO (hook, punches) in round 1 (4:42)
Kyung Ho Kang defeats John Castañeda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Joshua Van defeats Kevin Borjas via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jamall Emmers defeats Dennis Buzukja via TKO (punches) in round 1 (0:49)
