The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to pay-per-view tonight, featuring a light heavyweight title match between champ Jon Jones and opposing TUF 17 coach Chael Sonnen.
UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen goes down on April 27, 2013 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey with eleven bouts scheduled on the card.
One match was pulled following yesterday’s weigh-ins as welterweight Nick Catone was forced out of his match with James Head due to dehydration.
The main card airs on pay-per-view starting at 10pm EST (7pm PST), while the prelim card will be split between FX (@ 8pm EST) and streaming video on the web (@6:35pm EST).
Fans unable to watch part, or all, of UFC 159 can check out the ‘Play-by-Play’ recap at Sherdog.com.
Check out the full ‘Quick Results’ for UFC 159 below:
Main Card (PPV @ 10pm EST)
Light heavyweight bout (c) Jon Jones def. Chael Sonnen via TKO (Elbows-Punches) – R1 @ 4:33
Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping def. Alan Belcher via Technical Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) – Eye poke
Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson def. Cheick Kongo via KO (Punch) – R1 @ 2:03
Light heavyweight bout: Phil Davis def. Vinny Magalhaes via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Pat Healy def. Jim Miller via Technical Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R3 @ 4:02
Preliminary Card (FX @ 8pm EST)
Lightweight bout: Rustam Khabilov def. Yancy Medeiros via TKO (Injury – Medeiros broke his thumb) – R1 @ 2:32
Light heavyweight bout: Ovince St. Preux def. Gian Villante via Technical Decision (30-28, 30-29, 29-29) – Villante received accidental eye-poke
Bantamweight bout: Sara McMann def. Sheila Gaff via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 4:06
Bantamweight bout: Bryan Caraway def. Johnny Bedford via Submission (Guillotine choke) – R3 @ 4:44
Preliminary Card (Facebook @ 6:35pm EST)
Featherweight bout: Cody McKenzie def. Leonard Garcia via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Featherweight bout: Steven Siler def. Kurt Holobaugh via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)