UFC 187 Johnson vs Cormier: Live Results, Play-by-Play and Fight Card Highlights

UFC 187 is scheduled for Saturday, May 23, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The event boasts one of the strongest fight cards of 2015, highlighted by a pair of title matches.
The main event is a light heavyweight title scrap between Daniel Cormier and An…

UFC 187 is scheduled for Saturday, May 23, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The event boasts one of the strongest fight cards of 2015, highlighted by a pair of title matches.

The main event is a light heavyweight title scrap between Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson. Cormier enters the bout coming off a loss to Jon Jones, who was recently stripped of his belt. Johnson is coming in having won three straight inside the Octagon and nine straight overall.

The co-main event is a championship tussle at 185 pounds. Titleholder Chris Weidman will defend his strap against Vitor Belefort, who has won his last three outings by knockout.

The full fight card for UFC 187 is as follows:

 

UFC 187 Main Card

  • Anthony Johnson vs. Daniel Cormier
  • Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort
  • Donald Cerrone vs. John Makdessi
  • Travis Browne vs. Andrei Arlovski
  • Joseph Benavidez vs. John Moraga

 

Prelims on Fox Sports 1

  • John Dodson vs. Zach Makovsky 
  • Dong Hyun Kim vs. Josh Burkman
  • Uriah Hall vs. Rafael Natal
  • Rose Namajunas vs. Nina Ansaroff 

 

Prelims on UFC Fight Pass

  • Mike Pyle vs. Colby Covington
  • Islam Makhachev vs. Leo Kuntz
  • Josh Sampo vs. Justin Scoggins

Join us here when the action begins (6:30 p.m. ET, 10 p.m. ET for the main card) for Bleacher Report’s live play-by-play coverage of the entire UFC 187 event.

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