Jon Jones and Rampage Jackson will fight in the main event on Saturday’s UFC 135 fight card which will take place at Denver, CO’s Pepsi Center. Jones will defend the UFC light heavyweight title for the first time when he meets Jackson, the former UFC and PRIDE champion. Jones enters the fight a heavy favorite over Jackson.
Two welterweights will anchor compete in the co-main event as UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes returns to the Octagon for the first time since BJ Penn knocked him out in 21 seconds at UFC 123. Koscheck will also be returning after a long layoff having last competed in December of last year, dropping a five round unanimous decision to UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. Koscheck suffered a broken orbital bone in that fight, an injury that required surgery and extensive rehab.
Below are the full fight card odds for UFC 135:
Jon Jones (-600) favorite over Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (+400)
Josh Koscheck (-550) favorite over Matt Hughes (+375)
Travis Browne (-400) favorite over Rob Broughton (+300)
Nate Diaz (-270) favorite over Takanori Gomi (+210)
Ben Rothwell (-340) favorite over Mark Hunt (+260)
Tony Ferguson (-350) favorite over Aaron Riley (+275)
Tim Boetsch (-150) favorite over Nick Ring (+120)
James Te Huna (-160) favorite over Ricardo Romero (+130)
Takeya Mizugaki (-200) favorite over Cole Escovedo (+160)
Junior Assuncao (even) vs. Eddie Yagin (even)