UFC 135 goes down on Saturday at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., and will feature a light heavyweight championship bout between Jon Jones and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.
In the co-main event, former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes will take on Josh Koscheck, who accepted the fight on late notice after Diego Sanchez injured his hand.
All four fighters were in attendance for a pre-fight press conference earlier today. The staredowns gave a preview of the intensity that surrounds the fights, especially in the main event.
Jones will be defending his title for the first time since defeating Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128. He knocked out the Brazilian Muay Thai expert in the third round.
Rampage recently defeated Matt Hamill at UFC 130, but left fans asking for more with a recent string of decision victories. He has gone the distance in six of his last seven fights.
Hughes is attempting to rebound from his devastating KO loss to B.J. Penn at UFC 123, while Koscheck is coming off his title fight loss to Georges St-Pierre.
Other main-card bouts include Travis Browne vs. Rob Broughton, Takanori Gomi vs. Nate Diaz and Mark Hunt vs. Ben Rothwell.
It all goes down on PPV this Saturday at 9 p.m. ET. Preliminary bouts will be available on Facebook.
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