At UFC 182, heated rivals Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will clash inside the Octagon.
With seven consecutive title defenses, Jones is closing in on another level of greatness. Beating Cormier on Saturday would put the light heavyweight champion within one title defense of Georges St-Pierre‘s historic welterweight title run and within two title defenses of Anderson Silva‘s UFC record reign.
Despite Jones’ dominance, Cormier has brought intrigue in the light heavyweight division to its highest point in recent memory. The undefeated Olympic wrestler is 35 years old, but he’s unbeaten in MMA and has made it look easy against some of the best in the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions.
Cormier will also likely be the best wrestler Jones has ever met in an MMA bout. With four takedowns against Josh Barnett, three against Roy Nelson and another three against Dan Henderson, Cormier can take anybody in the world to the canvas.
Having only allowed one takedown in his MMA career, Jones is not familiar with being underneath opponents. So, there is a real possibility that we could see the 205-pound king in uncharted territory when he meets Cormier on January 3 in Las Vegas.
This is a highly anticipated matchup that no MMA fan will want to miss. Thus, here is a look at the complete fight card and streaming information for how to watch the event from start to finish.
UFC 182 Fight Card
Main Card
Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier
Donald Cerrone vs. Myles Jury
Brad Tavares vs. Nate Marquardt
Kyoji Horiguchi vs. Louis Gaudinot
Hector Lombard vs. Josh Burkman
Fox Sports 1 Prelims
Danny Castillo vs. Paul Felder
Marcus Brimage vs. Cody Garbrandt
Shawn Jordan vs. Jared Cannonier
Evan Dunham vs. Rodrigo Damm
UFC Fight Pass Prelims
Omari Akhmedov vs. Mats Nilsson
Alexis Dufresne vs. Marion Reneau
UFC 182 Streaming Information
Main Card
In addition to the main event featuring Jones and Cormier, Donald Cerrone will also appear on the UFC 182 main card. With five straight wins, Cowboy will look to keep on rolling while halting the meteoric rise of The Ultimate Fighter veteran Myles Jury, who has gone undefeated in six official UFC bouts.
Additionally, Hector Lombard and Josh Burkman will be looking to take a big step toward welterweight title contention. It will be Burkman‘s first UFC bout since October 2008, but he has been making noise under the WSOF banner, where he defeated former UFC title challenger Jon Fitch.
The UFC 182 main card will be available via pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET in the United States. Contact your cable provider for ordering information or watch via UFC.TV. The event can also be ordered through the above YouTube player.
Fox Sports 1 Prelims
While the UFC 182 prelims don’t feature any ranked contenders, some recognizable names will appear on Fox Sports 1 before the pay-per-view portion of the card.
Danny Castillo, Marcus Brimage, Shawn Jordan and Evan Dunham have all been within striking distance of title contention in their respective divisions. However, at UFC 182, they will all be serving as gatekeepers against up-and-comers.
Naturally, the Fox Sports 1 prelims will be available on Fox Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET. Click here to find out what channel you can find Fox Sports 1 on. In certain areas, the Fox Sports 1 prelims will also be available on UFC.TV.
UFC Fight Pass Prelims
A women’s bantamweight bout between Alexis Dufresne and Marion Reneau will kick off UFC 182. Then, Omari Akhmedov and Mats Nilsson will lead the fight card into the Fox Sports 1 prelims.
These two unheralded matchups can be viewed on UFC Fight Pass at 7 p.m. ET.
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