The roster for the Octagon’s highly-anticipated return to Toronto is complete. Twelve bouts have been confirmed for “UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida.”
The December 10th show features a light heavyweight title tilt between champion Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida. A rematch with former heavyweight champs Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will serve as the night’s co-featured attraction.
The Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada will host the extravaganza.
The pay-per-view broadcast begins live at 9PM ET/6PM PT. It will mark the final time a UFC PPV will air this early, as the company will move the start time back to 10PM ET/7PM PT starting with UFC 141 on December 30th.
Here are the athletes slated to participate in the event:
Preliminary Bouts:
Yves Jabouin vs. Walel Watson
Constantinos Philippou vs. Jared Hamman
John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke
Nik Lentz vs. Mark Bocek
Rich Attonito vs. Claude Patrick
Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Igor Pokrajac
Main Bouts:
Chan Sung “The Korean Zombie” Jung vs. Mark Hominick
Tito Ortiz vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Brian Ebersole vs. Rory MacDonald
Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Lyoto Machida vs. Jon Jones (UFC Light Heavyweight Champion)