Before UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones defends his belt against Chael Sonnen Saturday in Newark, N.J., in a five-fight pay-per-view main card, Sportsnet and sportsnet.ca will be your place to catch all the preliminary fights.
First, three early prelims will air on sportsnet.ca, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET, when (Super) Steven Siler takes on Kurt Holobaugh, and it’s bookended with another featherweight tilt when the always exciting Leonard Garcia squares off against Cody McKenzie.
Then at 8 p.m. ET the four-fight televised undercard will be broadcast on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific. Bryan Caraway kicks it off against Johnny Bedford in a bantamweight clash, and that is followed by the third ever female fight in the Octagon as 2004 Olympic wrestling silver medalist Sara McMann takes on Sheila Gaff.
The live weigh-ins will also air on Friday at 4 p.m. ET on sportsnet.ca.
Here is the full UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen fight card:
Main card (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Light Heavyweight title: John Jones (c) vs. Chael Sonnen
Middleweight: Michael Bisping vs. Alan Belcher
Heavyweight: Roy Nelson vs. Cheick Kongo
Light Heavyweight: Phil Davis vs. Vinny Magalhaes
Lightweight: Jim Miller vs. Pat Healy
Preliminary Card (Sportsnet East, Ontario, West, Pacific, 8 p.m. ET)
Lightweight: Rustam Khabilov vs. Yancy Medeiros
Light Heavyweight: Gian Villante vs. Ovince St. Preux
Women’s bantamweight: Sara McMann vs. Sheila Gaff
Bantamweight: Bryan Caraway vs. Johnny Bedford
Online prelims (sportsnet.ca, 6:30 p.m. ET)
Featherweight: Leonard Garcia vs. Cody McKenzie
Welterweight: Nick Catone vs. Luther Head
Featherweight: Steven Siler vs. Kurt Holobaugh
