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UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on March 2, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, United States.


Fight Card

Main Card

Light Heavyweight Jon Jones (c) vs. Anthony Smith For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
Welterweight Tyron Woodley (c) vs. Kamaru Usman For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
Welterweight Robbie Lawler vs. Ben Askren
Women's Strawweight Tecia Torres vs. Weili Zhang
Bantamweight Cody Garbrandt vs. Pedro Munhoz

Preliminary Card (ESPN)

Featherweight Jeremy Stephens vs. Zabit Magomedsharipov
Light Heavyweight Misha Cirkunov vs. Johnny Walker
Bantamweight Cody Stamann vs. Alejandro Pérez
Welterweight Diego Sanchez vs. Mickey Gall

Early Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

Middleweight Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Charles Byrd
Women's Bantamweight Gina Mazany vs. Macy Chiasson
Women's Strawweight Polyana Viana vs. Hannah Cifers



Background

A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between two-time champion Jon Jones and challenger Anthony Smith is expected to headline the event.

A UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Tyron Woodley and The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians welterweight winner Kamaru Usman has been slated for the event and is expected to serve as the co-headliner.

As a result of the cancellation of UFC 233, a welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler and promotional newcomer and former Bellator Welterweight World Champion Ben Askren (also former ONE Welterweight Champion) was rescheduled for this event.

A women's bantamweight bout between former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and Aspen Ladd was expected to take place at the event. However on January 31, it was reported the matchup was scrapped due to undisclosed reasons and both fighters are expected to face new opponents in other events.

Thomas Almeida was expected to face Marlon Vera at the event. However, Almeida pulled out of the fight on January 31 citing an injury. He was replaced by Frankie Saenz. However, the fight was cancelled entirely on February 27 when Vera pulled out of the fight due to illness.

Former interim title challenger Ovince Saint Preux was expected to face Misha Cirkunov at the event. However on February 11, it was announced that Saint Preux suffered an injury and was pulled from the fight. He was replaced by Johnny Walker.

Yadong Song was expected to face The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America bantamweight winner Alejandro Pérez at the event, but pulled out of the bout on January 11 due to an undisclosed reason. He was replaced by Cody Stamann.



Feb 27 - Updated fight card & background

Due to illness, Marlon Vera has been removed from his UFC 235 bout against Frankie Saenz and the bout was cancelled.

Feb 27 - Updated fight card & background