We are outside the APEX this weekend for a rare UFC card you can comfortably call ‘stacked’. This one features the much anticipated heavyweight debut of former 205 lb champ Jon Jones. In his first big boy bout he will be fighting Ciryl Gane for the vacant UFC heavyweight championship.
In the co-main event Valentina Shevchenko will defend her UFC flyweight championship against Alexa Grasso. The main card also has three other fascinating match-ups, too: Geoff Neal vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov, Mateusz Gamrot vs. Jalin Turner and Jamie Pickett vs. Bo Nickal.
The prelims includes a few fights that are better than most APEX cards’ headliners, including Derek Brunson vs.