The Ultimate Fighting Championship is gearing up for a big weekend. The event will be headlined by a bout between Jon Jones and Thiago Santos for the light heavyweight title.
The event will be headlined by a bout between Jon Jones and Thiago Santos for the light heavyweight title.UFC fighter Jon 'Bones' Jones stripped of title, suspended after hit-and-runJones, once the poster child for the UFC, has seen his career derailed due to numerous suspensions. He was first suspended and stripped of his championship belt after being connected to a hit-and-run incident in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2015.
Santos has the power to stop Jones, and he has won his past four fights, three by knockout.Co-headlining is a match between UFC Women's featherweight champion Amanda Nunes and former champion Holly Holm.Nunes is the reigning champion in both the bantamweight and featherweight divisions, and she is the first woman in UFC history to hold the two titles simultaneously.Holm is best known as the first woman to defeat former UFC superstar Ronda Rousey.
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