Derrick Lewis will face the undefeated Ciryl Gane for the interim Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title in the UFC 265 main event on Saturday at the Toyota Center in Houston. Meanwhile, former UFC and World Extreme Cagefighting champion Jose Aldo meets Pedro Munhoz in the three-round co-headliner at 135 pounds.
UFC 265 “Lewis vs. Gane”—which streams to ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT—also features a welterweight clash pairing Vicente Luque with Michael Chiesa, a women’s strawweight rematch pitting Tecia Torres against Angela Hill and a bantamweight tilt slotting Yadong Song opposite Casey Kenney. ESPN (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT) and UFC Fight Pass (6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT) are scheduled to share coverage of the undercard, a lightweight battle between Rafael Fiziev and Bobby Green anchoring the eight-fight slate of prelims.
A closer look at the on UFC 265 particulars:
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THE LINEUP
265: Derrick Lewis vs. Ciryl Gane135: Jose Aldo vs. Pedro Munhoz
170: Vicente Luque vs. Michael Chiesa
115: Tecia Torres vs. Angela Hill
135: Yadong Song vs. Casey Kenney
155: Rafael Fiziev vs. Bobby Green
135: Drako Rodriguez vs. Vince Morales
205: Ed Herman vs. Alonzo Menifield
115: Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Jessica Penne
125: Manel Kape vs. Ode Osbourne
135: Miles Johns vs. Anderson dos Santos
125: Victoria Leonardo vs. Melissa Gatto
135: Johnny Munoz Jr. vs. Jamey Simmons
THE RUNDOWN
• Preview: The Main Card• Preview: The Prelims
• Rivalries: Derrick Lewis
• By The Numbers: Lewis vs. Gane
• 5 Things You Might Not Know About Vicente Luque
• Stand and Deliver: UFC 265
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