John Dodson challenges UFC World Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson at 8 pm EST on UFC on FOX 6 Saturday. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson battles Glover Teixeira in the other co-main event, fighting for the Light Heavyweight belt at the United Center in Chicago, Ill.
The main card is on Fox, as Johnson (16-2-1) battles Dodson (15-5-0), Jackson (32-9-0) takes on Teixeira (19-2-0), Anthony Pettis (13-2-0) fights Donald Cerrone (19-4-0) and Eric Koch (13-1-0) battles Ricardo Lamas (12-2-0).
Johnson notched the first ever UFC Flyweight Championship with a split decision win over Joseph Benavidez at UFC 152 in Toronto only four months ago. His first title defense will feature a nationally televised fight with Dodson, the first network appearance for the champ. Johnson's UFC Bio is here (https://www.ufc.com/fighter/Demetrious-Johnson).
Dodson's ultimate career goal is to win championships in three weight classes and defend them all multiple times. Saturday's bout is his first chance to claim a belt of any kind in UFC action. Dodson's UFC Bio is here (https://www.ufc.com/fighter/John-Dodson).
Before his fight today, Jackson made a training trip to England, where he received instruction from boxing coach Bobby Rimmer. Jackson's UFC Bio is here (https://www.ufc.com/fighter/Quinton-Jackson).
The Brazilian Teixeira had a second-round TKO in his last fight in October, with doctors stopping the fight. Teixeira's UFC Bio is here (https://www.ufc.com/fighter/Glover-Teixeira).
Preliminary action starts at 5 pm EST on FX with the following match-ups:
-TJ Grant takes on Matt Wiman
-Clay Guida fights Hatsu Hioki
-Mike Stumpf battles Pascal Krauss
-Ryan Bader fights Vladimir Matyushenko
-Mike Russow duels Shawn Jordan
-Rafael Natal fights Sean Spencer
Simeon Thoresen fights David Mitchell, with the live stream available on Facebook at 4:35 pm EST by liking the UFC: Ultimate Fighting Championship page (https://www.facebook.com/UFC).
The full fight card is here (https://www.ufc.com/event/FOX6#/fight).
For predictions about the UFC on Fox 6 Main Card matches, click here (https://www.ufc.com/news/the-downes-side-ufc-on-fox-6-predictions).
The Friday weigh-in for the co-main events is here (https://www.ufc.com/media/FOX6-WEIGH-HIGHLIGHT).
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