UFC 247 RESULT: Jon Jones outpoints Dominick Reyes – Stream, undercard, latest tonight
Jon Jones successfully defended his light heavyweight title against Dominick Reyes at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas at UFC 247 on Saturday.
30-year-old Reyes was undefeated coming into the bout and almost did enough to take the title from Jones, but ultimately came up short as the judges scored the bout 48-47, 48-47 and 49-46 in favour of the champion.
Jones, who sits at the top of the men’s pound-for-pound rankings in the UFC, was up against it in the early rounds but improved as the fight progressed, though many fans felt Reyes won the main event. Re-live all of the action below.
Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of UFC 247.
Alex Pattle will be here from 3am to bring you rolling coverage. In the meantime, why not read his report from the last big mixed martial arts card: Conor McGregor's sensational victory over Donald Cerrone in Las Vegas last month.
Tonight's opening bout is Latifi's first at heavyweight in the UFC. The Swede's journey towards a light heavyweight title shot stalled after back-to-back losses in the division, prompting him to move up in weight.
Lewis is the younger man (just) at 35. Latifi turned 36 yesterday, and will no doubt be hoping he can celebrate properly after this contest! More easily done if he's not knocked out by Lewis, of course.
Latifi looks for a right hand as the pair separate, but it's a little wild and misses. Before long the heavyweights are again clinching along the fence, but this time it's Latifi initiating.
Little to separate the two men as round 1 comes to an end. Probably Latifi's round, though Lewis did manage to land a flying knee that momentarily troubled the Swede.
Latifi throws Lewis back to the mat and follows the Louisianan down. The buzzer sounds and the takedowns will definitely have been enough to secure Latifi the round. He may well be two up heading into the third.
Lewis goes for another flying knee, but it ends up landing him in the clinch, which is not where he wants to be in this third round... He's quickly taken down.
