The UFC returns to action Saturday night with its second pay-per-view offering of 2020, as the octagon heads to Houston for UFC 247. On the surface, the card appears to be headlined by a pair of “showcase” title fights, with underdog upstarts gunning for gold. Jon Jones , who is on any reasonable person’s short list of the sport’s GOAT candidates, defends his light heavyweight title against undefeated Dominick Reyes . Meanwhile, Valentina Shevchenko , who is No. 2 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie women’s pound-for-pound rankings, puts her flyweight title up for grabs against Katlyn Chookagian .
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