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Now that fight week is officially upon us, let’s take a look at all of the fan-friendly activities that will be leading up to “UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort.”

Each of the functions listed below are free and open to the public, except for Saturday’s event. However, tickets for the show are still available if you happen to be in Toronto.

UFC 152 features a light heavyweight scrap between champion Jon Jones (Pictured) and Vitor Belfort. The pay-per-view broadcast begins live at 10M ET/7PM PT.

Here’s a rundown of this week’s junkets:

Wednesday:

12PM ET – 3PM ET: Open Workouts at Xtreme Couture Gym

Thursday:

12PM ET: UFC 152 Pre-Fight Press Conference at Real Sports Bar & Grill

Friday:

4PM ET: UFC 152 Weigh-Ins at Mattamy Athletic Centre at The Gardens

Saturday:

5:30PM ET – Doors open inside Air Canada Centre in Montreal for UFC 152

These are the athletes who will be competing up north this weekend:

Preliminary Card:

(Facebook 6:30PM ET/3:30PM PT)

Charlie Brenneman vs. Kyle Noke

Walel Watson vs. Mitch Gagnon

Simeon Thoresen vs. Seth Baczynski

(FX 8PM ET/5PM PT)

Marcus Brimage vs. Jim Hettes

Lance Benoist vs. Sean Pierson

Evan Dunham vs. T.J. Grant

Vinny Magalhaes vs. Igor Pokrajac

Main Card:

(Pay-Per-View 10PM ET/7PM PT)

Cub Swanson vs. Charles Oliveira

Matt Hamill vs. Roger Hollett

Brian Stann vs. Michael Bisping

Joseph Benavidez vs. Demetrious Johnson (Vacant flyweight championship bout)

Vitor Belfort vs. Jon Jones (UFC light heavyweight champion)

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