Jack Jones Chases a Fourth Straight Win and a Lightweight Ranking in Sacramento

Jack Jones walks into the Golden 1 Center on Saturday sitting on a 3-0 UFC run since his return and fighting out the final bout of his contract against MarQuel Mederos. The 31-year-old Welshman got here the hard way: after going 1-2 with a no contest across his first UFC stint, he walked away in the summer of 2022 rather than re-sign, returned to Cage Warriors, and reset. One year and six days later he was fighting again, and over the next 363 days he racked up four wins with three finishes.

That rebuild bought him a second shot. Jones came back on May 3, 2025 with a lopsided decision over veteran Jeremy Stephens in Stephens' hometown of Des Moines, then added a second-round finish of Bolaji Oki and a unanimous decision over Axel Sola in one of 2025's best fights. Sola, now 12-1-1, has since submitted Ismael Bonfim in the first round, which only makes that win look better in hindsight.

Home Turf and a Style Clash

Sacramento is about as close to a US home as Jones has. He's logged serious mat time at Team Alpha Male, and "The Dragon" carries black belts in both judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu into a career built on pressure and chaos. He wants to be the clean, weapon-mixing pressure fighter, but he tends to get dragged into wars where everyone eats a few shots and the crowd goes home happy.

Mederos offers a genuine puzzle. He's a technical striker who picks his spots and prefers clean exchanges, so the fight becomes a question of imposition: does Jones drag him into a brawl, or match him at range? Either way, a fourth straight win would put him in range of a Top 15 number or a ranked opponent next time out — no small thing in a lightweight division where cracking the rankings is brutal.

Douglas and Wint Bring Momentum

Lerryan Douglas headlines the undercard's rising talent. The 31-year-old Brazilian, who trains under Cub Swanson at Bloodline Combat Sports in Orange, California, stopped Julian Erosa with roughly 90 seconds left in the first round on debut, pushing his win streak to six. "Gunslinger" has eight knockouts in 14 career wins, and he draws grappler Jamall Emmers this weekend — another veteran who's better than his reputation suggests.

Then there's Anthony Wint, following the Baisangur Susurkaev playbook. Susurkaev turned a Contender Series contract into a UFC 319 debut four days later; Wint is on a similar quick turnaround after trouncing Matt Adams to close Week 1 of Season 10. He faces Terrance Chatman in their joint UFC debuts. At 7-0 with five knockouts, the 5'11" heavyweight arrives with a spotless record and, by all accounts, a scowl to match it.