UPDATE: UFC 151 Canceled, Jon Jones vs Vitor Belfort added to UFC 152

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Zuffa cancelled the show, plain and simple

Look at all these guys calling up, yeah, Silva wouldn't be a good replacement against someone

Jones could have taken it against, but didn't, oh well, he is fighting 3 weeks later, 151 could have gone on easily

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EVERYONE IS DUCKING EVERYONE

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Fans are so stupid, now there are threads ans posts about And1 trying to be a team player and SAVE the card and everyone on it, lol

Silva was looking for Anderson Silva money against a scrub LHW, he knows what he is doing, fighters fighting for money, that's what this sport is

[FirstTimer]

Hey Dana White

You mad?

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Jones can actually make more money in the long run with all this, he is becoming the Maywether of MMA

He will trash Vitor, the fans will boo, let's be honest, Chael on 8 days notice doesn't sell, he will make just as much against Vitor on a bigger card, if Chael actually wins some LHW fights he can fight him with a proper build up, he still has Machida and Dan lined up, the other guys will have time to build

All this over the ufc making a crappy card, to funny

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Another LOL at Dana always having to inject himself into the spot light, he is taking another page from Vince's playbook

Maybe he will try and box Jones now?

You notice when guys become big stars Dana starts a feud with them if there not a lackey? Tito, Silva, Jones, throw in Frank and Fedor

[JeremyHight]

Jones can actually make more money in the long run with all this, he is becoming the Maywether of MMA

You are saying that like a positive, but Mayweather is part of the reason why boxing as a whole is unbearable for many fans.

Either way, Rob once again takes the opposite side of any MMA argument just to stir up a conversation.

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Mayweather makes a lot of money, Jones will do the same

You know why these guys fight, right?

Its not like Jones isn't fighting for another 6 months, he is fighting 3 weeks later, OH MY GOD

Here is a clue, if you're on the opposite side of the goofball MMA fans you're probably on the right side

[EmpireWF]

Jones won't embrace being a heel so we'll have our own MMA John Cena.

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Jones is going the way of LeBron James, but in the end he will make a lot of money if he embraces it or not, plus winning solves everything

He was never going to have all the fans just like LeBron, they don't have the personality

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What improper planning ? Every fight has a contingency plan. Every card has emergency backups. Now there has to be contingency plans for guys just flat out bitching out of the contingency plan ?

He is an entertainer and an athlete. People are paying to see him. This isnt someone adding paperwork to your desk. To top it off this is a combat sport where guys have made there names taking on whoevers in front of them. Its preposterous to put it on Dana for not stacking the card. The card was built around a guy big whoop..its not like both guys got hit by a bus. One just refused a matchup. THAT guy didnt get hurt...he refused to fight. Its retarded. Theres been a mountain of injuries and replacement fights the last two years. Thered be no business if guys just up and refused fights like this. Danas stupidity ((outside of the ongoing usual) is somehow making it even an option for Jones. Ill plead ignorance on fighter contracts but it seems wildly friendly to give a guy the final say on contingency plans.


Please cite some examples where these multitudes of people already headlining on a card have refused to fight a replacement.

You are clueless.

That flies in the face of every single interview Dana White has ever done...it has never been about the fighter (I think he never made it more clear than he did during the Fedor negotiations)...people pay to see the UFC, not any individual therein. That is why you get such awful cards with curtain jerkers main eventing.

But, NOW its about Bones Jones.

The rest of your post is such awful crap I can only assume you are trolling, but I'mma groan you for it anyway.

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Woke up this morning. saw Jones vs belfort on espn and immediately lmao thinking " man espn fucked up " check junkie- WHAT!!! Machida and Shogun turned the fight down wow!!, that being said If belfort can pack on some pounds he is an interesting challenge to Jones.

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Now Lorenzo takes a swipe at shogun and says he isn't a real fighter

What clowns these guys are

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People just bashing Dana for the sake of bashing him.

You scheduled a card with Bones Jones title defense as your main event. His opponent is hurt you set up a replacement....HE refuses.
But yeah its Danas fault for not stacking the card so deep it can survive without the "MAIN EVENT" . Its Danas fault because he said its about the UFC not the fighters.
You guys are making horrendous excuses. Going so far as to praise Jones for being like the cancerous for the sport Mayweather is even more transparent.
Comparing guys who say no to potential matchups down the line to a guy who is one week away from a Main Event he's headlining and refusing to fight the replacement is ludicrous.
Josh Barnett called and wants to know where you guys were 3 years ago.

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Um, a bunch of main events fell through and the show still went on

I believe everyone was here and bashed Barnett and Affliction who closed there entire promotion, the ufc doesn't have that issue