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On August 23, Dana White announced that Henderson had sustained a partial rupture of his MCL and had withdrawn from the fight. White then announced via press conference that UFC 151 would be the first event in the organization's history to be cancelled, after Jones declined to fight Chael Sonnen, who agreed to take the fight on eight days' notice.
Jon Jones with Lorenzo Fertitta and Glover Teixeira at a U.S. Senate event in 2014. On March 19, 2011, Jones was en route to Great Falls Historic Park in Paterson, New Jersey, [194] where he planned to meditate several hours ahead of his fight against Maurício "Shogun" Rua at UFC 128. He was accompanied by his coaches Mike Winkeljohn and Greg ...
UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen was a mixed martial arts event held on April 27, 2013, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey .
Jones had already made the case he was the best light heavyweight by winning a record 14 title fights and is on a UFC-best 18-match unbeaten streak, giving him a 26-1 record with one no-contest.
One Instagram user put the prospect of Jones vs Ngannou to White this week, and the UFC president replied: “Not true. Jon vs Tom [is next].” Earlier in the week, Al-Sheikh told Ariel Helwani ...
Jon Jones retained his heavyweight title with a stunning stoppage of Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, finishing the legend with a spinning back kick to the body.. The fight had proven highly controversial ...
A UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion (also former two-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion) Jon Jones and former two-time champion Stipe Miocic was expected to headline the event. [3] However on October 25, it was announced that the bout was scrapped after Jones sustained a pectoral muscle injury that would require ...
The main event was UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones facing former champion Vitor Belfort.Originally, Jones was set to defend his title against Dan Henderson at UFC 151 on September 1, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada, but UFC President Dana White announced on August 23, 2012, that Henderson had a tear in his MCL and would not be able to compete.