@benfowlkesMMA
And there's the email about a forthcoming announcement from Dana White regarding UFC 151. Shit just got real.
@bokamotoESPN
Dana White to make announcement on 151 today during media call at 2 ET.
@DamonMartin
Dana White to make special announcement about UFC 151 today at 2pm ET. Stay tuned folks! #UFC
@arielhelwani
UFC just announced that @danawhite will hold a conference call at 2 pm ET regarding the fate of UFC 151. Stay tuned.
@mattlindland
Guess who is replacement? RT @arielhelwani: UFC just announced that @danawhite will hold a conference call at 2 pm ET regarding fate UFC 151
Not sure what it could be, so I didn't put this in the Hendo thread.
Yep. You don't call emergency press conferences to say that everything is ok.
Predictions? Is Machida coming in or is Jones just off the card? Normally I would assume it is just too late to replace someone for a title shot because of weight issues and who deserves it. This is a rare case where Dana has already said Machida gets the next shot and he cuts no weight (or virtually none) so he could actually do it.
Without a full camp obviously no one would blame Machida for not wanting that fight but it is at least conceivable.
I'd rather it not be Machida I'd like the last minute step up to be somewhat dramatic, a rematch with Rashad, a comeback from Randy, a step up from Chael, a sign in from Mousassi. Or maybe they will dump the LHW fight and bring in Josh Barnett for a HW debut from Jones.
FrontRowBrian @FrontRowBrian
Jon Jones will have a lot of explaining to do.
Not the most reliable source by any means but Mike Straka just said this isn't good news, and Luke Thomas said Hendo's health is fine.
Between Tarec not having seen Dan in a few days, Hendo's tweets, Chael's tweets, the other tweets and everything else going on I've got a real bad feeling about this, part of me. If Jones is in trouble, we might see Machida/Hendo for an interim title or the real belt.
So basically from all the Twitter ramblings, it appears that Hendo is confirmed out and Jones refuses to fight a replacement so the card is probably cancelled.
Fair play to Jon Jones for rejecting Chael Sonnen.
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