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UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts organization, recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC. This promotion is responsible for solidifying the sport's postion in the history-books.
UFC is currently undergoing a remarkable surge in popularity, along with greater mainstream media coverage. UFC programming can now be seen on FOX, FX, and FUEL TV in the United States, as well as in 35 other countries worldwide.
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08-23-2012, 04:49 PM
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The Fun Police
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Originally Posted by Canadian Psycho
Sonnen fought two top MWs to get his second shot at Silva. He didn't talk his way into anything. He did more to earn both title fights than Silva did to earn his. So people need to let go of that baseless nonsense.
And those who believe Sonnen vs. Jones would have hurt the sport need to give their heads a shake and stop being so damn dramatic. The UFC must certainly share in the blame, but to act as though Jon Jones hasn't made himself look a prima donna fool as of late is just blind, biased ignorance. Won't fight Silva. Won't fight Lyoto. Won't fight Sonnen. Yeah... you go ahead and champion that guy.
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its telling when out of all of those tweets the only one backing jones is king mo. |
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08-23-2012, 04:50 PM
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Kneel Before Christ!
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@JonnyBones Can I at least get one of your new Nike T-shirts? I'll give it to my kid since I won't have any money for her school clothes.
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What a dagger. |
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08-23-2012, 04:51 PM
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To the death George
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No, its the UFC's fault for putting on a shit card, when has a fighter pulling out of a fight ever resulted in a card being cancelled? They are just using Jones as a scapegoat for them not having any other named fighters on the card. This was just a 1 fight card all along and with out that fight they have nothing, so **** the UFC for putting Jones on the spot like this and then using him as the cannon fodder for not taking a pointless fight on short notice. This should(but probably wont) teach UFC a lesson for trying to sell us a 1 fight card, they need to always have a decent co -main event in case of things like this.
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08-23-2012, 04:51 PM
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Wow, Jones is trying to kill his career and become enemies with the UFC apparently.
He better take the fight or he's in for a shit storm.
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08-23-2012, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DJ Syko
No, its the UFC's fault for putting on a shit card, when has a fighter pulling out of a fight ever resulted in a card being cancelled? They are just using Jones as a scapegoat for them not having any other named fighters on the card. This was just a 1 fight card all along and with out that fight they have nothing, so **** the UFC for putting Jones on the spot like this and then using him as the cannon fodder for not taking a pointless fight on short notice. This should(but probably wont) teach UFC a lesson for trying to sell us a 1 fight card, they need to always have a decent co -main event in case of things like this.
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They did, Koschek vs ellenberger. |
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08-23-2012, 04:54 PM
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I dont think its such a terrible back-up plan to expect other fighters to jump in to take an injured fighters place.
Its not like its never happened before.
The only thing that is unprecedented here is a champ, refusing to fight someone from a lower weight class.
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08-23-2012, 04:55 PM
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I don't really blame Jones. Sonnen's last fight was for a title at a lower weight class and he lost. He has yet to win a fight at 205 in the UFC.... The sport would have looked bad giving a guy a title shot under those circumstances.
It's a bummer for all the fighters scheduled to fight on this card, but thems the breaks. They'll get fights really soon I'm sure.
It was an awful card anyway.
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08-23-2012, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by St.Paul Guy
I don't really blame Jones. Sonnen's last fight was for a title at a lower weight class and he lost. He has yet to win a fight at 205 in the UFC.... The sport would have looked bad giving a guy a title shot under those circumstances.
It's a bummer for all the fighters scheduled to fight on this card, but thems the breaks. They'll get fights really soon I'm sure.
It was an awful card anyway.
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Worse than cancelling a whole event? |
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08-23-2012, 05:02 PM
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Worse than cancelling a whole event?
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I think so. He hasn't won a fight at 205 in the UFC.
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08-23-2012, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by St.Paul Guy
I think so. He hasn't won a fight at 205 in the UFC.
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Crazy talk man. The fallout from this could be potentially worse than the remote possibility that Chael beat him. Fighters hate him, fans hate him to the point of boycotting his events, his bosses are disgusted with him, etc etc. That's just the negatives for him, it affects everyone else much more . |
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Joe Lauzon explains how Jon Jones not only screwed the fans but the fighters as well
