Dan Henderson injured! Whole UFC 151 canceled!
Its once again proved to be
correct in the MMA world when it comes to rumors, and the "darkest"
suspicions have realized. But if you think it can not be worse than the injury
of Henderson, you were wrong. Full UFC 151 was canceled, and the reasons are
partly Dan snapping knee ligament (MCL), and Jones's rejection of the first
alternative.
“This is the lowest point
in my eleven-year career as the UFC President. For the first time in 11 years,
we are going to cancel an event. UFC 151 is being canceled. Henderson tore his
MCL and he tried to train on it. There was nothing we could do to save the
fight.”
Henderson was forced to
cancel the match, and Sonnen took on the challenge 8 days ahead of a potential
meeting. "He really wanted to do it," said White, who had planned to
announce the match in this appearance - but Jones refused.
White revealed that Greg
Jackson told to Jones that accepting the match with Sonnen would be the biggest
mistake of his career.
“ Greg Jackson is a
weirdo! Greg Jackson told Jon Jones that taking a fight against Chael Sonnen on
eight days notice would be the biggest mistake of his fighting career and he
shouldn’t take the fight. We put a lot of money into this card. We have TV ads,
we have billboards, but this is a selfish decision and disgusting decision by
Jones…I am glad Jones is rich, but other guys on the card were depending on
this fight to happen to feed their families.”
White added that him and
Lorenzo Fertitta are disgusted with Jones, and called Sonnen a lunatic for
accepting the match no matter when and where.
“As much as as he’s won,
and all the things that he’s accomplished in a short amount of time, he’s been
a champion that hasn’t been very popular. I don’t think this is going to do
wonders for his popularity. Me and Lorenzo are disgusted. I don’t know why a
guy who was a world champion and considered by many to be the pound-for-pound
best wouldn’t fight anybody. It’s baffling to me. I’ve never seen it before.
Being a fight promoter, and being in the business that we’re in, you can’t make
somebody fight. I can’t make you fight. You’re either a fighter, or you’re not.
This is what we all do for a living. I have a building here in Las Vegas that
250 people have been busting their ass, working hard, to promote this fight.
Not just for Jon Jones, but for everyone on this card. You know what? Good for
you Jon Jones. You’re rich and you’ve got some money, and you don’t need to
take this fight. But there’s a bunch of guys on the undercard that this is how
they feed their family, and this is how they make a living. And the UFC has
spent [expletive] of money to promote this fight. I can’t make you fight, but
it’s probably not a good idea to not do it.”
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