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This Silva v Sonnen rematch can't get here quick enough. I am hoping that Sonnen gets beat so bad that he resigns from the UFC. 

Jon Jones didn't take the sonen fight. I think he is scared of chael.. 

Originally posted by RastaRider Originally posted by Blur510 Jon Jones didn't take the sonen fight. I think he is scared of chael..  Hahahaha yea a guy who has run through the top 5 of his division and defended his title 4 times in the last year is scared of an out of shape 185 lber.  Am I disappointed 151 isnt gonna happen? Yea, but to blame it on Jones or say Jones is afraid of someone like Chael is ludicrous. Especially when he said he would fight him at 152, but wasn't gonna do it on 8 days notice. Sure Sonnen only had 8 days to prepare for it too, but he had nothing to lose at all. Jones, if he lost(which in the UFC all it takes is one punch) he would go from making 500k a fight to 20k a fight. That's not a fight anyone in his position would take... ever. That's not fear, that's intelligence.

Again it would be STUPID for him to take the fight on 8 days notice, no matter who the opponent is. UFC and MMA in general isn't rock 'em, sock 'em robots like the past, it is big business now. He made a SMART business decision. And like giftedhands said, Sonnen has done exactly nothing to deserve a title fight against Jones, if he was half as good at fighting as he is at running his mouth he'd be a pretty good fighter.

Well, Jones is partially to be blamed for the cancellation but he's got much more to lose than everyone else. It may have been a selfish move since he's just thinking of himself but it was a smart decision. And still don't know hoe Sonnen was chosen to fill in.

Also, Frankie Edgar is moving down to 45 to fight Aldo! This should be an insane fight! For once, I actually can't say who I'd pick.

Aldo vs Edgar is going to be awesome. And I think Edgar can definitely pull off a victory. So Aldo better be ready because he's about to have the biggest fight in his career. At least that's what I think.

Machida was next in line, but he declined the fight. Pretty funny if you ask me, Jones gets all this flack for not accepting a fight with 8 days notice, but I didn't hear anything from Dana about Machida declining a fight with 3 weeks notice. Just further proves Dana is butt hurt over getting exposed for putting together such shitty undercards.

@Blur - Aldo/Edgar fight is 153 in Rio. Not crazy about the the rest of the card tho.

@Rasta - I agree that there doesn't need to be that many ppv cuz it tends to get pretty watered down, but at the same time, the roster is way to big and these fighters need to keep their skills sharp. But yeah dana is pretty much the one to blame as well as jbj.

Jose Aldo is not going to be in ufc 153 due to injury. Rampage Jackson is the same. In place of the Aldo/Edgar fight will be Anderson Silva/ Staphan Bonnar.  I think this fight should be on free TV

^ ha that's so true! Nice of Silva and Bonnar to step up and fill the card but that's just a joke. Nobody is gonna pay to see that cuz it'll be over in the blink of an eye!

^ That was hilarious!! I had a feeling Ron Burgundy clips would be in there.

^ Accountant reminds me of a Joe Lauzon. Kinda nerdy looking but can whoop some ass in the cage.

I'll be rooting for my Canadian boys.

Following Dana on twitter today and just missed out on some signed Vitor and Jones gloves!! Ahhh!! Unreal how many ppl go nuts for ufc stuff here in Toronto.

Bones Jones showed some legit humility tonight. I was a fan early in his career because of his humility but had quit rooting for him after the drama with Rashad. Everything he said seemed arrogant and fake. I think now he understands that he needed to grow up after the DUI and UFC OneFiftyNone ordeal. It showed in the press conference after the fight.

did anyone attempt to watch TUF Brazil?...I had to mute it and read the subtitles because Portuguese is such an ugly/annoying sounding language to my ears.  The product placement was horribly blatant as well - every other scene had a bunch of Gillette stuff in your face or that stupid brazilian brand enegry drink the fighters kept hyping and pushing on each other.  If they have another season of TUF brazil, I won't be watching it.

UFC are some of the highest caliber/most intense fighters in the world, but I've also been watching a lot of other fighting organizations.  Mark Cuban's channel: AXS TV (formerly HDNET) has all kinds of different fighting organizations (MFC, TFC, XFC, Legacy Fights, etc) every friday night, but I have to say the Belatore organization fights are just as heavy as UFC, if not more intense.

Originally posted by ChiTownRon Can't wait for this GSP vs Condit fight @ UFC 154. Also read that Phil Davis will end up fighting Forrest. And I couldn't believe Sonnen and Jones are the new TUF coaches for next season. It's actually going to pretty entertaining watching Sonnen talk sht to him through out the show. But then Jones will end up beating him up when they fight. Haha.

Originally posted by ChiTownRon Got floor seats for UFC FOX CHICAGO that's coming up. I'm so stoked! Can't wait until the pre fight press conference. Good chance I'll be able to meet Rampage and Guida.

Benson vs Diaz fight card was pretty sick for it being free! Word got out that Benson fought while chewing a toothpick in his mouth. First off that's illegal, but why the hell would you want to have a toothpick in your mouth while fighting. I could only imagine how it would feel to accidentally swallow it and get it stuck in your throat.  And I found it funny that Diaz flipped off Benson when they were locked up with each others legs on the ground. Haha. 

No doubt that was a stacked card for being free. Can't stand Nate Diaz so I'm glad to see him get his ass kicked! Also, felt bad for Shogun as he was clearly out of shape and just got beat everywhere. Kiss that title shot goodbye.

Originally posted by Blur510 Time to retire, shogun has been out of shape for his last 2-3 fights. Jones is so dominant, I honestly see anyone challenging him in his weight class.  I didn't see the BJ Penn fight but I heard he got demonlished. Mc Donald is a really good fighter. St Pierre has a couple of people lined up to take his belt.

Curious to see how long before McDonald challenges GSP seeing as how they train together.

I don't think BJ Penn could make it through the ultimate fighter house, let alone fight somebody worthwhile.

Missed UFC 159 but just watched the main event and saw jones' toe was completely messed up! I almost threw up just watching it. I guess they have so much adrenaline that they don't notice the pain. Jbj was very lucky to have finished Sonnen in the first or it would've been stopped and end p losing the belt.

Just keep Mazzagatti out of there.

Originally posted by Angry Midget Yo They need to address the eye poking rule because maybe the fight could of still went on after a couple mins of recovery instead of stopping the fight.

UFC has submitted a rule change on the eye pokes. Refs shouldn't be allowed to have the decision of calling a fight based on a medical decision. It's not like a low-blow where they get 5 mins to recover. This is something where a doctor needs to be brought in to check on the severity of the eye.

So I watched all of Jones vs Sonnen and can't figure out the moment he broke his toe. Anyone got any ideas because I was lost for words when I saw his toe. How the heck it happened?

...and yeah, that ref needs to go. Disliked him for a while now.