MMA News Roundup: Jones, Sonnen, And The Death Of UFC 151

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones

Jon Jones

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Oh, what a day.

UFC 151 has been cancelled after an injury forced Dan Henderson out of his fight with Jon Jones. And when the UFC tried to salvage the event with a Chael Sonnen vs. Jon Jones fight, the champion turned it down.

Like we said, what a day.

MMA News, Commentary, and the Best of the Rest

Jon Jones, Dana White, and the event that wasn’t; check out the aftermath of the UFC 151 cancellation (Cage Potato)

Chael Sonnen stepped up, and Jon Jones backed down. Check out what the former had to say about the champ (Bleacher Report)

Dana White is “disgusted” with Jon Jones. More here (5th Round)

And here is the official press release regarding the death of UFC 151 (MMASucka.com)

You may have caught this one yesterday, but it’s appropriate. Lyoto Machida discusses Jon Jones’ not really wanting to fight him (Fighters.com)

UFC fighters react to the cancellation of UFC 151 (Fightline.com)

Greg Jackson is not on Dana White’s good side, and the acclaimed MMA coach reacts (MMANews.com)

Jon Jones says he refuses to be another broke athlete after he retires (Pro MMA Now)

After news of his injury, Dan Henderson has released a statement on his Facebook page (Lowkick.com