![]() ![]() As of 8pm last night, we thought we had a fight fans would love to see. “But Chael Sonnen stepped up accepted the fight with Jon Jones last night. “Dan Henderson tried to train, he continued to work out and saw a doctor, but there was nothing we could do to save that fight. "This is probably one of my all-time lows as being president of UFC,” White said. On a conference call today, White said Jones refused to fight two-time middleweight title challenger Chael Sonnen, whom he proposed as a replacement for Henderson for the September 1 event. Las Vegas, Nevada – For the first time in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship®, a UFC® champion has refused to face an alternative challenger after an injury to his original opponent, forcing the organization to cancel an event.Īfter challenger Dan Henderson suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones refused an alternative opponent, forcing UFC president Dana White to cancel the entire UFC 151 card at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas next Saturday.
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