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Light Heavyweight champion has dominated the news recently. He came out and said that he was unaware that UFC 151 would be cancelled were he to turn down the proposed fight with Chael Sonnen when Dan henderson was injured. Today, however, UFC President Dana White spoke up at the UFC 152 weigh-ins to disparage this statement. White, always strong in his convictions, had the following to say via MMAFighting.com:
“I’m actually glad that he did say that. I don’t think he would have said that if I was there. So

In front of a group of reporters gathered at UFC headquarters in Las Vegas, UFC President Dana White unloaded on UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones and his coach, Greg Jackson. Dan Henderson was forced to pull out of UFC 151 because of a knee injury and Jones refused a bout against substitute opponent Chael Sonnen.White had no kind words for Jones: “The Jon Jones piece of meat f&#*ing thing. When I see him in f&#*ing  Toronto, that’s the first f&#*ing  thing we’re going to talk

With Dan Henderson out of the now cancelled UFC 151, the promotion had sought to replace him with former Middleweight contender Chael Sonnen. According to Dana White, UFC employees worked feverishly into Wednesday night and Thursday morning and as we all know, Jones turned down the fight. White broke the news on a special media call: “I was going to do this call, and this was obviously going to be a much different call this morning, but the one thing that I never thought in a million years would

For the first time in UFC history, an event has been cancelled. UFC President Dana White made the announcement on a media call this morning.It started with an injury to Dan Henderson, who tore his MCL (medial collateral ligament) and had to bow out of the fight. The UFC offered Jones a replacement in the forms of Chael Sonnen and Lyoto Machida, waiting in the wings.The Lightweight Champion turned them both down.According to White: “Its in his head that he didn’t prepare for this fight. I am f&#*ing

UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones referred to contender Dan Henderson as a one-trick pony and that Jones would be going for a TKO in their upcoming bout at UFC 151. Henderson responded on Tuesday night’s UFC Tonight on Fuel TV: “It must be a pretty good trick. It’s kept me in the sport this long and people keep wanting to see it. It’s kept me around for a long time. But it’s more about positioning. TKO me? I’d love for him to try. That means he’s coming after me

The attendance, gate, and post-fight bonuses have been announced for tonight’s UFC on Fox 3 from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The event produced an exciting night of fights, and 10,788 fans witnessed the event in person for a live gate of $1.1 million. With two fights containing clear title-shot implications for the future, UFC on Fox 3 was a great success as a non pay-per-view event. The $65,000 bonuses were issued as following:
Submission of the Night:
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?Yesterday Dana White came out with solid confirmations about the title implications that Saturday’s UFC on Fox 3 will hold. He first addressed the issue of the Lightweight championship belt, saying that Nate Diaz would indeed be next in line for a shot should he win versus Jim Miller in New Jersey. Many had speculated that the winner of this bout would face the winner of the next Frankie Edgar/Ben Henderson title fight this summer. However, White confirmed that Miller may be a victory or two away, even

According to a report from mmajunkie.com, Ben Henderson will defend his Lightweight title this summer, reportedly August 11 in Denver, Colorado. The match has not been officially announced as of yet. As the likely headliner of UFC 150, the fight will be a rematch of the close decision where Henderson gained the belt at February’s UFC 144.
Benson Henderson has been on a tear through the UFC’s Lightweight division since his arrival. The winner of four straight, he sits atop a stacked division of challengers

The career of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has seemed to have taken a downward turn as of late, and with  it come some criticism from UFC President Dana White. Although White acknowledges the high-level skills of Jackson, he still thinks that perhaps Rampage could have had an even more productive, illustrious career. Dana White expressed the following via mmafighting.com:
“Tell me Rampage Jackson wasn’t born to fight. Not only in his power, but his attributes, his wrestling, his chin,

With a replacement opponent for UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos yet to be announced, it now appears the consensus leading candidate, Frank Mir, has been excluded as a possibility.UFC President Dana White confirmed as much via Twitter, announcing that the UFC 146 co-main event, a number-one contender bout between Frank Mir and Cain Velasquez, will go ahead as planned on May 26th. “Mir vs. Cain will happen,” he tweeted.Originally set to challenge for the title was former Strikeforce and Dream