cascadesoccer
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For the first time in UFC History an event will be cancelled. Dan Henderson has a partial tear of his MCL and won't be able to fight. Dana asked a few fighters to fill in and they said no, he phoned Chael Sonnen who said yes, but Jones declined the fight! (first time EVER a champion has declinded a fight) I just lost alot of respect for Jon Jones. here are some parts of the article:
"White heaped praise upon Sonnen for being willing to take the fight on such short notice.
"Chael's been out there talking all this crazy [expletive] about Jones, but he proved that he not only talks the talk, he walks the walk," White said. "I offered the fight to a couple of guys, and believe me when I tell you, nobody wants to fight Jon Jones on [short] notice. Nobody. But when I called Chael, that crazy [expletive] said, 'Not only will I fight him, but I'll get on a plane and fight him at Mandalay Bay tonight, if that's what you want.' "
"This is the first time in UFC history that the champion wouldn't step up and fight [a replacement], and I was pretty shocked to hear that," Henderson said. "It's not like he's injured. It's unbelievable to me that he wouldn't take that 'the show must go on' attitude. If there was any way I could have gone, and any way that I thought I could give myself a chance to win, I would have done that."
“This is probably one of my all-time lows,” White said. “The one thing that I never thought in a million years would ever happen — it happened.”
“We’ve never, ever had a fighter refuse to fight somebody, especially a fighter who is a world champion as well as one of the top pound-for-pound guys in the world,” White said. “It’s baffling to me, and I’ve never seen it before.”
White also said jones is selfish and he's disgusted. Can't say I disagree. Poor show mr.jones.
"White heaped praise upon Sonnen for being willing to take the fight on such short notice.
"Chael's been out there talking all this crazy [expletive] about Jones, but he proved that he not only talks the talk, he walks the walk," White said. "I offered the fight to a couple of guys, and believe me when I tell you, nobody wants to fight Jon Jones on [short] notice. Nobody. But when I called Chael, that crazy [expletive] said, 'Not only will I fight him, but I'll get on a plane and fight him at Mandalay Bay tonight, if that's what you want.' "
"This is the first time in UFC history that the champion wouldn't step up and fight [a replacement], and I was pretty shocked to hear that," Henderson said. "It's not like he's injured. It's unbelievable to me that he wouldn't take that 'the show must go on' attitude. If there was any way I could have gone, and any way that I thought I could give myself a chance to win, I would have done that."
“This is probably one of my all-time lows,” White said. “The one thing that I never thought in a million years would ever happen — it happened.”
“We’ve never, ever had a fighter refuse to fight somebody, especially a fighter who is a world champion as well as one of the top pound-for-pound guys in the world,” White said. “It’s baffling to me, and I’ve never seen it before.”
White also said jones is selfish and he's disgusted. Can't say I disagree. Poor show mr.jones.