Vitor Belfort Now Fighting Jon Jones At UFC 152 – Lyoto Machida And Shogun Rua Turned Down Fight

saw this on mmafighting.
Oh Booohooo Lyoto turned a fight down with A MONTH notice, Shogun turned a fight down with a MONTH notice….and who knows how many fighters turned down a fight w/JBJ before Sonnen agreed. ladeeda.

I’ll give it to Chael, he’s one crazy bastard tho. But obviously he’s got alot more to gain and JBJ had everything to lose. Didn’t make sense.

WARRR VITOR

So is Vitor fighting him or bloody Machida,

i dont get whats actually happening.

Vitor isnt worthy Anderson demolished him so Jones will run through him

As little as i think of JJ right now for cancelling an entire card and not stepping up against Chael, i sympathize with JJ more than Lyoto and Shogun. Both of those guys just came off of successful training camps, with the momentum of a win and still a month to train. Losers. I hope Dana never gives either a title shot again.

Not saying this is true, but I wonder if they’re all too scared to take the fight because they’re cycling some PED’s and scared they’ll get caught. I really don’t think this is the case, but just something to consider.
Shogun and Machida did both just fought and might be injured or took it too easy after the fight as well. Who knows, could be many other reasons.
Too bad it wasn’t Jones vs Anderson. THAT would have been a pleasant surprise. And can you imagine if it was Chael…and he actually won? HA.

Either way, 151 is gone…. disappointing.

i have no interest what so ever in watching vitor fight jones. What did dana do just draw his name out of a hat? how will they even market that crap? i didnt even think vitor was with ufc anymore

Cane or JDS should lose some weight and break Bones in half

Nobody is scared. Shogun and Machida just got done fighting, and if I was them, I would turn down the fight too just to have more time to practice.

I want machida to have more training time so he can kick his ass!!

how does this fight make any sense at all…. would love it if vitor actually stood a chance,
but look at what anthony johnson did to him on the ground before the referee (unfairly) stood them up,

What would be exciting is frankie edgar vs jones, cant beat that speed

Jones lost more than people know, by turning down that fight, and Ruining the 151 Card, he just put himself in the bad books of Zuffa, they will cut him the first chance they get. Regardless if he is the Best in the world. He burned the only bridge in the Game. Plus JBJ is a Cop wanna be Snitch, I hope he suffers from severe stomach pains for the rest of his Parasitic ass life. I hope he breaks his twiggy legs walking on the treadmill.

I don’t blame Shogun or Machida, we all now that Machida needs more time to set up his game plan. the only punk I blame is Jones scared ass bones

Totally irrelevant fight. Seriously, Vitor is not relevant at all. Who will really pay to watch this? The only people who want to see this fight are Vitor fans from back in the day.

I dont think a lot of ppl are gna pay to watch vitor get his ass handed to him again… and how can any of you “not blame” Machida or Shogun but blame jones? Hendo and Chael are two different fighters. thats a COMPLETE game plan change! so jones is supposed to just say ok? yea that woulda been “the champion thing to do” but lets be real! Dana’s the B**** of the equation. if you got “so many guys willing to step up” you coulda found a new main event, then aired it for free because it wasnt the main event everyone wanted. or even pay per viewed it still if it was marketable enough. he coulda did somethin to make it work. instead he cancelled to make jones/nelson look like an event killer so he’d lose fans, sponsors, whatever. all because jones “messed up his money”.

Well sad Zacky!!!

Wasn’t Shogun on medical suspension anyway? The guy recently came off a war. I can understand him turning down the fight. Machida? Come on, man, take the opportunity when it presents itself.

I don’t think there’s anything that will make sense for me with Jones turning down a short notice fight. It’s not as if he wasn’t training, couldn’t make the weight, wasn’t in shape, etc. He was already good to go. And I would think after a long camp of preparation, you are almost ready to fight anyone. This after Jones declared to Sonnen “I’m more than you’ll ever be” (“except I’m afraid to fight you on short notice”).

Wow if ppl are hating on JBJ for turning down a fight on 8 days notice, You better damn well hate Machida and Shogun for being cowards and not taking a fight on 30 days notice!!! I know they’re scared cuz JBJ wrecked them both like they’re some mid tier Hilll billy town casino fighters, but still. Supposedly they want the belt back? HAHA lil fairys declined to fight though, too funny!!!