Lyoto Machida turns down fight; Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 152

[Dademo]

Jones vs. Belfort to Headline UFC 152 After Lyoto Machida Turns Down Title Shot - MMA Fighting

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Glad to see Jon fight someone new still... but damn

 

[PHX]

: this is such a mess. Dana might go mental if this fight has to change somehow.

 

[Deezy]

Why the fuck did Machida turn down the fight? He could've leveraged the company for a bigger payday or atleast some brownie points in case he goes on a losing skid.

Vitor is doing the company a solid and if he doesn't get hurt, will have a guaranteed spot in the HOF.

Boy this shit cray.

 

[PHX]

Assumed he turned it down the same reason Jones turned down Chael but really screws himself out of his title shot since now he has to earn it all over again apparently. Just fucked up all around.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Damn all this shit is insane.

 

[Slim]

Machida shouldn't have to earn it all over again. I mean he did earn the fight and it was to be sometime down the road since it was supposed to be Jones/Henderson here and then months down would be Machida vs. winner.

But yeah Machida backing out wasn't cool. But Vitor is one of those that will fight anybody as well and so... hopefully no more hand breaking and no more injuries otherwise Dana is probably gonna fire somebody.

But will Dana say anything about Machida backing out of the fight? I highly doubt it.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Jon Jones has opened up as a 13-1 favorite.

 

[We Are Legion]

God dammit, Machida.


WHY?!

 

[Chris]

Belfort just became UFC's biggest babyface.

 

[Dademo]

It's not that I want to see Jon Jones lose, more than Belfort win. And I'm a Belfort hater/JJ fan. I just want Vitor to win something legit I guess.

 

[Dod Draper]

So now Sonnen (providing he beats Forrest), Henderson & Machida are all in line for a title shot. Nice.

 

[The Cork]

Machida shouldn't have to earn it all over again. I mean he did earn the fight and it was to be sometime down the road since it was supposed to be Jones/Henderson here and then months down would be Machida vs. winner.

But yeah Machida backing out wasn't cool. But Vitor is one of those that will fight anybody as well and so... hopefully no more hand breaking and no more injuries otherwise Dana is probably gonna fire somebody.

But will Dana say anything about Machida backing out of the fight? I highly doubt it.

Machida should have to earn his shot again because-

1/ he didn't deserve a rematch anyway.
2/ he only got the rematch on count of him "wanting it more than Shogun"......doesn't sound like he wants it that badly to me.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Was just reading that Shogun also turned down Jon Jones for UFC 151.

 

[Dale]

Yeah he did, basically...

Hendo pulled out
Jones turned down Sonnen
Shogun turned down Jones
Machida turned down Jones
Belfort agreed to fight Jones, no idea if Jones has actually accepted but I guess he must have.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Crazy how this all went down : And yeah he accepted it from what I've read, Dana would kill him if he didn't.