UFC 151 Cancelled - Oh lawd

[SPX]

And indeed it is confirmed:

Vitor Belfort replaces Lyoto Machida against champ Jon Jones at UFC 152

[SPX]

^^ That's pretty ridiculous. Again, why pull a MW from a good fight? Why not a LHW? Surprised they didn't call up Rich Franklin. Also, I am officially starting the countdown to Chuck Lidell coming out of retirement to fight Bones.

This whole thing is getting fucking weird. Vitor makes no sense whatsoever. What I want to know is how he even got into the conversation.

I mean, what was the process that lead to someone saying, "Hey, you know what? How about Vitor?"

[poopoo333]

What the fuck?

[poopoo333]

Dana White: Anderson Silva offered to save UFC 151 by fighting 'another light heavyweight'

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[SPX]

Dude, they should make that happen. Don't just cancel the whole fucking thing. That is just stupid.

[Thewisemann]

Yea no shit. This fucking sucks. Vegas is always sweet but damn i would not be going if i would have known.

[SPX]

It almost seems like there's something else going on here. They have lost main events in the past and worked around it. They could do the same thing here, but it's like they don't want to for some reason.

[poopoo333]

http://middleeasy.com/index.php?opti...:organizations

[SPX]

BOL. I wonder if that guy even watches MMA.

[poopoo333]

Belfort +500 on Paddy Power

[poopoo333]

+625 on bookmaker/betdsi:

#UFC152 Breaking Odds: Jon Jones -925 vs Vitor Belfort +625

[poopoo333]

[MMA_scientist]

Going to bet against Jones again and lose again.

[poopoo333]

Not me, gonna ride that Jones $ train..I'll bet Jones ITD and hedge with Belfort KOTN

[Svino]

This whole thing is getting fucking weird. Vitor makes no sense whatsoever. What I want to know is how he even got into the conversation.

I mean, what was the process that lead to someone saying, "Hey, you know what? How about Vitor?"

Yeah, even if they couldn't save 151, they should have tried to make that Silva-Jones fight.

Promoters clearly think of Vitor in a strange way. They're either trying to give him fights with 3rd tier guys like Alan Belcher or Cung Le, or they're putting him in against Silva and Jones (and remember when he was almost the replacement to fight Fedor on Affliction 3?). Unfortunately, I don't see Vitor with much of a chance here, but if he does manage to clip Jones and take him out with his patented flurry, I will go nuts.

[SPX]

First off, I'm not sure why you would call Belcher "third-tier." He's probably like 2 fights away from a title shot.

And yeah, if Vitor KOs Jones then it will be a happy day. Is this fight even for the title? If I hear the words "and NEWWWWWW light heavyweight champion of the world" then I'll piss in my pants.

[SPX]

"Jon . . . turn down the fight with Sonnen . . . go get some fans."


-- Greg Jackson

[Mr. IWS]

"Jon . . . turn down the fight with Sonnen . . . go get some fans."


-- Greg Jackson

lol

[edman5555]

And indeed it is confirmed:

Vitor Belfort replaces Lyoto Machida against champ Jon Jones at UFC 152

Awesome.

[poopoo333]

Belcher will probably be in a #1 contender fight at UFC 153 vs Chris Weidman. I think that's the most logical step