UFC 151 Cancelled - Oh lawd

[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

[edman5555]

I think Vitor can win. He has a very good shot standing and I think his grappling is very good. I beat the crap out of Anthony Johnson. I think this is a very interesting matchup. This will be awesome to watch.

[MMA_scientist]

^^ He could win, he could land a shot standing. But most likely Jones is going to take him down and batter him and make everyone sad again like they were when he destroyed Shogun.

[poopoo333]

Didn't Anthony Johnson take down Belfort pretty easy a couple times? I remember there being some pretty early stand ups. Then Johnson gassed and just gave up.

[Mr. IWS]

[Mr. IWS]

[Mr. IWS]

[MMA_scientist]

Didn't Anthony Johnson take down Belfort pretty easy a couple times? I remember there being some pretty early stand ups. Then Johnson gassed and just gave up.

Yep. It is going to happen. The only issue is Jones may willingly stand, as he has been doing lately.

[SPX]

So I guess we're not getting any UFC for like a month.

WTF? Is this 2004?

[Svino]

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.

Maybe 1 fight away even, but I actually don't think Belcher is that good, it has more to do with the fact that the top 10 middleweights have been fighting each other and losing occasionally, killing their title runs.

I see no reason the LW title wouldn't be on the line. Unless Jones wants to come down to 195 and challenge Vitor for his Franklin/Rumble-weight belt.

[SPX]

So what is Palhares then, like 4th tier?