TweetYeah, he didn't make a good case for him being the "next big thing." Most people are now saying that he is ducking Sonnen after talking the crap about him. I mean, he was already ready for the same type fight. Sonnen for sure would have had the tougher side of the situation. Not only did he turn the fight down, but by doing so, they had to cancel the PPV....which is more the UFCs fault than Jones'.

Then they schedule Machida, who said he didn't want the fight yet. So now it's Vitor. Vitor can KO Jones....and if he does, it will be detrimental to Jones' rep. Losing to Machida or Sonnen would have been a much better thing than losing to Vitor.


We will see...

TweetHow can you say this is more of the ufc fault then jones. This guy is a champ turning down a fight.A champion running scared from a fight.Jones cost the UFC millions not the other way around. As soon as he said no he turned coward. jones fuk'd up bad

Tweetif he isnt injured then he should have to fight or forfeit the belt. what a chump

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Originally Posted by baby1

How can you say this is more of the ufc fault then jones. This guy is a champ turning down a fight.A champion running scared from a fight.Jones cost the UFC millions not the other way around. As soon as he said no he turned coward. jones fuk'd up bad

look, I can't stand Jones and think he is a coward and ducked Sonnen. But the UFC should ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS have a backup plan in place. That business 101! How many main events have we seen that didn't happen but the card went on? Come on.....the UFC HAS to take some blame in the card being canceled.

TweetEveryone likes to talk crap about Anderson, but Anderson called Dana and said that he would fight a LHW on the 8 days notice to save the card....Dana said no, it's too late. There was your PPV saving fight right there.

TweetI will say that I used the word "more" when I said it was more the UFC's fault. That was poorly chosen. It was mostly Jones' fault, no doubt!!!! But I still think the UFC can be blamed as well for the PPV being canceled. So yeah, I was wrong saying it was more their fault. I just went back and read what I wrote

TweetPersonally, I don't fault Jones at all. Henderson is a different fighter than Sonnen. How can you train months to fight a guy with an orthodox stance, then in 8 days change it around for a South paw? Both are great ground guys, but Sonnen I believe is better. This is how Bones makes a living. Why would he risk going out and fighting a guy he didn't train properly for, potentially lose his title, and take a big dent in his paycheck? Here's an idea, how about Dana White suit up and fight Sonnen? Why get all pissed off about lost revenues? If he loves the sport so much, save it by suiting up! Dana's a boxer, so he has formal training. Go get em Dana!

TweetJones is the worlds best at 205. chael is a 185# fighter that has never held the belt.

he should have taken the fight.
1. he has way better standup than chael.
2. he has great wrestling.
3. is much bigger.
4. chael would be taking the fight on 8 days notice so his cardio would be suspect
5. he has had a full camp
6. he calls himself the best in the world

i bet if they called nate diaz, he would have fight chael. jones is a *****. i do fault him. a champ should step up to any challenger. to save the day. dana said jones is rich, the other guys now loose their paychecks due to his fear of a smaller challenger.

i think sonnen is a nut but i have 100% respect for a guy that will take a fight on short notice let alone one with a guy 20# bigger. big balls

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Originally Posted by jipped genes

Jones is the worlds best at 205. chael is a 185# fighter that has never held the belt.

he should have taken the fight.
1. he has way better standup than chael.
2. he has great wrestling.
3. is much bigger.
4. chael would be taking the fight on 8 days notice so his cardio would be suspect
5. he has had a full camp
6. he calls himself the best in the world

i bet if they called nate diaz, he would have fight chael. jones is a *****. i do fault him. a champ should step up to any challenger. to save the day. dana said jones is rich, the other guys now loose their paychecks due to his fear of a smaller challenger.

i think sonnen is a nut but i have 100% respect for a guy that will take a fight on short notice let alone one with a guy 20# bigger. big balls

Not only that but Sonnen says he hasn't trained 1 day since the Anderson fight. He's at his normal walking around weight. He said that with only 8 days, he would struggle to get to the weigh ins at weight and that with all of the PR stuff for the fight, he wouldn't have had time to train.

-So Jones would have been fighting "basically" the same style fighter he had already trained for except Sonnen doesn't possess the KO of Henderson (which is a plus for Jones)

-He would have been fighting a fighter that just came off a loss at 185

-He would have been fighting a fighter that had not done ANY training leading up to the fight, let alone game planning and watching film on Jones.

-He would have been able to back up his responses to Chael's trash talk lately about Jones


Now think about this....WHEN Jones does fight Sonnen, he will have to fight a fresh, prepared, and extra motivated Sonnen. If he wanted to destroy Chael, he just missed the perfect chance.

Instead, he has pissed off the UFC, what little fans that he had, his fellow fighters, etc...... He went from being the "next big star" to being a HUGE douche almost instantly. Not to mention it makes him look like he was scared to death to chance Sonnen.


WAR VITOR!!!

Tweetwhy do you think he will win against chael.Chael made a mistake in the silva 2nd fight and beat the snot out of silva again in the 1st round but his mistake cost him the fight. But you think jones would walk through chael you dont know that. Bottom line he is now a black eye with the company as jipped said jones is a puzzy. A champ refusing to fight and made a whole lot of people hate him now and made his status of a great fighter to a shitty ass person.

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Originally Posted by FUZO

why do you think he will win against chael.Chael made a mistake in the silva 2nd fight and beat the snot out of silva again in the 1st round but his mistake cost him the fight. But you think jones would walk through chael you dont know that. Bottom line he is now a black eye with the company as jipped said jones is a puzzy. A champ refusing to fight and made a whole lot of people hate him now and made his status of a great fighter to a shitty ass person.

If you are talking to me, I would be pulling for Chael to win. I can't stand Jones!! I was just saying that if he wanted to beat Chael, that was his best opportunity because Chael hadn't even been in the gym since the Anderson fight.