The last hours were marked by major changes in the history of MMA and the UFC. Vitor Belfort announced on his twitter that will face the champion Jon Jones in the main event of UFC 152 on September 22 in Toronto, Canada. After Henderson's injury and the cancellation of UFC 151, Lyoto Machida would be the tupiniquim the new challenger to the light heavyweight title, but it seems that everything has changed again. Cashew Freitas had early in his twitter - in conversation with Lyoto Machida before the announcement of the lesion henderson - that the fighter would not be the substitute for Jon Jones . Remember that the American Dan Henderson would be the challenger for the belt, in a duel against champion Jon Jones at UFC 151 on Sept. 01. However, Henderson suffered a knee injury during his training and was forced to withdraw from the card on Thursday, with the subsequent cancellation of the entire event. Then, the UFC announced that Jon Jones fight Lyoto with the next event. Now it appears that Belfort was chosen for the arduous task of fighting with American Jon Jones, Lyoto would have given up because of the battle, as a matter renowned American site. Tell yourself that belongs to the category Belfort middleweight (up to 84 kg) and face Alan Belcher at UFC 153 on Oct. 13 in Rio de Janeiro. Vitor has fought and won the light heavyweight at UFC 46 on January 31, 2004, which surpassed the legend Randy Couture for medical termination.
Home »Unlabelled » Turnaround: Vitor Belfort now faces Jon Jones
Jumat, 24 Agustus 2012
Langganan:
Posting Komentar (Atom)
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar