The UFC has booked a mega fight for their main event in Toronto this December in the form of Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida.
Rashad Evans was originally tapped to face Jones in his next title defense, however, due to an injured thumb Evans will not be able to make the UFC 140 card and the UFC has opted to put Machida in his place.
Dana White took to twitter this afternoon with the announcement, “Alright Toronto!!! Dec 10th UFC 140 tix go on sale next weekend and ur main event is Bones Jones vs Machida”, said the statement.
UFC 140 is set to take place in Toronto on December 10 from the Air Canada Centre. A light-heavyweight title fight between current champ Jon Jones and former champ, Lyoto Machida will serve as the evening’s main event, live on pay-per-view.
Having not seen action since his UFC 129 victory over Randy Couture this past April, Karate master, Lyoto Machida will finally get a chance to regain his title lost at the hands of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua this December. With an overall record of 17-2 Machida is one of the most dangerous fighters in the 205 pound division.
Jones has looked invincible in all of his professional outings. We last saw him go into uncharted territory against the former champion, Rampage Jackson at UFC 135 just last month when Jackson took the champ to the fourth round. It was a gutsy performance from the challenger, but still, Jones was able to lock on a choke and finish the fight just as he always does.
Many MMA analysts have predicted that Lyoto Machida has the style to beat Jones and now we will find out once and for all.
Thats super freaking good bro! Elusiveness vs Reach advantage striker. In wrestling Jones has an advantage but, u know what,? Machida might stop those and might counter Jones striking. I pull for Lyoto “The Urine Dragon” Mahicda.
let the UFC do their job. just watch the fights and stop whining.
Good call
just like any other job you need to be cleared by a doctor to return to work, the only difference for the fighters that work for the ufc is the rules are more strict, and we all know rashad had a cast on his hand so he was injured so to suggest hes trying to get out of this fight that can get him his belt back is just ppl being haters… Im not a rashad fan but im not a hater either
I like machidas style over rashads to make this a more exciting fight to watch anyway
hahaha, after all this time of calling jones a bitch for his hand injury and saying he was ducking him the exact same thing happens to rashad. saves that cocky dick right. WAR BONES!
This will be the best fight for 2011. Two top fighters giving their best. My vote will be for Machida, he’s more skilled than anything thinks, and don’t think he’s the same Machida that fought Shogun. Jones better send his spies because Jones is in for some danger.
bet machida will sparr a lot with anderson silva to get as similar type of style as he can get for this fight but still think jones will come out on top because even though silva and bones are similar jones is more unpredictable gonna be a great fight though
this fight is actaully a lot more exciting than the rashad fight. i think jones would have handled him but machida will actaully present some problems for him i think.
damn all the machida hate. if there is one person in LHw divison who can actually defeat jon jones its lyoto machida, his style is the best to go up against jones! ill be pulling for machida to finish jones in under 3 rounds!
anderson sylva moved up in weight to destroy forrest griffin. if he did that again, it would end the supposed jones era. either way, good luck to machida……he gonna need it!!!
Good luck machida.. earn that silva money.
lol funny how the silva money comment bothers you so much but if chael said it youd think hes right n that he deserves it when chael has never won a big fight in his life.
Bones will destroy this idiot. He can’t away from an 84 inch reach in his face. He’s going to get KTFO worse then what Shogun did to him.
You’re a complete idiot. Style makes fight bro, Machida uses quick and elusive movements with timed counter attacks. Rampage provided a good blueprint on defeating jones, good head and lateral movements + tdd. Rampage did have success when he added kicks to his combination. Jones has a very thin legs compared to other light heavyweights, we’ll see what happens when he got his legs beat up. anyways interesting fight though great match up.
WONDER HOW MACHIDA IS GOING TO GET INSIDE THAT 84 INCH REACH TO KICK HIS LEGS. I BELEIVE YOUR THE COMPLETE IDIOT. BONES IS GOING TO WORK OVER THE WAY OVER HYPED MACHIDA. HIS STYLE IS DOO DOO AND I CANT WAIT FOR JONES TO SMASH HIS F ING FACE IN WITH ELBOWS.
TANG INA MO TANGA
BEST MATCH I HAVE EVER SEEN – this will be an amzing fight !
Machida has this fight!
jones is cool i really dont care about the light heavy weight class but dont be fooled by whats going on because evens coach told dana give him a date and he could have evans put that fight off until feb and evans would of been ready i dont evans at all i just dont but with all the hate and rage he has inside plus with his lay on you get points and repeat dana knows he has a chance moreso than anyone to beat him and right now jon jones is his cash cow and hes going to ride this until to wheels fall off dont be surpised aftered this jones will have a hand injury or something then evans will fight then next thing you know forrest griffin will get a title shot dana will take advantage of this for as long as he can