UFC 151

UFC 151: Jones vs. Henderson
Information
Date	Cancelled
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Event chronology
UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar II UFC 151: Jones vs. Henderson UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort

UFC 151: Jones vs. Henderson^[8] was a planned mixed martial arts event that was to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 1, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was to be headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout, between champion Jon Jones and former dual-division PRIDE FC and Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson. However, the event was cancelled on August 23, when the UFC announced Henderson was unable to fight due to injury, and Jones refused to take a replacement fight against longtime middleweight contender, Chael Sonnen.^[9]

Background

The fight between Thiago Tavares and Dennis Hallman was originally scheduled to take place at UFC 150, but was moved to this event on July 12, 2012.^[10]

Josh Koscheck was expected to face Jake Ellenberger, but pulled out of the bout, citing a back injury and was replaced by returning veteran Jay Hieron.^[11]

Cancellation

On August 23, Dana White announced that Henderson had sustained a partial rupture of his MCL and had withdrawn from the bout. White then announced via press conference that UFC 151 would be the first event in the organization's history to be cancelled, after Jones declined to fight Chael Sonnen, who agreed to take the fight on eight days' notice. Initially, White announced that Jones would defend his title against Lyoto Machida at UFC 152 and that UFC 151 simply will not take place.^[12] Later, it was reported that Machida declined to fight Jones. The promotion announced that former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort will challenge Jon Jones at UFC 152.^[13]

Initial reports indicated that UFC 152, scheduled to take place three weeks later, would be renamed UFC 151. However, Zuffa announced that UFC 152 would keep its name and UFC 151 would officially be deemed a "lost show."^[14]

Dana White blamed the cancellation on Jones and his coach, Greg Jackson, who advised him that accepting the fight with Sonnen on short notice would be the "biggest mistake of [his] entire career."^[15] Some MMA analysts, however, see the UFC at fault for creating thin cards.^[16] With fights occurring nearly every weekend, the pool of fighters available as substitutes when injuries occur is shallow.^[17][18] CBS Sports columnist Gregg Doyel argued Dana White's mishandling of UFC 151 proved that UFC competitors need a union, stating: "...fights fall through all the time -- the flimsy card fell apart. This was the UFC's fault. This was UFC president Dana White's fault...".^[19] Dan Henderson was also criticized when It was later reported that he had been injured three weeks prior to the announcement but kept the injury under wraps as he was still hoping to compete.^[20]

Cancelled fight card

See also

• List of UFC events

References

External links

• Official UFC past events page
• UFC events results at Sherdog.com

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