No, this is not a repeat, yet another fighter has been forced off the UFC 149 fight card. Canadian welterweight Claude Patrick will not be fighting on his home turf in Calgary as an injury has forced him off the card. Replacing him on the UFC 149 main card against James Head will be Brian Ebersole.
Once again MMA proved that you never know and that anything can happen when you step into the cage. Take tonight’s UFC 140 in Toronto, Canada for example, six of the 12 fights ended in the opening round while another three didn’t make it out of the second round. The exciting night might be in the books but the results from tonight will be talked about for a long time across the internet.
The fighters for tomorrows UFC 140 all stepped on the scales today in Toronto, Canada in front of a packed house along with everyone watching over the internet. Out of the 24 fighters, only lightweight Dennis Hallman missed weight and coming off his speedo incident at UFC 133 the veteran’s on very thin ice.
Coming off an exciting TUF 14 finale the Ultimate Fighting Championship is back this weekend with UFC 140 from Toronto, Canada. The second to last UFC event of 2011 will be headlined by the light heavyweight champion Jon Jones making his second title defense against former champion, Lyoto Machida.
This Saturday, Dana White and crew will make their way to the Air Canada Center in Toronto, Ontario for UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida. When this event was first announced, Lyoto Machida and Phil Davis were rumored to be the main event but it was eventually revealed that Davis was still recovering from a knee injury and would not be fighting. Later, it was thought that Jon Jones would defend his title against Rashad Evans, but that, too, was shut down due to a thumb injury in the Evans camp. Let’s take a look at the current main card and break it down.
TUF 14 wasn’t bad for a wager or two, but if you’re looking for some serious Christmas money, this is the card. Between Jones defending his title and both Nogueira brothers on the same card, its money well spent on the PPV and money in pocket with smart wagers. So, let’s dig into my comparison betting odds and valid props for this event and get the bankroll growing. Now, onto the fights!
Even though its three months away the end of the year is beginning to take shape for the UFC. After announcing the blockbuster main event between Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem for UFC 141 on December 30th, the UFC also announced four separate bouts for the UFC 140 on December 10th.
The UFC took their show north to Toronto and in front of a massive audience of some 55,000 people, they choose to air their entire undercard. There were five fights on facebook.com, here’s the result of those fights.
