Dana was uncommitted on whether or not Miguel Torres would ever fight in the UFC again after the Twitter scandal, saying only "We'll see". He did appreciate Torres' statement after the fact, but left no confusion on how he feels about his decision:
"Nobody has any business making jokes about rape....It was from a TV show? Who gives a shit? This is not a TV show."
UFC 140 had some epic fights. Jon Jones retained his title against Lyoto Machida, Frank Mir stepped one step closer to title contention with a submission win over Big Nog and Lil Nog beat up Tito Ortiz. Thanks to our media friends MMAFighting.com, HeavyMMA.com and MMAWeekly.com for their post fight videos.
UFC 140 goes down today (Dec.10) at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
The main event features Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida for the light heavyweight championship. The Nogueira brothers are both in action, with Big Nog vs. Frank Mir and Lil Nog vs. Tito Ortiz. Round out the main card are two Canadian showdowns with Claude Patrick vs. Brian Ebersole and Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung.
Las Vegas, Nevada – Tickets for the highly anticipated UFC® JAPAN: EDGAR vs. HENDERSON are on sale now to fans worldwide. This historic event takes place at the Saitama Super Arena, in suburban Tokyo, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012.
The weigh-in event for UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida is set to take place Friday, 4:00 PM ET, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, CA. The event will broadcast live on Facebook, YouTube, and UFC.com
Nick King and YaleUFC are joined by Gabriel Morency from MorencySports.com for their breakdown of UFC 140. UFC 140 goes down this Saturday evening and is headlined by the light heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida.
Shortly after Forrest Griffin got himself into some trouble for saying "rape is the new missionary" on his Twitter account and a day after Rashad Evans taunted his upcoming opponent Phil Davis by saying he's going to put his hands on him "Worse than that other dude at Penn State." Miguel Torres was spontaneously cut from the UFC.
UFC 140 goes down this Saturday Dec.10 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario and features a light heavyweight title match between Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida in the main event. Also fighting on the main card are Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Tito Ortiz vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
MMASucka is live on scene from the UFC 140 pre-fight press conference and you can watch the stream live as well. Today the UFC 140 pre-fight press conference will be held at the Bell Tiff Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario.
The crowd at the UFC 140 open workouts watched breathlessly as Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira threw a series of vicious combinations into the training mitts, each one quicker and more powerful than the last. The only times he paused was to send a smoldering glare in the direction of his opponent, Frank Mir, who was standing across the gym.
