Jon Jones steps into Toronto's Air Canada Centre Saturday night to defend his UFC Light Heavyweight title at UFC 140 against Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. Jones is riding a tidal wave of momentum, one that is driving comparisons between Jones and the boxer known simply as "The Greatest", Muhammad Ali.
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced today that four UFC® 140: JONES vs. MACHIDA preliminary fights will air live on the ION Television network on Saturday, Dec. 10 beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
UFC 140 will be in Toronto on Saturday December 10th at the Air Canada Center. It’s the second foray into what Dana White likes to call the Mecca of MMA. There are seven Canadians competing. One of the good ol’ Canadian kids on the card is London Ontario’s Mark Hominick who had a chance to talk to MMASucka.com about his seven month emotional roller coaster.
Fans have been flocking to the message boards and twitter questioning and begging for Brittney Palmer to come back to the UFC. Dana White said that she was never gone, that she was just pursuing her art career. Dana White sent out a tweet a few weeks ago asking fans if they wanted to see the fan favourite octagon girl back in the UFC.
John Makdessi has fought in the UFC twice now; at UFC 124 and UFC 129. He came up with victories in both. His name may not be well know yet, but the Montreal, Quebec native has nothing but championship dreams. On December 10 at UFC 140, Makdessi will look to further his dreams with a win over UFC veteran Dennis Hallman.
Paul "The Mauler" Lazenby is one of the most well-known and respected personalities in Canadian MMA. He recently has found himself in the thick of controversy in the MMA world after breaking a story on an illegal "charity" fight that recently took place in Surrey, BC. The week before, his interview with Bas Rutten where Rutten gave a then-unheard point of view on the Alistair Overeem/Golden Glory situation grabbed headlines on MMA websites throughout cyberspace. Never one to shy away from an opinion, Lazenby recently gave some of his time to MMASucka's Carlin Bardsley for an in-depth interview discuss these topics, his friend Chael Sonnen's walkout on TSN's Off the Record, UFC's future in Vancouver and more.
Kelowna B.C. native Rory MacDonald will not be fighting on the UFC 140 card on December 10, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario. MacDonald has been forced to withdraw from the match against Brian Ebersole due to an undisclosed injury which was reported today by the UFC. He will be replaced by another Canadian welterweight fighter Claude Patrick who also trains at Tristar.
