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==Event milestones==
==Event milestones==
Among others milestones that occurred during this event, the event included a historic first in a fight involving two former heavyweight champions. In their non-title bout at "UFC 140, Mir became the first person to submit Brazilian legend Nogueira, snapping his arm in the process for a Submission of the Night bonus."<ref>Matt Erickson, "UFC 146 Keeps Getting Bigger: Cain Velasquez-Frank Mir Title Eliminator Added to Card," ''Heavy'', http://www.heavy.com/mma/mma-news/2012/03/ufc-146-keeps-getting-bigger-cain-velasquez-frank-mir-title-eliminator-added-to-card/ (accessed 10 March 2012).</ref> Meanwhile, "Jon "Bones" Jones became the first UFC light heavyweight champion since Chuck Liddell to make consecutive successful title defenses."<ref>Jeff Wagenheim, "UFC 140: Jones slays 'The Dragon' to cap breakthrough year," ''Sports Illustrated''http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jeff_wagenheim/12/11/ufc-140/index.html (accessed 10 March 2012).</ref>
Among others milestones that occurred during this event, the event included a historic first in a fight involving two former heavyweight champions. In their non-title bout at "UFC 140, Mir became the first person to submit Brazilian legend Nogueira, snapping his arm in the process for a Submission of the Night bonus."<ref>Matt Erickson, "UFC 146 Keeps Getting Bigger: Cain Velasquez-Frank Mir Title Eliminator Added to Card," ''Heavy'', http://www.heavy.com/mma/mma-news/2012/03/ufc-146-keeps-getting-bigger-cain-velasquez-frank-mir-title-eliminator-added-to-card/ (accessed 10 March 2012).</ref> Meanwhile, "Jon "Bones" Jones became the first person to submit former champion Lyoto Machida, becoming the first UFC light heavyweight champion since Chuck Liddell to make consecutive successful title defenses in the process."<ref>Jeff Wagenheim, "UFC 140: Jones slays 'The Dragon' to cap breakthrough year," ''Sports Illustrated''http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jeff_wagenheim/12/11/ufc-140/index.html (accessed 10 March 2012).</ref>


==DVD release==
==DVD release==

Revision as of 14:19, 31 March 2012

UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida
The poster for UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateDecember 10, 2011
VenueAir Canada Centre
CityCanada Toronto, Ontario
Attendance18,303
Total gate$3,900,000
Buyrate485,000
Event chronology
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Finale UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem

UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 10, 2011 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the penultimate event for the UFC in 2011. The event featured eight bouts televised internationally, seven preliminary bouts aired on cable in the United States and Canada, and three preliminary bouts streamed live on Facebook. The main event featured a championship fight with Jon Jones defending his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship against Lyoto Machida.

Background

A bout between Lyoto Machida and Phil Davis was initially announced by UFC President, Dana White, to happen at UFC 140. However, White admitted to "[jumping] the gun" on the announcement after discovering that Davis was still recovering from a knee injury.[1] Early reports also included a Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Jon Jones and Rashad Evans. First, Evans would need to be medically cleared following an operation that required pins to be inserted into his right hand due to an injury during his technical knockout victory over Tito Ortiz.[2] When it became clear that Evans would not be ready for the fight he was replaced by Machida for the championship bout.[3]

Jon Jones had won his title earlier in the year after defeating Maurício Rua at UFC 128 by technical knockout. Six months later, Jones defended his title after submitting Quinton Jackson, a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, at UFC 135. Lyoto Machida was himself a UFC Light Heavyweight champion following his knock out win of Rashad Evans at UFC 89 in 2009. Machida lost the title a year later to Maurício Rua at UFC 104, the same man who Jones won the title from in Rua's next outing. Machida's only career losses were to Rua and Jackson, both of whom Jones has beaten earlier in the year.[4]

The co-main event was a rematch between Frank Mir and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. The two had fought about three years prior at UFC 92 when Nogueira was the Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion, while Brock Lesnar was recovering from illness. During that match, Mir became the first person to ever defeat Nogueria by stoppage, in this case due to a technical knockout in the second round.[5]

Another headlining fight involved Nogueira's twin brother, Antônio Rogério Nogueira, who faced off against Tito Ortiz. The pair were originally scheduled to fight at a UFC Fight Night in March 2011. However, when Ortiz withdrew due to an injury, he was replaced by Phil Davis. Plans for UFC 140 initially consisted of Ortiz facing Rich Franklin. A shoulder surgery required Franklin to bow out of the fight and was replaced with Ortiz's original opponent from eight months prior, Nogueira.[6]

Rory MacDonald was expected to face Brian Ebersole at the event. However, on November 8, MacDonald pulled out of the bout because of injury and was replaced by Claude Patrick. Patrick was originally scheduled to face Rich Attonito on the preliminary card of the event.[7] Rich Attonito remained on the preliminary card and faced UFC newcomer Jake Hecht.[8] Dennis Hallman missed the weight allowance for his lightweight return, weighing in at 158.5 pounds. He was fined 20% of his purse and his fight with John Makdessi was subsequently changed to a catchweight bout.[9]

Event

UFC 140 consisted of twelve mixed martial arts bouts sanctioned by Ontario's Athletics Commissioner under the MMA rules established by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board and often referred to as the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.[10] The non-championship bouts were held for three five-minute rounds. The championship bout between Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida was scheduled for five five-minute rounds. The event was planned to feature four preliminary bouts live on Ion Television and on Sportsnet in Canada[11] as well as three preliminary bouts streamed on Facebook. Due to the early end of the televised preliminary fights, the three fights on Facebook were also televised on cable. The attendance at Air Canada Center was reported to be just over 18,000 bringing in almost $4 million from ticket sales.[12] The pay-per-view buyrate was reported to be 485,000.[13]

Preliminary card

The first fight of the evening was between Mitch Clarke and John Cholish. In the second round, Clarke attempted to take down Cholish. During the scramble, Cholish managed to take Clarke's back. Cholish flattened Clarke out and began striking Clarke until referee John McCarthy stopped the fight.[14] Cholish won the fight at 4:36 of the second round due to a technical knockout giving Clarke his first ever professional MMA loss.

Rich Attonito faced Jake Hecht in the second bout of the night. Attonito controlled the fight in the first round following the takedown and damaging Hecht while on top of him.[15] Attonito attempted a take down again in the second round, but Hecht hit Attonito in the temple with a couple of elbow strikes while defending the takedown. Attonito went down and Hecht continued to punch him until the the referee ended the fight.[14] Jake Hecht, in his UFC debut, defeated Rich Attonito by technical knockout at 1:10 of the second round.

Canadian native Mark Bocek's fight with Nik Lentz lasted the full three rounds. Bocek as able to take Lentz down at will and was consistently on top of Lentz throughout the fight. Lentz was not very active from the bottom, although he was able to prevent Bocek from passing his guard. Lentz attempted a number of times to apply a guillotine choke, but was unsuccessful in submitting Bocek. The judges' decision went to Mark Bocek, 30-27, resulting in Lentz suffering his first loss in the UFC.[16]

In the first bout of the night that aired on cable television, Yves Jabouin faced Walel Watson in the second fight of the night to go the full distance. Most of the fight was held with both fighters on their feet. Watson made use of his longer reach and height to strike from a distance with Jabouin attempting to get in close to land harder strikes. The second and third rounds also saw Watson attempt to submit his opponent with chokes.[17] In the end, the judges scored the bout a split decision in favor of Yves Jabouin.[14]

John Makdessi then faced Dennis Hallman in a catchweight bout due to Hallman's failure to make weight for the fight. Within seconds of the start of the fight, Hallman was able to take Makdessi down, mounted him and began to ground and pound Makdessi. Makdessi rolled over in attempt to defend himself resulting in Hallman taking his back and applying a rear-naked choke. Dennis Hallman gave John Makdessi his first career loss due to submission with the rear-naked choke at 2:58 of the first round. Afterwards, Hallman stated his win should have an asterisk since he was overweight for the fight.[14]

A middleweight fight between Jared Hamman and Constantinos Philippou also ended in the first round. Philippou was able to repeatedly hit Hamman with powerful right hand punches causing Hamman to fall to the mat at least four times. The last punch resulted in Hamman falling face first to the mat at which point John McCarthy ended the fight.[14] Constantinos Philippou earned his second straight UFC victory over Jared Hamman at 3:11 of the first round with a knock out.

The final bout of the preliminary card consisted of light heavyweights Krzysztof Soszynski and Igor Pokrajac. Pokrajac immediately came after Soszynski with punches that staggered and backed Soszynski up to the cage. Soszynski fell to the ground under the rapid series of strikes and covered up to protect himself. Thirty-five seconds into the first round, referee Yves Lavigne stopped the fight giving Igor Pokrajac the knock out victory over Krzysztof Soszynski.[14]

Critical reception

An anonymous author at Martial Arts Insights wrote, "The penultimate UFC event in 2011 has come and gone and while there wasn't anything as spectacularly classic as Dan Henderson vs Shogun Rua at UFC 139, all the fights on the main card were exciting to watch and provided their own drama."[18] Steve Davies similarly notes that an "incredible 2011 may be entering its final weeks but the UFC continues to churn out fight cards that can stake a claim as being a true classic. Last night was no different, as ‘UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida‘ went down in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and produced some jaw-dropping finishes as some of the promotion’s biggest hitters did battle north of the border."[19]

Event milestones

Among others milestones that occurred during this event, the event included a historic first in a fight involving two former heavyweight champions. In their non-title bout at "UFC 140, Mir became the first person to submit Brazilian legend Nogueira, snapping his arm in the process for a Submission of the Night bonus."[20] Meanwhile, "Jon "Bones" Jones became the first person to submit former champion Lyoto Machida, becoming the first UFC light heavyweight champion since Chuck Liddell to make consecutive successful title defenses in the process."[21]

DVD release

On 13 March 2012, Anchor Bay Entertainment will distribute an ultimate 2-disc DVD release of the event featuring 235 minutes of total material to Canadian retailers.[22]

Results

Preliminary card (Facebook)

Cholish defeated Clarke via TKO (punches) at 4:36 of round 2. This bout aired on the Ion broadcast following the Hamman vs. Philippou fight.
Hecht defeated Attonito via TKO (elbows and punches) at 1:10 of round 2. This bout aired on the Ion broadcast following the Makdessi vs. Hallman fight. This bout also aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Soszynski vs. Pokrajac fight.
Bocek defeated Lentz via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27). This bout aired on the Ion broadcast following the Soszynski vs. Pokrajac fight.

Preliminary card (televised)

Jabouin defeated Watson via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 30–27).
Hallman defeated Makdessi via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:58 of round 1. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Jones vs. Machida fight.
Philippou defeated Hamman via KO (punches) at 3:11 of round 1. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Ortiz vs. Nogueira fight.
Pokrajac defeated Soszynski via KO (punches) at 0:35 of round 1. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Makdessi vs. Hallman fight.

Main card

Jung defeated Hominick via KO (punches) at 0:07 of round 1.
Ebersole defeated Patrick via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
Nogueira defeated Ortiz via TKO (punches to the body) at 3:15 of round 1.
Mir defeated Nogueira via technical submission (kimura) at 3:38 of round 1.
Jones defeated Machida via technical submission (standing guillotine choke) at 4:26 of round 2.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $75,000 bonuses.[23]

  • Fight of the Night: United States Jon Jones vs. Brazil Lyoto Machida
  • Knockout of the Night: South Korea Chan Sung Jung
  • Submission of the Night: United States Frank Mir

Entrance music

Fighter Artist Title Album
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Diddy (feat. Jimmy Page) "Come with Me" Godzilla: The Album
Antônio Rogério Nogueira Method Man & Redman "Da Rockwilder" Blackout!
Brian Ebersole Garth Brooks "Standing Outside The Fire" In Pieces
Chan Sung Jung The Cranberries "Zombie" No Need to Argue
Claude Patrick Kanye West "All of the Lights" My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Frank Mir Kanye West (feat. Young Jeezy) "Amazing" 808's & Heartbreak
Jon Jones Chris Brown (feat. Benny Benassi) "Beautiful People" F.A.M.E.
Lyoto Machida Linkin Park "Bleed It Out" Minutes to Midnight
Mark Hominick Diddy - Dirty Money (feat. Skylar Grey) "Coming Home" Last Train to Paris
Tito Ortiz Eminem "Cinderella Man" Recovery

[24]

References

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