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UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It is expected to take place on September 22, 2012 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and will be broadcast live on pay-per-view..
Official fight card
Main Card (PPV)
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones (c) vs Brazil Vitor Belfort
Flyweight United States Joseph Benavidez vs United States Demetrious Johnson
Middleweight England Michael Bisping vs United States Brian Stann
Light Heavyweight United States Matt Hamill vs Canada Roger Hollet
Featherweight United States Cub Swanson vs Brazil Charles Oliveira
Preliminary Card (FX)
Light Heavyweight Croatia Igor Pokrajac vs Brazil Vinny Magalhães
Lightweight Canada TJ Grant vs United States Evan Dunham
Welterweight Canada Sean Pierson vs United States Lance Benoist
Featherweight United States Jimy Hettes vs United States Marcus Brimage
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Welterweight United States Seth Baczynski vs Norway Simeon Thoresen
Bantamweight Canada Mitch Gagnon vs United States Walel Watson
Welterweight United States Charlie Brenneman vs Australia Kyle Noke
Background
Rory MacDonald was expected to face former dual-division champion B.J. Penn at the event, but MacDonald pulled out of the bout after sustaining a cut to the forehead while training. The bout has now been rescheduled for UFC on Fox 5 on December 8, 2012.
Roger Hollett was expected to face Matt Hamill at the event. However, Hollett was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Vladimir Matyushenko.
As a result of the cancellation of UFC 151, a bout between Kyle Noke and Charlie Brenneman was rescheduled for this event.
Dan Miller was expected to face Sean Pierson at the event. However, Miller pulled out of the bout after getting news about his son's kidney transplant operation. He was replaced by Lance Benoist.
Main event
The main event will see current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones facing former champion Vitor Belfort. Originally, Jones was set to defend his title against Dan Henderson at UFC 151 on September 1, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, but UFC President Dana White announced on August 23 that Henderson had a partial tear in his MCL and would not be able to compete. It was than revealed that Jones declined a fight against Chael Sonnen, who offered to take the fight on eight days notice. As a result, the event was cancelled. This marked the first time the UFC had cancelled an event, with the official fight card having been announced, in the organization's history.
Following the cancellation of the Las Vegas UFC event, White said that UFC 151 simply will not exist. Jones was set to face Lyoto Machida in a rematch at this event after the cancellation of that event, but Machida eventually declined the fight. Subsequently, Vitor Belfort was chosen to take Machida's place at this event. Jones is a massive favorite (13-to-1) coming into the bout.
The co-main event, originally serving as the evening's main event, is set to feature Joseph Benavidez taking on Demetrious Johnson for the inaugural UFC Flyweight Championship. Benavidez earned the right to fight for the championship by defeating Yasuhiro Urushitani by TKO in the second round where as Johnson defeated Ian McCall by unanimous decision.
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