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The UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen event took place on Saturday night from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Jon Jones dismantled Chael Sonnen via TKO in the first round to defend his UFC light heavyweight title while suffering a compound fracture of one of his toes in the process.
UFC 159: JONES vs SONNEN takes place this evening at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., and is headlined with a light heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen. Join us for LIVE results and play-by-play commentary of all the action.
Michael Bisping backed up the war of words, dominating Alan Belcher over most of three rounds. Unfortunately, the fight was stopped due to an incidental eye poke, as Bisping’s finger found the eye Belcher, forcing a stoppage of the bout. Bisping was awarded a technical decision with scores of 30-27, 30-27, and 29-28.
Today’s UFC 159 fighter weigh-ins are being held at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., the same location hosting Saturday’s fight card headlined with a light heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen.
The UFC 159 event is set to take place on Saturday, April 27, from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The main event will consist of the UFC light heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones and challenger Chael Sonnen. However, the co-main event will feature a middleweight grudge match between top 10 middleweight Michael Bisping and the always tough Alan Belcher. Belcher has been asking for this fight for quite a while, so it’ll be interesting to see if he can rise to the occasion.
The ProMMAnow.com’s staff share their thoughts and predictions on Saturday’s UFC 159 card in New Jersey headlined with a light heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen.
UFC middleweight Alan Belcher will face Michael Bisping in the UFC 159 co-main event on Saturday. Belcher (18-7) was a guest on MMA Tonight (102.5 FM Nashville) on Wednesday where he discussed the match-up and shared his thoughts on all of Bisping’s trash talk leading up to the fight.
On this week’s UFC TONIGHT, guest host Daniel Cormier and Kenny Florian break down the UFC 159 card. Plus, we’ve got an exclusive Georges St-Pierre interview and much more.
We take a look at the UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen main card and discuss if the event is a good card on paper. There are a lot of fans and pundits that are not excited for this event so we want to see if it’s worth a watch.
The Countdown to UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen full episode can be viewed below. The show details some behind the scenes stuff with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones as he prepares to defend his title against challenger Chael Sonnen on Saturday, April 27, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Also, middleweights Michael Bisping and Alan Belcher will collide in the co-main event in a grudge match between the two fighters. Belcher has been asking for a top 10 middleweight for years to test himself against with Bisping being a target as of late