It was officially announced on FS1’s America’s Pregame that Jon Jones is out of UFC 178 due to a leg injury and his title fight with Daniel Cormier has been postponed until the January 3, 2015 card. In its place, Demetrious Johnson will face Chris Cariaso for the flyweight title.
The news of Jones’ injury stalls the momentum between the Jones-Cormier feud which was amplified by last week’s media day brawl at the MGM Grand. It followed with “hot mics” picking up some unrefined banter between the two which was not to be for public consumption. Yet, it perked everyone’s interest.
Now, it appears that the UFC will replace this hot feud with another title fight featuring Johnson. Of course, the last time Johnson headlined (at UFC 174), it was the lowest PPV output in 10 years.
Payout Perspective:
UFC 178 will still have Connor McGregor on the card so there is still buzz to be made. However, replacing Jones-Cormier with Johnson-Cariaso is a disappointment (and its neither Johnson or Cariaso’s fault). Unfortunately for Johnson, he has yet to translate into a PPV draw and his June showing at UFC 174 reflects the fact that he is not a main eventer. On the bright side, both Jones and Cormier will get time to nurse their respective injuries so that they will be fresh for UFC 182 on Jan. 3rd 2015.
Hahaha…more bad news
How about dc’s operation? Only jones given time to heal? For desperation sake…dw would order fighters to heal
tops just climaxed. Hahaha.
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UFC 178 get 50,000 buys
john frederickson is gay.
Hahahahaha….yeah really bad ppv
What a year for the ufc….hahaha….credit rating really low for sure
Total bullshit ! there is way more to the story< Drugs? Jones trying to hold out for more $$ ? Dana must be drinking heavily. In the end the fans get fucked once again by the stupid planning of the ufc.They really are losing the ball lately.
This delay is a double-edged sword for the UFC. Good news is the beef can simmer and cook for a bit before the fight in January. The bad news is, a lot of people (casuals) will have forgotten about the brawl that just happened, which was the best promotional tool they had. Hell, it even ran on breakfast TV here!
No doubt an even rougher year for the UFC now. Too bad they have champs like Pettis tied up with TUF.
It’s not planning Sal. Injuries happen (too?) frequently in the sport. You can’t plan for that.
Sal with more of his delusions of grandeur.
The UFC couldn’t plan a successful free picnic, Hows the 2014 plan going so far??? planning is everything in business. D plans to take the bus to see the DR bhahahaha how about planning your training better and dont get hurt, how about training instead of having a fake fight at a press conference. Now what do they have?? shit nothing but shit!! Shit planning makes shit results so yea its UFC’s lack of planning.
Haha. Comical. You are completely delusional. You don’t know anything about business you stupid geriatric. You don’t grasp basic business practices, yet you claim to be an authority? What a joke.
I see uncle Bobby’s got you working over drive you homo.
Sal, the UFC run 20+ events per year. So yeah, they know how to plan.
“how about planning your training better and dont get hurt”
That is unbelievably ignorant. I don’t often resort to insults but there’s no other way to categorize that statement. Fighters get hurt because they are training their asses off. If they don’t train their asses off, they lose when they get in the cage. If you know a way to prevent injuries in MMA while training for peak performance quit your job and become a trainer. You’ll be a millionaire.
as a long time mma fan, this is the worst year the ufc has had in nearly 10 years
i really hope they change how they are doing things for the better of the sport.