Lauzon Preaches How Jon Jones “Screwed The Fans And Fighters” By Not Accepting Sonnen Fight

Quote :

UFC 151 is cancelled. Jon Jones was supposed to fight Dan Henderson,
but Dan had to pull out because he tore his MCL and his knee is unstable
even walking. There is no way that Dan can fight. Chael Sonnen has
volunteered to fight Jon Jones, someone that EVERYONE else turned down
because its Jones and its short notice… and Jon turned down Chael. As a
result, the UFC was forced to cancel the entire show.

Not only has this screwed over all the fans that bought tickets, non
refundable airfare, took off work, made arrangements, etc… but think of
all the fighters. Fighters that put in full camps, flew people in that
helped them trains, etc. By the time I am actually fight, I spend close
to 20k between corners, flights, expenses, coaches, etc… and then to
have the whole show cancelled because ONE guy didn’t want to fight. This
ONE guy that had trained an entire camp, who was the CHAMP and at the
top of his weight class, who was going to fight someone who didn’t do
the camp, and was fighting UP a weight class.

I have always been a big Jon Jones supporter… but I would be FURIOUS
if this happenned to me and I was on the card. To call is scorched earth
wouldn’t do it justice.

- Joe Lauzon via his personal blog.

BJPENN.COM

eeks ...

absolutely correct.
plus, chael is very similar to hendo in skillset, only that he uses his wrestling a lot more. wtf?
jones has fucked up big time. im even going to say that this will haunt him forever. he lost the other fighters and the fans that still thought that he is still a decent, thoughtful respectful guy.
even TRIGG hates him now and that says a lot

the commie wrote:

even TRIGG hates him now and that says a lot

LOL!
But truthfully, I never really was a big Jones fan. I defended him, but only when I thought he was being unjustly hated.
This, however, is inexcusable. A total bitch move, and I could never defend it.

I'm just thankful it wasn't Silva or a Diaz brother that did this, because then I would have to dissapear from this board for a very long time to avoid the embarassment. Like I always say; I try to avoid blindly defending any fighter for any and every mistake they make (even my favorites). I usually just try to put things in perspective and isolate what the culprit is actually guilty of, without completely defending or condemning the guy based on one incident.

But this is a whole different animal. Whether it was Jones, Silva, Nick Diaz, or Chael Sonnen, I do now and will always in any possible future repeats of this scenario call it a bitch move and completely unforgivable. You can bet on that....

What would be super cool is if all fighters banned together and refused to fight Jones. I am assuming Jones doesn't get paid if he doesn't fight.

Screw that guy. I have been a huge Jones supporter for a long time, but this pisses me off to no end. This is worse than PEDs, imo.

I love Lauzon's statement.

nothing but the truth from joe