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''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, Canada. 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. In the co-main event, Frank Mir, who was the first man to knock out Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 92, became the first man to submit Nogueira. Mir accomplished the feat with a kimura that ultimately broke Nogueira's arm. In the main event, Lyoto Machida also suffered his first ever submission loss at the hands of Jon Jones. In doing so, Jones retained the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship title. ==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 "() the gun" on the announcement after discovering that Davis was still recovering from a knee injury. 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. When it became clear that Evans would not be ready for the fight he was replaced by Machida for the championship bout. Jon Jones had won the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship earlier in the year after defeating Maurício Rua at ''UFC 128'' by technical knockout. Six months later, Jones defended the 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 over Rashad Evans at ''UFC 98'' in 2009. Machida lost the title a year later to Maurício Rua at ''UFC 113'', 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 had beaten earlier in 2011. 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. 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. 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. 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. Rich Attonito remained on the preliminary card and faced UFC newcomer Jake Hecht.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rich Attonito meets newcomer Jake Hecht at UFC 140 )〕 Dennis Hallman missed the weight allowance for his lightweight return, weighing in at 158.5 pounds. He was fined 20% of his earnings for the fight and his fight with John Makdessi was subsequently changed to a catch weight bout. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UFC 140」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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