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UFC 187:What Might Happen to Jones' Title

Booking two title fights on the same card is great for fans. It makes the PPV event hard to pass up and more enticing to pay for. But lately it seems to be the savior of the event all together. The latest reports in the Jon Jones "Hit and Run" saga have seen the charges against Jones escalate from misdemeanor to felony. These charges could see Jones facing up to 3 years of jail time. With these new developments it would seem those who speculated that the main event at UFC 187 would not be taking place may be right. With a month to go before the fight between Jon Jones and Anthony Johnson the UFC might have to take advantage of the phrase "fight card subject to change." The obvious move would be to bump the middleweight title fight between Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort to the main event spot. But the fate of Jon Jones is still unknown so the UFC must decide whether it wants to delay the fight or have an interim title fight. With the charges against Jones havin

Who Gets a Title Shot after Machida vs. Rockhold?

With an impressive victory at UFC on Fox 15, Luke Rockhold not only took down one of the greatest mixed martial artist in the UFC(Lyoto Machida), he also did enough to take #1 contender spot. But the man who had that spot going into the Fight Night event in New Jersey also put on quite a performance. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, who was set to fight Yoel Romero before Romero suffered a knee injury made short work of Chris Camozzi for the second time in his mma career with a first round verbal tap out. So based on their performance at UFC on Fox 15, which man deserves the title shot against the winner of the title fight between Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort at UFC 187? Ronaldo Souza had only 6 days to train for a second fight with Chris Camozzi after an injured Yoel Romero was forced to pull out of the fight. Camozzi had been released from the UFC when he received a call asking him to take Romero's place in the co-main event. Eager to avenge his loss to Souza, he agreed t