Article has been updated to reflect Jones fighting Belfort and not Machida on September 22.

To summarize the entire saga in one tired rant:

So, in recapping the UFC news on Thursday. Hendo's injury forced him to pull from his fight against Jon Jones. Chael Sonnen offered to fight Jones but Jones said he wouldn't fight Chael. Dana White blasts Jon Jones for being selfish and says Greg Jackson is a sport killer. Dana cancels UFC 151. Shortly after that Anderson Silva contacted Dana through his manager and said he would fight on eight days notice against a LHW opoonent (not Jones) to save the event but the Dana had already cancelled the entire card. Dana then says Jones will fight Lyoto Machida at UFC 152 on 9/22. Hours later Machida rejects the fight. Vitor Belfort was offered to fight Jones and now that's what we will see at UFC 152 -- Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort.

So whiffing at a spinning backfist only to receive a diving knee to the chest earns youa title shot in a weight class that you weren't in? Really? C'mon Dana, it's not Jones fault that the event fell through.

Maybe you should have every fighter make a forfeit deposit so that they take better care of themselves in training.

Quite the pickle here. On one hand, it sucks that the whole card got scrapped for that, and I guess it's easy to point the finger at Jones for refusing the fight. But honestly, Sonnen didn't deserve a title shot and he would have most likely been mauled anyway. Jones is a great wrestler and that seems to be the only real strength of Sonnen's game. I would have been shocked if Sonnen made it to the 3rd round against Jones, short notice or not.