UFC 140

UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida
A poster or logo for UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida.
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	December 10, 2011
Venue	Air Canada Centre
City	Toronto, Canada
Attendance	18,303
Total gate	$3,900,000
Buyrate	480,000
Event chronology
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Finale UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem

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.

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 "[jumping] 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.