UFC 128

UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones
A poster or logo for UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones.
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	March 19, 2011
Venue	Prudential Center
City	Newark, New Jersey
Attendance	12,619
Total gate	$2,140,000
Buyrate	490,000
Event chronology
UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis

UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 19, 2011, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

This event was expected to take place in Abu Dhabi, the promotion's first return to the United Arab Emirates since UFC 112. However, the organization scrapped the idea after a suitable location for the event could not be finalized in time, since the temporary venue that hosted UFC 112 had been dismantled.

A bout between Tito Ortiz and Antônio Rogério Nogueira, was linked to this event, but was moved to headline UFC Fight Night 24.

A bout between Brendan Schaub and Frank Mir was expected for this event. However, Schaub ended up fighting Mirko Filipović.

A bout between Chael Sonnen and Yoshihiro Akiyama was briefly reported but Sonnen plead guilty to federal charges of money laundering and had his contract placed on hold by the UFC.Nate Marquardt was then signed to compete against Akiyama. However, on March 12, it was announced that Yoshihiro Akiyama had to pull out of his fight with Nate Marquardt due to the tragedy in Japan. Dana White then announced via Twitter that Dan Miller would be stepping up from the preliminary fights to replace Akiyama on the main card. Miller's original opponent Nick Catone instead faced UFC newcomer Costas Philippou in an 195-pound catchweight bout.