UFC 140 Card Finalized, Shawn Tompkins Tribute Show Cancelled

UFC 140 Card Is Final

The Ultimate Fighting Championship finalized the complete UFC 140 fight card this past week and the final card produced is stacked with quality fights.

In the main event, Jon Jones will put his lightheavyweight title on the line for the second time this year against Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida who is coming off a knockout of Randy Couture in Toronto in April.

The Huntington Beach Bad Boy, Tito Ortiz, is on the card along with other UFC stars such as Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Frank Mir, Chan Sung Jung and Rodrigo Nogueira.

The card is also packed with eight Canadian fighters in key matchups with heavy implications for their respective futures.

Canadian's Mark "The Machine" Hominick, Rory "Ares" MacDonald, Krzysztof Soszynski, Mark Bocek, John Makdessi, Claude Patrick, Yves Jabouin and Mitch Clarke are all fighting on the December 10th card in Toronto.

Shawn Tompkins Tribute Card Canceled

Global Warriors Fighting Championships Halloween Havoc event scheduled for Saturday October 29th, at 5 p.m. has been canceled at the last minute.

The event was a tribute event to the late Shawn Tompkins and was set to be an incredible showcase for up-and-coming fighters in Ontario. Team Tompkins and Adrenaline Training Center London fighters Jesse Ronson, Pete Brown, Clint Kingsbury, Rowan Cunningham and Jesse Gross were all set to showcase the team that the late Coach spawned.

Global Warriors president Garnet Ace took full responsibility for canceling the event, but his stated reason for doing so is unclear. In a statement released by Ace and posted by MMA Ontario, it states that headliner Jeff Lents was injured and could not fight so rather than deliver a sub par card, they are postponing or canceling the card. This has left the fighters and fans extremely disappointed and frustrated.

See my video blog "The Submission" attached for my complete rant on how this all went down and some advice for the small regional MMA shows.