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''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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Full UFC 128 Fight Card Announced )〕 ==Background== This event was expected to take place in Abu Dhabi, the promotion's first return to the United Arab Emirates since UFC 112.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC Returns to Abu Dhabi for UFC 128 on March 19th )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 128 Headed to Abu Dhabi in March; Shogun vs. Evans Possible )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC's Abu Dhabi Return Scrapped )〕 A bout between Tito Ortiz and Antônio Rogério Nogueira, was linked to this event, but was moved to headline UFC Fight Night 24.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz headlines UFC Fight Night 24 in Seattle )〕 A bout between Brendan Schaub and Frank Mir was expected for this event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frank Mir vs. Brendan Schaub also Stefan Struve vs. Brendan Schaub was targeted for early-2011 UFC event )〕 However, Schaub ended up fighting Mirko Filipović.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Filipovic vs. Schaub at UFC 128 )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yoshihiro Akiyama out at UFC 128; Dan Miller now faces Nate Marquardt )〕 Miller's original opponent Nick Catone instead faced UFC newcomer Costas Philippou in an 195-pound catchweight bout. During Jon Jones' post-fight interview, following his victory over Ryan Bader at UFC 126, Joe Rogan announced that Rashad Evans had injured his knee during training. Jones was then informed that the UFC wanted him to replace Evans in a fight against Mauricio Rua in the main event for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Jones accepted, and the fight was set for this event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rashad Evans hurt, Jon Jones now challenges Shogun Rua for title at UFC 128 )〕 Quinton Jackson was originally offered the fight before Jon Jones. He declined the fight saying he would never take a fight with only a four-week notice. He also stated that he currently weighed 250 pounds and would have to lose 45 pounds in that four week time period and would not have time to actually train.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Rampage" Jackson cites poor timing, weight for UFC 128 title-fight decline )〕 Karlos Vemola was scheduled to face Luiz Cane on the card, but Vemola was forced out of the fight with an injury.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Karlos Vemola out, Luiz Cane without opponent for UFC 128 )〕 Eliot Marshall stepped in and replaced Vemola.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eliot Marshall returns, steps in to meet Luiz Cane at UFC 128 )〕 Manvel Gamburyan was scheduled to take on Raphael Assunção, but withdrew due to a back injury on February 25.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Manny Gamburyan Pulls Out Of UFC 128 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Featherweight Manny Gamburyan out at UFC 128 in New Jersey )〕 Erik Koch stepped in and faced Assunção, as Koch's original opponent for the UFC on Versus 3 event two weeks prior to UFC 128, Cub Swanson, pulled out due to injury around the same time as Gamburyan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=With opponents injured, Koch/Assuncao tabbed for UFC 128 )〕 ''UFC 128'' featured two preliminary fights live on Spike TV,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spike TV confirms "UFC Prelims" special for March's UFC 128 event )〕 and on March 7, it was announced that the Almeida/Pyle and Pellegrino/Tibau fights would stream live on the UFC's official Facebook page.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 128's Almeida vs. Pyle, Pellegrino vs. Tibau to stream on Facebook )〕 Bruce Buffer announced that Mike Pyle defeated Ricardo Almeida by scores of 29–28, 30–27 and 30–27. However, the official scorecards showed that Pyle actually won the fight with scores of 29–28 across the board.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 128 official scorecard images )〕 On March 17, Dana White announced on an episode of MMA Live that Rashad Evans would be offered the next light heavyweight title shot against the winner of the main event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dana White: Rashad Evans to fight the winner of 'Shogun vs Jones' )〕 Instead, Jones made his first title defense against Quinton Jackson on September 24, 2011 at UFC 135.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=As expected, champ Jon Jones and challenger "Rampage" Jackson headline UFC 135 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UFC 128」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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