Best Conspiracy Theory About UFC 151

by Dr. Octagon, J.D.

This is one theory that’s been coming up on some of the MMA podcasts and boards.  Let me just start off by saying that I don’t endorse this interpretation of events, I am just recounting it for your amusement.

The theory goes something like this: Fightersonly has a story saying that Dan Henderson injured his knee three weeks ago. Chael Sonnen and Henderson are total bros. So Chael knew about Dan’s injury and started trolling Jon Jones on Twitter to get himself into the fight. Dan Henderson announces the injury late and Chael offers to take the fight without a camp, when he’s been totally training his ass off for the fight for the previous two weeks.

The reason that I don’t buy this version of events is that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. And that goes something like this:

Dan Henderson is a savage and was prepared to fight on one leg until his coaches talked him out of it. Chael Sonnen is a lunatic who was prepared to fight the best light heavyweight on the planet without a training camp.

I haven’t seen a ton of coverage on this angle yet, and I’m sure at some point Dan will do an interview, but if Dan didn’t disclose the injury promptly, he deserves a lot of the blame for the cancellation of the event. He’s been pretty silent as the nuclear shitstorm that obliterated UFC 151 from the face of the Earth has seen a ton of insane invective (guilty here) hurled at everyone else involved, notable  Jones, Greg Jackson and Dana White.