'The doctors wouldn't let Jones come back', says Dana White about the champion's broken finger

Jon Jones took no notice of Chael Sonnen and impetuously knocked out his rival in the main fight of UFC 159, an event held this Saturday (27), in Newark, in the United States. However, despite the victory without major difficulties, the champion came close to losing the light heavyweight division belt. During a punching session on Sonnen, Jones' toe got stuck in the octagon and he ended up fracturing his limb.

“I felt like I was broken, but I wasn’t going to stop the fight. I think my team would also let me continue”, said Jon, at the press conference after the show. Despite the champion guaranteeing that he would continue in the dispute, UFC president, Dana White, stated that he would be prevented from returning to the fight if the round ended and the referee noticed the injury.

“The doctors wouldn’t let Jones go back. If the round ends, Jones would lose the fight by technical knockout,” said the director. As Jones' victory was declared 4:33 into the fight, if Chael Sonnen If he endured another 27 seconds of competition, he would probably be the new champion of the category.