Jones, though, refused to fight Sonnen on eight days' notice after contender Dan Henderson was forced to withdraw because of injury.

WSJ: Jones retains light heavyweight title at UFC 159

Former UFC champion Lyoto Machida won a lackluster split decision over 42-year-old veteran Dan Henderson on the undercard at Honda Center, and bantamweight Urijah Faber beat Ivan Menjivar with an acrobatic rear naked choke late in the first round.

NPR: Ronda Rousey Wins Historic Women's UFC Debut

Glasgow backs Dan Parks and Andy Henderson and the forward trio of Ross Ford (Borders), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow) and Simon Taylor (Edinburgh) have been added to Scotland's squad.

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