Australian UFC star Kyle Noke has revealed UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones personally apologised to him following the cancellation of UFC 151.

Overnight UFC president Dana White took the unprecedented move of cancelling UFC 151 after Jones refused to fight Chael Sonnen as a late replacement for his original opponent Dan Henderson.

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones. Credit:Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

Henderson succumbed to a knee injury less than two weeks out from the scheduled September 1 fight.

White lashed out at Jones, as well as his coach Greg Jackson, for Jones's refusal to fight Sonnen, saying he felt bad for fighters who had trained to fight on the undercard.