On September 24, the youngest champion in UFC history, Jon “Bones” Jones, will defend his belt for the first time against former light heavyweight champ Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.
When these two get into the cage, there will, undoubtedly, be fireworks as both men are prone to their stand-up.
Jackson believes people are afraid to stand with him because of his dangerous boxing, but Jones is not one of those people.
Even though Jackson has been in the UFC since 2007 and has beaten some of the best fighters in the world, he is actually the underdog against the young Jones.
Jones is a complete MMA fighter and Jackson has not been the same fighter since he decided to begin a career in the movie business and let everyone know of his plans to soon retire.
However, this does not stop Rampage from wanting to recapture the belt he lost back in 2008 to Forrest Griffin and to show that he is still one of the top fighters in the world.
He will face a tough test in Jones, who’s title victory back in March was one of the most one-sided title fights in UFC history.
Jones embarrassed then champion Mauricio Shogun Rua and made winning the belt look easy.
“Bones” is a new breed of mixed martial arts that is slowly causing legends in the sport, like Rampage, to pass the torch. Just don’t tell Rampage that.
This fight should be exciting for a lot of reasons, but here are five reasons to watch the fight.