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The headlining fight of UFC 135 should be one of the most exciting bouts of the year, and it features defending Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones taking on veteran fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.
While Jones has been known as a relatively humble fighter, Rampage has brought out the arrogance that every fighter needs to posses to be a great champion.
As the heat from the trash talking increases, so will the hype for this fight, and the war of words will escalate into an all-out brawl at UFC 135.
Jones told the Vancouver Sun about having to back up his trash talk against Rampage:
It definitely makes me fight better. The only reason it makes me fight better is because it makes me prepare better. I realize every quote I make, I’ve got to back it up. That’s why I try to not insult my opponent and say things that I only think will be true.
The usually quiet fighter knows what Rampage tries to do mentally to his opponents, and just like in the ring, Jones is prepared for anything and everything that his opponent will try on him.
While Rampage was initially thrown off by Jones attitude, he realizes that the smart, young fighter is trying not to tip his hand before the fight. Jackson knows this Jones kid is the real deal, but he knows that there isn’t a fighter Jones faced that has what Rampage has.
Rampage talked to the Vancouver Sun about Jones lack of experience, and the fact that he hasn’t fought someone like Jackson before:
I basically looked at the fight, my teammates looked at it and saw he ain’t really fought anyone like me. Everybody’s counting me out and it’s making me more and more confident. I’m going to relieve of him of his first loss. I’m going to be the person to give him the first (expletive)-whooping, so he can go on to be the great fighter that I know he can be.
Rampage is so much smarter than people give him credit for, and his statement is 100 percent right. Many people question Jones’ ability to take on a hard striker that isn’t afraid of him, and beating Rampage would catapult him into the mainstream lexicon.
With UFC 135 just days away, I can’t wait to see this fight and all of the stellar undercard specials.
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