Rashad Evans Analyzes Jon Jones’ Performance Against Rampage Jackson

The UFC’s weekly magazine-style show, UFC Ultimate Insider, has become a gold mine for fantastic exclusive content. That’s no surprise; it’s produced in conjunction with the UFC, after all, so they’re going to put their best foot forward and make it de…

The UFC’s weekly magazine-style show, UFC Ultimate Insider, has become a gold mine for fantastic exclusive content. That’s no surprise; it’s produced in conjunction with the UFC, after all, so they’re going to put their best foot forward and make it destination television for UFC fans around the world.

Host Jon Anik is a complete and utter pro, taking fans behind the scenes and giving them the kind of access they crave.

This week’s edition was more of the same. The UFC filmed Rashad Evans providing commentary during the UFC 135 bout between Jon Jones and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, and the footage has finally surfaced.

In the video, you can see Evans giving his take on Jackson’s game plan against Jones, who Evans will finally face at UFC 145 later this month.

A few takeaways from Evans’ commentary:

  • Evans repeatedly notes that Jackson is fighting from the wrong range against Jones. The light heavyweight champion has the longest reach in the UFC, and Jackson was obviously standing right at the end of Jones’ range instead of getting inside and trading punches. Evans says before the fight even begins that Jackson needs to be on Jones’ chest, fighting inside, and Jackson failed to do that. In hindsight, this was a major flaw in Jackson’s game plan.
  • Evans praised Jones’ flying triangle at the end of the second round, noting that it likely earned him points in what was a fairly close round up to that point.

It’s an interesting video. These are the kinds of things that I like to see from the UFC, and hopefully we’ll get more exactly like it in the future.

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