Remember what you were doing on Feb. 26? Been awhile since then, huh?
In this non-stop, 100 tweets per minute cycle we live in now, thinking back to Monday takes enough mental strain, let alone almost two months. Maybe you were cold, shoveling snow?
Maybe you were just getting out of the doghouse for messing up Valentines Day?
Or maybe, as the case for some sports fans, you were watching the last UFC pay-per-view.
It really has been that long since Dana White‘s traveling show of strikes, submissions and Joe Rogan streams has hunkered itself down in an arena, thrown two big-name fighters in an eight-sided cage and charged you $49.99 (give or take) for the pleasure.
Almost hard to believe.
We’re used to at least one of these a month, even more after the torrid pace at which they were cranked out at the end of 2011 and early part of 2012.
Alas, we haven’t seen one since that date mentioned above, when Benson Henderson beat Frankie Edgar in Japan. This weekend changes that in a big way—with big names, big fight, big anticipation. UFC 145 gives us Jon Jones versus Rashad Evans.
Fight fans know this is a must-watch, but for the casual fans, here’s why you should grab a few buddies and pitch in, or head out and find a bar that’s playing this one. You’ve got arguably the hottest name in MMA right now (Jones, who’s on the precipice of becoming a mainstream superstar) taking on a rival where there’s no love lost.
No “play to the cameras” beef here. These dudes straight up don’t like each other.
And that’s why this is the biggest fight of the year.
Months in the making, this drama between friends turned enemies has turned into MMA’s version of a real life soap opera.
No one could have scripted better the rapid rift between Evans and the Greg Jackson camp or the deterioration of his friendship with Jones. However, like all historic fights, the stars somehow seem to align to create the perfect mix of real drama and an amazing matchup of styles.
No argument here.
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