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Most UFC fans who will tune in to Versus on Sunday night to watch Vladimir Matyushenko fight Jon Jones are probably unaware of the wealth of experience Matyushenko has in the sport: The UFC has so many new fans that it sometimes seems like there’s hardly anyone left who remembers Matyushenko losing to Tito Ortiz in a light heavyweight title fight at UFC 33 in 2001.
But Jones himself says he’s keenly aware of everything Matyushenko has accomplished in the sport.
“I think he’s very underrated,” Jones said of Matyushenko. “I’ve watched a lot of his fights — pretty much all of them — I’ve watched them over and over and over again, and I’ve seen him do some great things.”