Ever since Jon Jones violated Mauricio “Shogun” Rua en-route to relieving him of the UFC light heavyweight title, one name in particular seems to always crops up—Rashad Evans.
“Bones” Jones most recent conquest was Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 135. Jones dominated every aspect of the game, and in the process handed Jackson only his second career submission loss via rear naked choke.
The only other fighter credited with that achievement is Kazuchi Sakuraba.
After Jones sent Rampage packing, none other than Evans turned up in the ring for a hyped up stare-down to promote their eagerly awaited clash, supposedly scheduled for early 2012.
Much has been made about the fact that both Jones and Evans were former training partners at Greg Jackson’s gym—they know each other’s strengths and weaknesses—one or the other had the upper hand in training and so on and so forth.
However, sparring and the actual fight itself is a different ball game altogether.
I believe that when these two combatants eventually throw down, Jones will be victorious.
Here are the reasons why…