Jon Jones vs Rashad Evans has once again failed to come together, and neither fighter is going to want to be the one who “ducked” the other. It was Jones who took the first shot today when he spoke with MMA Fighting:
“Well, Dana White basically needed someone to save 140. I didn’t necessarily want to fight at 140, but because it was Rashad, I said, You know what? I would take the fight in nine weeks. I’m already in shape. I already know what I want to do. Rashad, predicting that I would say no, he kind of kicked himself in the butt because I said yes, he turns around and says, Oh, I didn’t expect Jon to say yes. I don’t want to fight him that soon. So in reality, he’s kind of the one who’s ducking the fight. I feel like he’s ducking the fight. … He’s tried to call me out on nine weeks notice. Obviously, who wants to fight on nine weeks notice? I just got a new car, I want to drive that around. I want to hang out with my family and relax and sleep in my own bed for once. And now Rashad calls me out, predicting that I would say no, to make me look like I was ducking him again, and I say yes, and now he says, Oh, I didn’t know he would say yes. I don’t want to fight him. He called Dana White, asked for 140, Dana White called me and said Rashad wants this fight. I gave him the fight he wanted and then he pulled out.”
With Jones now scheduled to fight Lyoto Machida on Dec 10th in Toronto, we wait for the spin on the story from Rashad Evans.