It didn’t take long for the trash talk to resurface between Rashad Evans and Jon Jones, who are set to meet in the main event at UFC 145 on April 21st.
The ongoing feud between Evans and Jones has intrigued fans ever since the announcement of their title bout, originally scheduled for UFC 133 last year.
The bitter rivals have spent a few years training side-by-side at Greg Jackson’s MMA and know each other better than anyone in the UFC. It has led Evans to approach the bout without caution and hesitation, since he’s familiar with Jones’ style. He thinks he can recapture the UFC light heavyweight title.
“I’ve got big advantages knowing what he’s going to do, just knowing the range, where I need to fight him at,” Evans told MMAWeekly.com. “I already know what I need to do.”
While Jones’ recent dominance throughout the 205-pound division has impressed many fans, it hasn’t phased the 32-year-old Evans. Like Jones, Evans also held the light heavyweight crown at one point, looking every bit as dominant, before relinquishing the belt to Lyoto Machida at UFC 98 in 2009.
Evans pointed to the previous champions who have fallen from grace, and he claims Jones’ reign will come to an end in similar fashion.
“There’s been so many people like him that’s always been ‘the one.’ That’s the secret, there is no ‘one,’” he said. “Anybody can lose, any given day, and he’s going to find that out.”
With just over two months to go before their anticipated title bout, both Evans and Jones will likely continue to take verbal jabs at one another. But when asked on his prediction of the fight, Evans made a bold statement.
“This fight won’t go five rounds,” he said.
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