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UFC 135: Jon Jones Earns Newfound Respect from Rampage Jackson

Before their fight at UFC 135, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson told the media that he had no respect for UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones. With Jones willing to share in the trash talking, all of the pressure was placed firmly on the shou…

Before their fight at UFC 135, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson told the media that he had no respect for UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones.

With Jones willing to share in the trash talking, all of the pressure was placed firmly on the shoulders of the defending champion, and he punished his opponent and earned his respect.

Rampage is not a modest or humble man, but he tells things how they are, and that’s something that is very refreshing from MMA fighters, who sometimes sound like drones.

Rampage Jackson told the USA Today about his loss to Jones, and his feelings towards him now:

I expected to come out here and close the distance, but he’s great. I thought it was hype, but the kid is good. When he got on top of me, I knew I had a big cut. I turned so he wouldn’t elbow this cut any more. It was a big mistake on my part.

While gaining the respect of Rampage Jackson is great, it will be the respect he earns from all of the veteran fighters that really matters in Jones’ career moving forward.

Jones is only 24 years old, and it is imperative to his career in the UFC that the veterans respect his abilities, because that respect will give Jones the edge.

Rampage Jackson may not be in his prime anymore, but the way Jones handled him with patience and power will make other veterans weary of the talent this young star possesses.

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Eduardo Dantas Eliminates Wilson Ries From The Season Five Bantamweight Tournament

Wilson Reis was eliminated from the tournament once again in his first attempt at 135 pounds, but big things were expected from his opponent, Eduardo Dantas, when he showed up with world champion Jose Aldo and Marlon Sandro in his corner. Dantas earned a knockout as exciting as Vila’s when he capitalized on a kick caught by Reis in the opening round. Reis wouldn’t let go of the leg at first and looked to set up a takedown, but when Dantas took his leg back and Reis began to retreat to get outside his striking distance, Dantas sprinted toward him and laid him out flat with a knockout by flying knee.

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Wilson Reis was eliminated from the tournament once again in his first attempt at 135 pounds, but big things were expected from his opponent, Eduardo Dantas, when he showed up with world champion Jose Aldo and Marlon Sandro in his corner. Dantas earned a knockout as exciting as Vila’s when he capitalized on a kick caught by Reis in the opening round. Reis wouldn’t let go of the leg at first and looked to set up a takedown, but when Dantas took his leg back and Reis began to retreat to get outside his striking distance, Dantas sprinted toward him and laid him out flat with a knockout by flying knee.

“UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage” Bonuses: That Other Diaz Banks 75k

Eat a dick, Steven Seagal. Props: MMAFighting.

Nate Diaz was clearly in a win or go home situation heading into UFC 135. Winning only three times in your past eight fights won’t exactly get you on Dana White’s good side. Especially when your brother is Nick Diaz. Fortunately for Nate, he easily locked in a fight ending armbar in the first round against Takanori Gomi. The 75 grand he pocketed for Submission of the Night honors? Just icing on the cake where he’s from, homie.

The only other fight on the card to end in submission, Jon Jones’ rear naked choke against of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, took home Fight of the Night honors. There really isn’t much else to say about this one, save for a sarcastic comment about how Rothwell vs. Hunt was far more deserving of FOTN honors. But you guys have higher expectations of us than that. Also, Josh Koscheck’s first round knockout over “K1 Hughes” earned him Knockout of the Night honors. This fight marks the fifth time in Koscheck’s career that he’s taken an end of the night bonus from the UFC, and also the second time he’s taken home KOTN honors. He also won Knockout of the Night for his performance against Yoshiyuki Yoshida back at UFC: Fight for the Troops in 2008.

Eat a dick, Steven Seagal. Props: MMAFighting.

The Sunday Junkie: Sept. 25 edition

In one of our strongest editions of The Sunday Junkie to date, we look
back at UFC 135, “The Ultimate Fighter 14” debut, Matt Hughes’ legacy,
UFC matchmaker Joe Silva’s job, fighter safety and other hot topics.

MMA fans tackle all aspects of those top…

MMA fans tackle all aspects of those topics in our weekly reader-feedback feature.

This week’s winner, Mississippi’s John Caffey, focused on UFC 135’s headliner and Jon Jones’ big win over Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. But he also cautions that comparisons to the sport’s top fighter should wait – for now.

UFC 135 Results: Steven Seagal’s Lies Won’t Help His MMA Credibility

After Jon Jones made Quinton Jackson tap out to a rear naked choke at UFC 135 on Saturday night, fans were talking about what it would take someone to beat the seemingly unbeatable Jones. There was another story to come out of the show too: Steven Seag…

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Long Journey For Mark Hunt Brings Fighter Second Octagon Win

Tweet Former K-1 kickboxer Mark ‘Super Samoan’ Hunt (7-7) was given a chance by the Ultimate Fighting Championship to take the money and run without even stepping into the Octagon. This was all part of a previous contract that Hunt had with the former PRIDE promotion, which was bought by the UFC and who felt […]

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Former K-1 kickboxer Mark ‘Super Samoan’ Hunt (7-7) was given a chance by the Ultimate Fighting Championship to take the money and run without even stepping into the Octagon. This was all part of a previous contract that Hunt had with the former PRIDE promotion, which was bought by the UFC and who felt they would sooner buy-out the fighter rather than put him on an event.

One of the reasons the UFC likely had not wanted Hunt in the cage was the five fight losing streak he brought with him, as well as his physique, which was as much as 290 lbs for some fights.

Despite agreeing to let him fight, it looked as though they were right about not wanting him in the UFC after Hunt dropped his first fight to Sean McCorkle at UFC 119.

Now though with all of the work Hunt has done with American Top Team, coming in at 260 lbs for his fight with Ben Rothwell Saturday night at UFC 135, it appears that the ‘Super Samoan’ desire to fight was the best decision.

With a KO win over Chris Tuchscherer at UFC 127, and last nights unanimous decision win over Ben Rothwell, who most had picked to win easily at UFC 135 in Denver, UFC President Dana White made it a point to bring out Hunt for the post-fight press conference to talk about his journey.

“I actually asked Mark to come to this press conference,” White said Saturday night. “Many of you probably don’t know, or some of you do know, when we bought PRIDE, he came as part of the PRIDE deal. It was back and forth, and basically I was like…we’ll just pay you off what we owed you in the PRIDE deal.’ Mark Hunt said, ‘No, I want to come, and I want to fight.’”

Hunt who is apparently not one for words spoke little about what its taken for him to get to this point in his career, simply noting that it was a long journey and that “it’s been hard” getting to this spot.

“It’s been a long journey, like I said, just to get here. I’m still…plugging away at it. It’s been hard. It was a really hard fight. Ben Rothwell, he’s really tough, right. I threw a lot of heavy shots at him, real hard shots, but he was still there. I was lucky to acclimatize early.”