Tag: Evans

Greg Jackson ‘Leaning Towards’ Cornering Jones in Title Bout with Rashad Evans

Greg Jackson could be cornering against former student and close friend Rashad Evans at UFC 145. In a recent appearance on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Savage Dog Show,” the head MMA trainer at Jackson’s MMA hinted at the possib…

Greg Jackson could be cornering against former student and close friend Rashad Evans at UFC 145. In a recent appearance on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Savage Dog Show,” the head MMA trainer at Jackson’s MMA hinted at the possibility of being in UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones’ corner when meets Evans on April 21: […]

Rashad Evans Says He Expects to Knock out Jon Jones at UFC 145

Rashad Evans will now look to settle the score with Jon Jones in the main event of UFC 145. “Suga” earned the opportunity after scoring a unanimous decision victory over Phil Davis at UFC on FOX 2.  While the oddsmakers favor Jones to …

Rashad Evans will now look to settle the score with Jon Jones in the main event of UFC 145. “Suga” earned the opportunity after scoring a unanimous decision victory over Phil Davis at UFC on FOX 2.  While the oddsmakers favor Jones to retain the light heavyweight title, listing him as a 6-1 favorite, Evans […]

Jon Jones Didn’t See Progress in Rashad Evans’ Skills Against Phil Davis

Rashad Evans might finally been rewarded with a title bout with Jon Jones following his victory over Phil Davis last weekend, but Jones doesn’t feel like Evans’ performance granted him a title shot. The UFC light heavyweight champion appear…

Rashad Evans might finally been rewarded with a title bout with Jon Jones following his victory over Phil Davis last weekend, but Jones doesn’t feel like Evans’ performance granted him a title shot. The UFC light heavyweight champion appeared on “The MMA Hour” with Ariel Helwani earlier this week and discussed his thoughts on the […]

UFC News: Jon Jones Wanted a Heavyweight Fight After Wins over Evans and Hendo

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour on Monday and he certainly had an interesting piece of news for anyone who was watching.  “Bones” told UFC president Dana White, as well as UFC co-owner…

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour on Monday and he certainly had an interesting piece of news for anyone who was watching.  “Bones” told UFC president Dana White, as well as UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta that he would like to fight a Top 10 heavyweight if he were […]

UFC on Fox 2: 5 Things We Learned from Evans vs. Davis

Rashad Evans was able to beat Phil Davis on FOX when the UFC rolled into Chicago this last weekend, and in doing it, he clinched a spot in Atlanta to face Jon Jones for the world title. Every fight tells a story as it progresses, and the one with Davis…

Rashad Evans was able to beat Phil Davis on FOX when the UFC rolled into Chicago this last weekend, and in doing it, he clinched a spot in Atlanta to face Jon Jones for the world title. Every fight tells a story as it progresses, and the one with Davis and Evans was interesting if […]

UFC’s Rashad Evans: 5 Things We Learned from UFC on Fox 2

From an excitement perspective, the UFC on Fox 2 main card much to be desired.  Demian Maia snoozed his way to a decision loss to Chris Weidman.  The Bisping/Sonnen decision was partially ruined by a judge who, according to Dana White on Twit…

From an excitement perspective, the UFC on Fox 2 main card much to be desired.  Demian Maia snoozed his way to a decision loss to Chris Weidman.  The Bisping/Sonnen decision was partially ruined by a judge who, according to Dana White on Twitter, “should never be allowed to watch a fight again!!!”  Rashad Evans then […]