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NEWARK, N.J. — MMA Fighting spoke to UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua on Thursday about his return to the UFC after a 10-month layoff at UFC 128, his current health status, Jon Jones‘ biggest weakness and why he finds Jones’ behavior to be “ridiculous.”
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NEWARK, N.J. — MMA Fighting spoke to UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua on Thursday about his return to the UFC after a 10-month layoff at UFC 128, his current health status, Jon Jones‘ biggest weakness and why he finds Jones’ behavior to be “ridiculous.”
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NEWARK, N.J. — MMA Fighting spoke to Jon Jones on Thursday about his UFC 128 light heavyweight title fight against Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, Rua’s claim that his behavior at the press conference was “ridiculous,” why he believes he’s in the champ’s head, his nerves going into the fight and much more.
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NEWARK, N.J. — MMA Fighting spoke to Jon Jones on Thursday about his UFC 128 light heavyweight title fight against Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, Rua’s claim that his behavior at the press conference was “ridiculous,” why he believes he’s in the champ’s head, his nerves going into the fight and much more.
Filed under: UFC, NewsJon Jones is continuing to make the media rounds and get treated as the Next Big Thing in the UFC — even though it remains to be seen whether he’s the UFC’s next light heavyweight champion. The latest media event for Jones was a …
Jon Jones is continuing to make the media rounds and get treated as the Next Big Thing in the UFC — even though it remains to be seen whether he’s the UFC’s next light heavyweight champion. The latest media event for Jones was a Thursday morning interview on SportsCenter, where he offered a surprisingly detailed account of his strategy for his UFC 128 bout with Shogun Rua.
Speaking with ESPN’s Josh Elliott, Jones said he believes he’s significantly better than Rua in the clinch, to the point where he thinks that when the two of them come together standing up, Rua won’t be able to deal with him.
“I was a Greco-Roman All-American, and the clinch is such a huge part of combat sport,” Jones said. “If you look at muay Thai matches, if you look at your traditional boxing, the clinch is huge. It’s a natural instinct for people to clinch when they’re in a bad situation. And that’s one of my main strengths. My takedowns from the clinch are very powerful, my knees from the clinch are very powerful, and I think that can be a huge mismatch that I can exploit in this fight.”
Even Dana White says “the fact that [Maurico “Shogun” Rua] is the underdog is crazy!” But the online sportsbooks have made Shogun the dog by as much as +165. The current UFC Light Heavyweight Champ feels disrespected and rightfully so. Jon “Bones” Jones has proved himself to be a phenomenal athlete and worthy […]
Even Dana White says “the fact that [Maurico “Shogun” Rua] is the underdog is crazy!” But the online sportsbooks have made Shogun the dog by as much as +165. The current UFC Light Heavyweight Champ feels disrespected and rightfully so. Jon “Bones” Jones has proved himself to be a phenomenal athlete and worthy opponent but this is his first crack at a Top 5 fighter in the UFC and this particular Top 5 fighter is actually number 1! Rua established himself as the Light Heavyweight Champion by soundly handing Lyoto Machida his first professional loss with a knockout in the first round of UFC 113.
Shogun is a former Pride Champion, a current UFC Champion and only 6 years older than his 23 year old opponent. Shogun can beat Jon Jones by taking his legs out in similar fashion we saw him batter Machida’s legs. He also has proved several times in his career that he has knockout powerful punches. All eyes are on Jones this Saturday night. But this is also Jon Jones’ fight to lose. In a fight that should be at least EVEN in the books, take advantage of the Rua value.
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Anyone in their right mind should have been stoked to see Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Rashad Evans, but it seems like ever since Jon Jones came into the equation, the hype’s gone up another level. It makes sense of course, as just like thousands of others, we too quickly jumped on the “Bones” bandwagon after seeing […]
Anyone in their right mind should have been stoked to see Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Rashad Evans, but it seems like ever since Jon Jones came into the equation, the hype’s gone up another level. It makes sense of course, as just like thousands of others, we too quickly jumped on the “Bones” bandwagon after seeing what kind of glorious violence he’s capable of.
Despite the fact that this Saturday’s bout marks the first time the 23 year-old phenomenon will fight for the title, Jones has been taking it in stride, while remaining extremely confident about his chances. So, just how is the rising light-heavy planning on dismantling the champ? Speaking to ESPN, (thanks to MMA Fighting for the quote) Jones stated:
“I was a Greco-Roman All-American, and the clinch is such a huge part of combat sport,” Jones said. “If you look at Muay Thai matches, if you look at your traditional boxing, the clinch is huge. It’s a natural instinct for people to clinch when they’re in a bad situation. And that’s one of my main strengths. My takedowns from the clinch are very powerful, my knees from the clinch are very powerful, and I think that can be a huge mismatch that I can exploit in this fight.”
Yes, right about now you might recall Jones tossing opponents through the air like they were unsuspecting beach balls, and there’s little question he could do some serious damage from that position. That said, we are talking about Shogun, a man who reduced “Rampage” Jackson to a pile of broken human with some serious, serious knees. Guess we’ll see huh?
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Filed under: UFCThe light heavyweight title is on the line in what looks like it will be one of the best top-to-bottom fight cards of the year in mixed martial arts at UFC 128 on Saturday night. My pay-per-view predictions are right here.
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The light heavyweight title is on the line in what looks like it will be one of the best top-to-bottom fight cards of the year in mixed martial arts at UFC 128 on Saturday night. My pay-per-view predictions are right here.
What: UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones
Where: Prudential Center, Newark
When: Saturday, with a Facebook stream starting at 8 p.m. ET, the Spike TV undercard fights at 9 and the pay-per-view at 10.
Predictions on the five pay-per-view fights below.