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Jon Jones Interview: Machida or Rampage? Who Is the Man That Can Beat Him?

The undisputed champ of the mixed martial arts world these days, Jon “Bones” Jones was in my neighbourhood yesterday appearing at the MMA Expo Show as part of MMA Live 1 London. Bones talked to all his fans, signed every autograph and posed for every p…

As I stood there and waited for a word with the champ, he spoke pleasantly to everyone that came up to him. The MMA Expo was holding a jiu jitsu competition in the main bowl and I could hear Jones ask each little guy that came up to him if they were competing today, because he was excited to catch some of the action.

Imagine how jacked up these kids were to know that Jon Jones was interested in watching them grapple. After his appearance session was done, Bones was kind enough to speak with me on one condition.

“Can we go out there and do this because I want to watch some jiu jitsu?” he asked. Well who am I to argue with the champ?

Right before we went out, his manager had already told me, “Sure, you can have a minute, but no Rashad questions, and no injury questions.” I soldiered on.

DW: So Jon, with the new announcement involving Twitter bonuses, and as a martial artist, do you see that Twitter is a good thing?

JJ: Absolutely, it gives the fighter a real opportunity to connect with and also reward fans through Twitter.

DW: And for you, you know, going from a hero recently and now you seem to be taking some heat on the airwaves and twitter heat, how are you doing there? Are you ok dealing with that?

JJ: Oh for sure man. You know, I look at those people and I feel that they are upset or talking about Bones you know, the character, they aren’t talking about me the person. My friends and family all know me and that’s the important thing.

DW: Speaking of that, who would win a fight in your family? Your family dinners?

With that question I got a chuckle out of Jon’s manager and a weird look and smile from Bones but also a quick and honest answer.

JJ: Arthur. Yeah, I would say he would probably still be the man. He’s big man, he still wrestles. He’s a tough guy I would say. He’s strong and could hold me down.

DW: But you have the strikes though right?

JJ: Yeah, I have the strikes for sure.

I was expecting Bones to say he himself is the toughest and would win, but his brother Arthur is a defensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens, as well as an accomplished wrestler. Now I know Jones can be beaten, and I know the man he thinks can do it.

DW: So Machida or Rampage? What do you think?

JJ: It doesn’t matter to me at all, they are both tough fighters and I’m here to fight the best.

DW: And you were just here for UFC 129 as well, did you enjoy the week?

JJ: I had a great time man, I love Canada and all the fans.

DW: Will you please push to be a headliner up here so we can see it live?

JJ: I’ll fight anywhere man. Wherever they want me to go I go.

Jon Jones is a champion who clearly knows how to be a champion. He was a pleasure to talk to, even though he is an absolute nightmare to fight.

I want Jones vs. Machida soon, and I’m greedy—I want the fight in Canada so I can try to see it live.

Dwight Wakabayashi is a Correspondent for Bleacher Report. (Also a Correspondent for MMACanada.net.) All quotes were obtained first-hand.

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Jon Jones’ Management Offers Rashad Evans an October Fight Date: Will It Happen?

The rift between Jon Jones and Rashad Evans has been ugly. The former friends and training partners had a falling out that began when Jones stepped into to replace an injured Evans at UFC 128. Jones replaced Evans in a title fight against light heavywe…

Jones positively destroyed Rua in that bout, earning the TKO victory at the 2:37 mark of round three on his way to becoming the youngest (non tournament) champion in UFC history.

Before Jones captured the title, both Jones and Evans stated that they would not fight each other. The tunes of the fighters had begun to change as UFC 128 approached. Evans was then brought into the Octagon moments after the UFC belt was clasped around Jones’ waist and he was announced as the first fighter that Jones would defend his title against.

“Well, I guess you should never say never, right?” Evans told Joe Rogan inside the Octagon. “We train together, but he’s got that strap, and I have to go after it.”

Since then Evans has split with Greg Jackson’s training camp where he had worked with Jones. He has also had some harsh words for his former friend, most recently claiming, in an interview with Pro MMA Radio, “There’s no doubt in my mind Jon ducked me in this fight. Jon knows it and I know it.”

The ducking claims revolve around a hand injury that forced Jones out of the fight with Evans. Phil Davis was then moved in to replace Evans and the two are scheduled to meet at UFC 133 in Philadelphia, PA on August 4.

Jones’ manager Malki Kawa disputes Evans’ claim, telling MMAJunkie.com that there is a fight on the table if Evans is willing to accept it, “The champ will be ready in September or October. That’s only a month or two after Rashad’s fight with Phil Davis. But don’t tell me that the champ doesn’t want to fight you. The champ wants to fight you. Jon hasn’t done anything to duck this fight. The only reason people think that is because Rashad said so. Jon’s not ducking anybody.”

If Evans emerges from the Davis fight relatively unscathed, an October fight with Jones is not out of the question. For reference Jones defeated Ryan Bader on February 5 of this year and then went on to defeat Rua on March 19.

Jones’ camp have taken their shot, a return volley from Evans will most likely be coming.

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MMA Live 1 Results: Ryan Ford Cuts, Beats Karo Parisyan, Jon Jones Steals Show

Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford scored a huge victory for his career tonight as he stopped veteran fighter Karo Parisyan with a vicious knee to the head that cut Parisyan deeply, causing the ringside doctor to put an end to the bout.
The fight was a rea…

The fight was a real battle of strength between the two fighters with some on hand calling it the “Fight of The Year” in Canada so far for 2011. While I would still tip my hat to Aldo-Hominick from UFC 129 for that crown, this was a fight with two tough and hungry men both going for broke for two solid rounds.

Parisyan showed up, folks, and he brought his judo arsenal with him, throwing Ford around a few times with his textbook technique and strength. Ford countered with a huge slam in the second round, and the two were in close quarters all night.

Parisyan held most of the advantage in the clinch and gained dominant position on Ford for most of the second round and I had him winning the fight before the explosive knee put a sudden halt to the affair.

“My game plan was to you know stand up and knock him out but well you know me I’m kinda stubborn,” Ford said, smiling.

“I got in there, you know, I got dumped a few times but I knew that was gonna happen, I just wanted to see what it was like because I know I’m gonna be stepping up and facing some tougher guys and some guys with the same judo skills as Karo.”

He did agree when asked if it was the biggest win of his career. “Yeah you know I would say so,” he said. “It’s Karo Parisyan, right, tough guy, fought the who’s who, and I beat him.”

Ford did beat him. He got the win and it was a very solid fight.

As for Parisyan, he came ready. He fought for the fans and gave a beautiful display of how judo can be implemented in a fight to gain a victory. He was winning the fight. It says here that he would have won had the doctor not stopped it, but the doctor did stop it and it was a justified stop due to a horrible gash.

Parisyan brought his game and some class with him to the John Labatt Center, as he stood in the ring and spoke to the fans after all the while with a towel pressuring the cut.

“I wanted to come here and prove to myself that I could still get in here and fight and I did that,” he said, and I would agree. “I was winning the fight and he caught me with a good knee, I wanted to continue fighting but the doctor stopped the fight because the cut is too deep.” He went on to show some great class, and gave a sign that he is a bit of a changed man.

“I’m taking nothing away from Ryan Ford. He won and hey Canada, I want to say thank you to all of you for coming out, and I want to thank you all for supporting this sport.”

I want to say thanks to Parisyan for coming in and putting on a great performance.

The biggest buzz in the building and the loudest roar of the night came at the intermission when UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones made a special appearance in the octagon (see video).

Jones was also on hand all day at the MMA Expo and was signing autographs, posing for pictures and being extremely pleasant and accessible to fans young and old.

In the co-main event of the evening, veteran Brazilian fighter Marcus Aurelio pulled out a lightning fast arm bar submission after being slammed heavily by a game late replacement Matt McGrath of P.E.I. He won at 1:29 of the first round.

The rest of the results from the show:

Lyndon Whitlock defeated Daniel Longbeen via triangle choke first round.

Bo Harris defeated Brent Franczuz by unanimous decision.

Allan Wilson defeated Theo Toney via rear naked choke second round.

Chuck Mady defeated James Haourt via arm bar 2:22 first round.

Jason Saggo defeated Derek Boyle via rear naked choke 2:18 third round.

Dwight Wakabayashi is a Correspondent for Bleacher Report. (Also a Correspondent for MMACanada.net) All quotes were obtained first-hand.

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Rashad Evans Says Jon Jones “Couldn’t Let It Go,” Meanwhile He Detailed Nightclub Confrontation to ProMMARadio and Will Again to HDNet on Friday!

Rashad Evans gave ProMMARadio a detailed version of his “Surrender” nightclub confrontation with Jon Jones last weekend in Las Vegas, and below is a transcript of the incident according to Evans *Note: my god, he.

Rashad Evans gave ProMMARadio a detailed version of his “Surrender” nightclub confrontation with Jon Jones last weekend in Las Vegas, and below is a transcript of the incident according to Evans *Note: my god, he seems to have memorized the incident word for word.

You can read Evan’s account below or wait for his appearance on HDNet this Friday night where he “SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON RECENT CONFRONTATION WITH JON JONES” according to a press release from HDNet’s Inside MMA. Poor HDNet were probably thrilled to book Evans and get his side, but for a guy who says Jon Jones “couldn’t let it go” (which apparently started their confrontation) he sure seems eager to talk about it.

“I saw Jon this past week at the fighter summit and we were at the same location. He pulled me to the side and he said ‘Rashad, I need to talk to you, I think things are getting out of control.’ I thought it was pretty mature for the young guy instead of just ignoring me,” told Evans.

“First thing he said was ‘I just wanna be the first to tell you is I’m gonna destroy you, I’m gonna annihilate you and I’m gonna show the world you’re overrated. I’m gonna punish you and you’ll be my first highlight reel knockout’ and I just started laughing.

“You brought me out here to tell me you’re gonna destroy me? Let’s not even talk about how stupid that sounds. Why would you wanna come way over here to say that in private. Furthermore, how did you even come up with that? He’s like ‘Rashad, remember when I was catching you with knees and elbows in training’ but I said ‘I was simulating Bader. I wasn’t trying to beat you, Jon. I was simulating Bader and what he might do.’

“I told him, ‘Do you remember when I held you down and I was slapping you and punching you in the face and you were underneath me and you couldn’t move and then you looked me in the eye and said ‘Ok, can we get up now?’ and I said ‘No Jon, if you quit now, you’ll quit in the fight. You gotta earn your way up.’ So we fought some more and you couldn’t move some more and you said ‘can you help me?’ and I said ‘No, you have to earn your way up’ and we go for a little bit longer and you still can’t get up so you roll on your back to let me choke you out thinking I’d let you up and be satisfied with that but I didn’t. I continued to make you work up.’

“I said ‘do you remember that?’ and he said ‘yeah, I remember that’ and I said ‘that’s why you don’t want to fight me’ and he was just lost for words for a second and then he told me, ‘Rashad, you just motivating me. You don’t know what you started’ and it just went like that and it just ended when a couple people from our parties separated the two of us. He couldn’t let it go.”

Jon Jones and the 20 Most Explosive Fighters in MMA Today

Jon Jones has been on a tear through the UFC.He is only 23 years old and has already climbed his way to the top of arguably the most talent rich division in the UFC.He is 7-1 in the UFC with his only loss coming by disqualification for illegal downward…

Jon Jones has been on a tear through the UFC.

He is only 23 years old and has already climbed his way to the top of arguably the most talent rich division in the UFC.

He is 7-1 in the UFC with his only loss coming by disqualification for illegal downward elbow strikes. It’s a blemish on his otherwise perfect record, but if you’re going to lose a fight it’s probably best to lose for kicking your opponent’s ass too hard.

So, what is the key to this young fighter’s remarkable success?

There are a few. His reach and unpredictability are definitely important. However, I think the most important aspect of Jones’ game is his explosiveness.

In fact, many of the most successful fighters ever to compete in the UFC have relied on their explosiveness. For example: Tito Ortiz, Matt Hughes, Chuck Liddell.

It’s no secret, explosiveness is one of the desirable qualities a fighter can have.

With that in mind, let’s check out how Jon Jones ranks amongst the most explosive fighters in MMA today.

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Wednesday Morning MMA Link Club

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Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link Club…

– BJ Penn and Jake Shields Want to Fight Each Other (LowKick)

– Shane Carwin’s Cardio Under Microscope at UFC 131 (NBC Sports MMA)

– Rashad Evans Explains His Nightclub Altercation With Jon Jones; Insists ‘Bones’ Ducked Him (MMA Mania)

– Mac Danzig Out of Next Month’s Anticipated Clash With Donald Cerrone, Vagner Rocha to Replace (Five Ounces of Pain)

– Matt Mitrione: If Ortiz Is Still Upset After Confrontation, ‘Then We Can Scrap’ (MMA Fighting)

– Your Favorite Hooters Girl to Serve Ring Cards at ‘UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber II’ (5thRound)

– This Will Be the Strangest Seven-Second Knockout You Will See This Year (MiddleEasy)

– Mark Coleman ‘Would Drop Everything’ To Fight Herschel Walker (MMA Convert)

– Video: Hector Lombard Gets Pissed at Reporter After Bellator 44 (TheFightNerd)

– Going Medieval: MMA’s 20 Worst Beatdowns (BleacherReport.com/MMA)

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