Tag: Jon Jones

A Day in the Life of ‘Mr. Wonderful’

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveSEATTLE – We’re having a pleasant little breakfast when Phil Davis offers to “dislocate” his nose. No big deal, he says. Just a trick of the cartilage that leaves it looking twisted and mangled and, well, awesome.

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SEATTLE – We’re having a pleasant little breakfast when Phil Davis offers to “dislocate” his nose. No big deal, he says. Just a trick of the cartilage that leaves it looking twisted and mangled and, well, awesome.

It’s a great party trick he’s developed over the years thanks to old wrestling injuries and the peculiarities of his personal physiology and hey, as long as we’re just sitting here, would I like to see it?

Answer: of course I would.

So Davis puts both hands up to his nose, feeling around for just the right spot, then crack. The sound is like someone snapping a pencil in half.

‘Oh no,’ he says into his hands. ‘Yep, I’m bleeding. Uh-oh.’

Jay Leno Introduces Jon Jones as Champion, Hero

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The UFC got about the best PR it could have possibly dreamed of on Thursday night’s Tonight Show, as Jay Leno introduced Jon Jones as both a champion and a hero for stopping a robbery prior to winning his title fight at UFC 128.

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The UFC got about the best PR it could have possibly dreamed of on Thursday night’s Tonight Show, as Jay Leno introduced Jon Jones as both a champion and a hero for stopping a robbery prior to winning his title fight at UFC 128.

Most of Jones’ appearance on the Tonight Show focused on that incident on Saturday afternoon, as Jones explained how he heard an elderly woman scream that she had been robbed and then chased down and tackled the robber. Leno gave Jones plenty of time to tell the story and then gushed over his heroic actions.

Mike Winkeljohn: Rashad Evans Left Jackson’s MMA, Not Other Way Around

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveGreg Jackson may be committed to staying neutral when former teammates Jon Jones and Rashad Evans fight over the UFC light heavyweight belt, but striking coach Mike Winkeljohn is making no such promise.

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Greg Jackson may be committed to staying neutral when former teammates Jon Jones and Rashad Evans fight over the UFC light heavyweight belt, but striking coach Mike Winkeljohn is making no such promise.

A former kickboxing champion who has for the last four years taught striking out of Jackson’s Albuquerque, New Mexico-based gym, Winkeljohn said he doesn’t feel the need to stay out of the forthcoming title fight.

“I’m positive I’m going to be working with Jon Jones because, well, the kid didn’t do anything wrong,” Winkeljohn told MMA Fighting. “We have a good relationship.”

As for Evans? He might feel as though he’s been betrayed by the Jackson’s MMA team, but the way Winkeljohn sees it, Evans is expecting a loyalty that he hasn’t demonstrated himself.

MMA Top 10 Light Heavyweights: Any Stopping Jon Jones?

Filed under: UFC, Strikeforce, Rankings, Light HeavyweightsThe Jon Jones Era, as you’ve surely heard, has begun: Jones is the new UFC light heavyweight champion, and everyone who follows MMA agrees that he’s going to be the champion for a long, long ti…

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The Jon Jones Era, as you’ve surely heard, has begun: Jones is the new UFC light heavyweight champion, and everyone who follows MMA agrees that he’s going to be the champion for a long, long time.

However, the light heavyweight division is so talented that it’s been nearly impossible for anyone to hold the belt for long: Chuck Liddell lost it to Rampage Jackson, who lost it to Forrest Griffin, who lost it to Rashad Evans, who lost it to Lyoto Machida, who lost it to Shogun Rua, who lost it to Jones. We’ve had seven different champions in the last four years, so why is everyone so sure that Jones is going to hold onto the belt for so long?

The biggest reason, I think, is Jones’ age. With the exception of Evans losing to Machida, every champion I mentioned above lost the belt to someone younger than him. But there aren’t any contenders on the horizon younger than the 23-year-old Jones. Not only is Jones already the best, but he’s going to keep getting better as the rest of the Top 10 light heavyweights in mixed martial arts get older.

So as I list the Top 10 light heavyweights below, I’ll talk about how I’d like their chances against Jones — even though I expect Jones to reign over all of them for a long time.

Anderson Silva ‘Very Happy’ at 185, Thinks Jon Jones Is ‘Amazing’

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It didn’t take long after Jon Jones won the UFC light heavyweight championship for everyone in the MMA world — right up to UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta — to start clamoring for a superfight between Jones and UFC middleweigh…

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It didn’t take long after Jon Jones won the UFC light heavyweight championship for everyone in the MMA world — right up to UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta — to start clamoring for a superfight between Jones and UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

ULTMMA.com asked Silva what he thinks, and the UFC’s oldest champion said he’s in awe of the UFC’s youngest champion. But he didn’t sound all that interested in moving up to light heavyweight.

Phil Davis in No Rush to Make Jon Jones Fight a Reality

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsAt the UFC 126 post-fight press conference, Urijah Faber said he was looking forward to one day seeing Jon Jones fight Phil Davis for the light heavyweight title.

He’s not the only one.

Since Jones won the b…

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At the UFC 126 post-fight press conference, Urijah Faber said he was looking forward to one day seeing Jon Jones fight Phil Davis for the light heavyweight title.

He’s not the only one.

Since Jones won the belt on Saturday, and to a degree even before UFC 128, media, fans, and even fighters have pegged Davis as the man who could give the unstoppable Jones trouble inside the Octagon.

That’s a huge compliment for a 26-year-old who only made his MMA debut in October 2008.

But Davis (8-0), who faces Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in the main event of UFC Fight Night 24 this Saturday, says he isn’t concerning himself with anything other than what’s next.