Filed under: UFCShogun Rua, Jon Jones and UFC President Dana White will all meet the media for the UFC 128 press conference at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, and we’ll have the video right here at MMAFighting.com.
Shogun Rua, Jon Jones and UFC President Dana White will all meet the media for the UFC 128 press conference at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, and we’ll have the video right here at MMAFighting.com.
The New York press conference is a major opportunity for the UFC to reach the media in the one state where mixed martial arts is still illegal. (UFC 128 takes place 15 miles away in Newark.)
The press conference starts at 12:30 p.m. ET and the video is below.
Filed under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsWell respected referee Herb Dean has drawn the assignment as the third man in the cage for Saturday’s UFC 128 main event pitting champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua against challenger Jon Jones.
Well respected referee Herb Dean has drawn the assignment as the third man in the cage for Saturday’s UFC 128 main event pitting champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua against challenger Jon Jones.
New Jersey state athletic control board legal counsel Nick Lembo informed MMA Fighting of the decision on Tuesday.
Dean is one of the most experienced officials in the sport, reportedly presiding over 4,000 matches during his career. His most recent UFC main event was in last month’s UFC 127 draw between BJ Penn and Jon Fitch in Australia.
Cue Van Halen’s “Where Have all the Good Times Gone?”
For a few weeks now it’s been looking like training partners Jon Jones and Rashad Evans have finally been warming to the idea that they might have to fight, provided “Bones” takes the light-heavyweight strap from “Shogun” Rua this weekend. It’s been a stark reversal from […]
Cue Van Halen’s “Where Have all the Good Times Gone?”
For a few weeks now it’s been looking like training partners Jon Jones and Rashad Evans have finally been warming to the idea that they might have to fight, provided “Bones” takes the light-heavyweight strap from “Shogun” Rua this weekend. It’s been a stark reversal from the previous rhetoric streaming out of Greg Jackson camp that teammates wouldn’t throw down against each other, no matter what was on the line.
So, fans have been happy, Dana White has been damn happy, let’s wait and see what happens on Saturday right? Well, it looks as though things between Jones and Evans may be shifting from ‘it’s unfortunate but…’ to ‘he f—king said that?’ According to a report from Bloody Elbow, Evans didn’t apparently care so much for what Jones said about possibly fighting him on a recent media call. The quotes are taken from an interview Evans gave on Pro MMA Radio last night.
“It sounds like he wants to fight, huh? Those sound like fighting words. I don’t know how to judge the kid. It’s kind of messed up, to be honest. I can’t control what anyone else says and it sounds to me like he’s a little bit insecure about the whole thing. Sometimes when you open your mouth you show what you’re afraid of more than anything. I don’t know why he has such an adverse response like that to me. I’ve never challenged him or made him feel like he should do that sort of thing. It sounds to me — if I was out of the situation — that he was feeling insecure about me. … (It made Jon) sound like a baby”.
This is getting good no? To bet on Shogun vs. Bones head here.
Filed under: UFCDepending on which sportsbook you consult, Jon Jones is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of a 2-1 favorite in his fight with UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128.
Depending on which sportsbook you consult, Jon Jones is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of a 2-1 favorite in his fight with UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128.
Whether that’s due to Rua’s long injury layoff or Jones’ dynamic blend of skills – or, most likely, some comination of the two – it doesn’t seem to matter to the two combatants. While they disagree on what the outcome of the fight will be next Saturday night, they both seem convinced that they deserve to be thought of as the underdog.