MMA promoter and renowned hypnotist Tony Lee attempted to put Jonny “Bones” Jones under his spell after the MMA Live 1 weigh-ins last week in London, Ontario Canada, but the UFC light heavyweight champ was having none of his mind games.
Jones pulled out of the trance before he got too deep and said he was very close to losing control of his subconscious to Lee’s suggestions.
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MMA promoter and renowned hypnotist Tony Lee attempted to put Jonny “Bones” Jones under his spell after the MMA Live 1 weigh-ins last week in London, Ontario Canada, but the UFC light heavyweight champ was having none of his mind games.
Jones pulled out of the trance before he got too deep and said he was very close to losing control of his subconscious to Lee’s suggestions.
Despite the bad blood that exists between light heavyweight contenders Rashad “Suga” Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Evans still thinks that Rampage has what it takes to beat Matt “The Hammer” Hamill at the main…
Despite the bad blood that exists between light heavyweight contenders Rashad “Suga” Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Evans still thinks that Rampage has what it takes to beat Matt “The Hammer” Hamill at the main event of UFC 130.
In speaking with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Suga actually said that he is a fan of Hamill’s and would love to see him crack the top 10 among UFC light heavyweights with an upset in Las Vegas.
“But I think Rampage should get it done,” Evans admitted. “If he goes in there with his mind right, I think Rampage will win the fight.”
However, Evans was not ready to count Hamill out of the fight.
“It all depends though. I haven’t heard anything out of his camp, as far as how he’s mentally doing. Rampage is all mind. Sometimes if he goes in there and his mind isn’t right, it’s almost like he throws a tantrum just by not fighting the way he can.”
Both Rampage and Hamill have went on the record saying they expect a high-profile fight after posing a dominant win on Saturday, May 28.
Duff Holmes, Hamill’s trainer and manager, has stated that he thinks The Hammer deserves another crack at Jon Jones with a win against Rampage.
Hamill is the sole fighter to own a professional victory over “Bones,” although he was thoroughly being dominated by the current light heavyweight champion before Jones got disqualified for illegal “12 to 6” elbow strikes.
Holmes rationalized that a rematch would make sense since a documentary about Hamill’s life comes out around October, when Jones is expected to return to action.
The release of Hamill’s movie would only add to the hype of the title fight, Holmes added.
Of course, none of that matters unless Hamill can get past Jackson.
Evans, who beat Jackson via unanimous decision almost exactly one year ago (May 29, 2010), feels that Hamill is capable of beating Rampage the same way, but not without first modifying at least one aspect of his fight game:
“For Hamill to win, he’s going to have to bring his punches back,” Evans said. “One thing Hamill does is he leans on his punches. When he throws the jab, he leans on it. Rampage is very good at the counter punch because he catches whatever you throw and, if you don’t bring it right back, he’s going to hit where you just left that punch.”
Evans, one of the most accomplished wrestlers in the division, feels that Hamill would be making a mistake by keeping the fight standing for long. He isn’t banking on Hamill taking Rampage down at will, either.
“So, if Hamill is leaning on his jab, Rampage is going to catch it, he’s going to roll and he’s going to land the right. Can Hamill take Rampage down? Probably. But Rampage is hard to take down. He’s probably got the strongest hips I’ve felt at 205.”
While Evans gave Hamill plenty of credit, and at least a fighting chance to win, he stuck by his original pick of Rampage in the end.
Last time he (Rampage) was real quiet before a fight was when he fought Wanderlei Silva, and it didn’t turn out well for Wanderlei,” Evans said. “Looks like he might be focused for this one.”
Bleacher Report’s Michael Evans:Dan Severn is a UFC hall of fame fighter, the first one to be exact. He fought in the old days of the UFC against other legends such as Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie. He has been a powerful wrestler, UFC tournament w…
Bleacher Report’s Michael Evans:
Dan Severn is a UFC hall of fame fighter, the first one to be exact. He fought in the old days of the UFC against other legends such as Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie. He has been a powerful wrestler, UFC tournament winner and an ambassador to the sport.
The bad part of this story is that Dan is still fighting. He is now 53 years old and he has not fought in the UFC in over 14 years yet he pushes on. He should be at home relaxing, enjoying retirement from fighting and the rest of his life.
But, instead he was in the cage for the 124th time. In 2009, 2010 and 2011 he won ten fights in a row, but recently dropped two in a row including this knockout loss on May 20.
Bleacher Report’s MMA News recap for Monday May 23:Rashad Evans is confident that Jon Jones is ducking him.Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz: the battle of the welterweight champions takes another step closer to becoming reality.Vitor Belfort’s coach dec…
Bleacher Report’s MMA News recap for Monday May 23:
Rashad Evans is confident that Jon Jones is ducking him.
Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz: the battle of the welterweight champions takes another step closer to becoming reality.
Vitor Belfort’s coach declares that Steven Seagal is “all propaganda.”
Jon Jones and Rashad Evans: fallout continues between the former friends.
New York Senate Passes Bill to Legalize MMA.
UFC 132: Jason “Mayhem” Miller looking for all three “Fight of the Night” bonus awards.
The beef between UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and his former friend and training partner Rashad Evans has taken on an Energizer Bunny type quality, it just keeps going and going and going, well, you get the picture. The latest chapter …
The beef between UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and his former friend and training partner Rashad Evans has taken on an Energizer Bunny type quality, it just keeps going and going and going, well, you get the picture.
The latest chapter in the ongoing saga has Evans sending a tweet to Jones that said in part, “U r my son!! Get off my phone fake a** white boy!!” The good folks over at CagePotato.com have posted photographic evidence of the text and Jon Jones also confirmed that it was from Evans.
Evans admitted to MMAWeekly Radio that he did send the message to Jones, “Yeah I did say that to him, but he also said a lot of things to me that I didn’t want to put out there. I mean, we were arguing—I said a lot of things, heated, back and forth, you know? But I did call him a fake ass white boy, I did,” Evans admitted.
“But its not that I think being a white boy is a bad thing, its not against white people in general. It’s an insult to him because, of course, he’s not white, you can see where the insult comes in,” Evans continued. “That’s the extent to the insult right there—it’s not anything against white people, it’s that he’s black and I’m calling him white.”
“It showed that it made him mad because he posted it on the Internet. What kind of move is that anyway, that’s like high school, not even high school, that’s like grade school. Look at what Rashad said to me.”
Jones and Evans had once said that they would never fight each other, but when Jones defeated Mauricio “Shogun” Rua for the light heavyweight title at UFC 128, a rift developed between the two after it was announced that Evans would be Jones’ first title defense.
A hand injury to Jones prevented that fight from taking place,
Since that time, the two have been exchanging words, mostly through Twitter and text messages.
If a fight between Jones and Evans were to ever take place, the UFC will have a great deal of material with which to promote this grudge match.
Look, we’ll be the first to admit that this business about Rashad Evans calling Jon Jones a fake ass white boy via text message is pretty damn silly. The only reason we felt the photo was worth posting on this site is because Evans originally denied sending it. Do I think the “white boy” line should be characterized as “racist,” or as an insult to white people? No, not at all — although the tradition of one black fighter questioning a rival’s blackness is one of the oldest tricks in combat sports, and it’s slightly disappointing that Rashad stooped to that level.
Now that the photo has spread around the Internet, Evans was forced to admit its authenticity, which he did on the latest episode of MMA Weekly radio. Evans offered an apology to anybody who he might have offended, but also used the situation as an opportunity to question Jones’s maturity. The quotes (which start around the 1:23:00 mark of the show) are below:
(Rashad Evans: Friend to the white man.)
Look, we’ll be the first to admit that this business about Rashad Evans calling Jon Jones a fake ass white boy via text message is pretty damn silly. The only reason we felt the photo was worth posting on this site is because Evans originally denied sending it. Do I think the “white boy” line should be characterized as “racist,” or as an insult to white people? No, not at all — although the tradition of one black fighter questioning a rival’s blackness is one of the oldest tricks in combat sports, and it’s slightly disappointing that Rashad stooped to that level.
Now that the photo has spread around the Internet, Evans was forced to admit its authenticity, which he did on the latest episode of MMA Weekly radio. Evans offered an apology to anybody who he might have offended, but also used the situation as an opportunity to question Jones’s maturity. The quotes (which start around the 1:23:00 mark of the show) are below:
“Yeah I did say it to him, but he also said a lot of things to me that — I didn’t want to put his texts out there. We were arguing, I said a lot of things, he did, back and forth, but…I did call him a fake-ass white boy. I did. But I don’t think being a white boy is anything bad; if people took offense of being a white boy, then they must not think about being white. It’s an insult to him, because of course he’s not white, so you can see where the insult comes in. That’s the extent to the insult right there. It’s not anything against white people…he’s black, and I called him white. So therefore, as any normal black person, that would infuriate him, which it did. And it showed that it made him mad because he posted it on the Internet.
First of all, what kind of move is that, anyway? That’s like high school — not even high school, that’s like grade school. ‘Look what Rashad said to me, look everyone, look, can you believe he said this to me?’ Like, seriously dude…what am I gonna do, tell my mom because Jon Jones said that he would destroy me and said a bunch of mean things to me, I’m gonna call my mother up? How old — I mean, what’s the mindset here? If I offended anybody for calling Jon Jones a fake-ass white boy, I deeply do apologize, but I don’t have a problem with white people. Some of my best friends are white…it was an insult, and I called him white because, to be a black person and be called something that you’re not is very offensive.”
Like I said, I’m willing to give Rashad the benefit of the doubt here; nobody should be getting worked up over this. But it’s a little disingenuous for Evans to say that he was just trying to offend Jones by calling him something that he’s not. (As if calling him a “postal worker” or a “turtle” would have the same infuriating effect on Jones.) Because that’s bullshit, obviously. The reality is, “white boy” has certain connotations when lobbed from one African American to another. Rashad could have called Jon Jones anything in the world, and he went with “white boy.” Did he mean that Jones was weak? A punk? A geek? A snitch? Because he definitely meant something.
Dan Severn is a UFC hall of fame fighter, the first one to be exact. He fought in the old days of the UFC against other legends such as Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie. He has been a powerful wrestler, UFC tournament winner and an ambassador to the sport.
