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Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsInstead of joining a new camp, Rashad Evans has decided to train in several different locations in preparation for his light heavyweight title fight against Jon Jones.
Glenn Robinson, Evans manager at Authenti…
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Instead of joining a new camp, Rashad Evans has decided to train in several different locations in preparation for his light heavyweight title fight against Jon Jones.
Glenn Robinson, Evans manager at Authentic Sports Management, confirmed with MMA Fighting on Wednesday that “Suga” is “not going to train at one specific place” for the Jones fight.
“(Evans) is going to do a private training camp headed by Coach (Mike) Van Arsdale,” Robinson said.
Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveFor 30 minutes, Chael Sonnen spoke solemnly, seriously about the suspended state of his career and his attempts to revive it. But when the topic switched to the current state of MMA, Sonnen seemingly flipped a switch…
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For 30 minutes, Chael Sonnen spoke solemnly, seriously about the suspended state of his career and his attempts to revive it. But when the topic switched to the current state of MMA, Sonnen seemingly flipped a switch and became the soundbyte machine we’ve come to expect.
Appearing on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, the UFC middleweight took aim at the weight division directly above his. While praising the recently crowned UFC light-heavyweight champ Jon Jones, he blasted the rest of the weight class’ contenders for what he sees as their unwillingness to face him.
“He brings more to the table than just being the world champion,” he told host Ariel Helwani. “He brings integrity, he brings class, he’s good for the industry and he’s good for the sport. And most importantly, you need to do what’s good for sport. I get real frustrated with these guys who are just in it for themselves.
For some time now, it appeared as though the chances of two noteworthy teammates fighting was about as likely as Strikeforce being bought by the UFC…, and then, well, the friendship between training partners Rashad Evans and Jon Jones went right down the commode after the two agreed to fight. Nick “Don’t be Scared Homie” […]
For some time now, it appeared as though the chances of two noteworthy teammates fighting was about as likely as Strikeforce being bought by the UFC…, and then, well, the friendship between training partners Rashad Evans and Jon Jones went right down the commode after the two agreed to fight. Nick “Don’t be Scared Homie” Diaz was recently asked about the teammates fighting issue on a Strikeforce teleconference call, and the welterweight champ didn’t mince even one word, when Jones vs. Evans was raised as an example. (Thanks to MMA Weekly for the quotes)
“That’s what they’ve got them doing and they’re not focused on what’s important to them in life. I’ve got what works, and I’ve got what’s got me there and that’s my team. That’s a disgusting thought to have to fight my brother. I don’t even appreciate being asked about that,” Diaz said.
“They’re not real training partners though,” Diaz said about Jones and Evans. “You don’t understand, they’re like 10 years apart for one and they didn’t grow up training together…”
Now that Mr. Diaz is back in the Zuffa fold, Dana White and crew are no doubt looking forward to more ‘straight shooting’ from the Cesar Gracie star… In the meantime, if you’re not excited about Diaz facing Paul Daley next Saturday, you best keep that to yourself. To bet on the fight head here.
Filed under: UFCIf UFC president Dana White has said it once, he’s said it a thousand times: MMA is not a team sport.
It’s a sport that’s all about individual success and failure. It’s about two men locked in a violent struggle for money and status, a…
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If UFC president Dana White has said it once, he’s said it a thousand times: MMA is not a team sport.
It’s a sport that’s all about individual success and failure. It’s about two men locked in a violent struggle for money and status, and there’s not enough of either to go around.
This, of course, is the inexorable logic of the fight promoter, who stands to profit handsomely if he can convince friends, teammates, and training partners to forego all other loyalties and duke it out in the cage. But then, the promoter doesn’t have to actually get in there and knock his best friend unconscious.
As UFC heavyweight Brendan Schaub put it, “This isn’t basketball. It’s not like Magic [Johnson] and [Larry] Bird playing each other and being all buddy-buddy. Somebody’s getting fu**ed up.”
Fellow Greg Jackson trainer at Jackson’s Submission Fighting, Mike Winkeljohn gave an interview to MMAFighting.com saying essentially what we’re all thinking… Rashad Evans is being a f*cking baby. He’s too old and experienced to get his feelings hurt by the younger Jon Jones. He voluntarily walked away from Jackson’s gym. Now get off your ass, […]
Fellow Greg Jackson trainer at Jackson’s Submission Fighting, Mike Winkeljohn gave an interview to MMAFighting.com saying essentially what we’re all thinking… Rashad Evans is being a f*cking baby. He’s too old and experienced to get his feelings hurt by the younger Jon Jones. He voluntarily walked away from Jackson’s gym. Now get off your ass, Greg and go train Jones to defend his title like any f*cking coach would do for their fighter. Okay, well maybe that’s just what I’m thinking. And maybe he didn’t put it quite in those words, but he did say this:
I wasn’t discouraged, and hey, I like the guy [Rashad Evans]. But Jon Jones has wanted to work with me and his stand-up has come a long way. He’s looking tremendous. But in my mind, if I was fired by Rashad, I don’t think I should take myself out of another job just because I used to work with the guy that fired me.
It looks like in this big mess of teammates feuding and firing longtime coaches and “brotherhood” members, that Winkeljohn is keeping a clear and rational head… which is what we’re used to seeing from Greg Jackson. Thus, Winkeljohn is confident, Jackson will come around to training Jones.
Greg, I think, will step out of it. That’s his philosophy, and bless his heart. But the sides were chosen a ways back. I feel bad saying that, but I don’t want to look like a bad guy and I don’t want [the Greg Jackson team] to look like a bad guy. Rashad lost to Machida, and he basically left. I know he left me, so that’s how I feel. Choosing sides? I don’t know if that’s the term for it, but he made that choice. I didn’t make that choice.
Hopefully a date for this fight is set soon enough and everyone can focus on getting into their chosen training camps to settle all this b*llshit, where it can properly be feuded out… in the Octagon.
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.
A former ki…
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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.