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Following this past Saturday’s UFC 130 in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC President Dana White revealed during an interview with Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com that former division champ Lyoto Machida could be next in line to face Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones should “Rampage” Jackson be unable to compete. Machida is fresh off an impressive second-round knockout victory over Randy Couture at last month’s UFC 129. Prior to the win, the Brazilian had lost two-straight, first against Mauricio Rua…

Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and the young phenom Jon “Bones” Jones will headline the stacked UFC 128 fight card, set to take place March 19th from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The co-main event will feature a Bantamweight showdown between top contenders Uriah Faber and Eddie Wineland, while Nate Marquardt looks to start his climb back up the Middleweight ladder against Yoshihiro Akiyama and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic takes on rising Heavyweight prospect Brendan Schaub.

When it was announced that Rashad Evans had injured himself and was unable to fight Shogun on March 19, the UFC brass scrambled for a replacement. In the end, we got the fight we wanted to see.

A quick overview on Jon Jones, and how he truly stacks up against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Have bandwagon fans created a myth that even “Bones” can’t live up to?

(Photo by Tom Szczerbowski | US Press Wire) By Elias Cepeda Only time will tell if Jon Jones was correct in saying that…