Former Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans, who will challenge current title holder Jon Jones at UFC 145, sits cageside in Denver, Colorado to offer his analysis on “Bones'” first title defense against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Wired with a microphone, Evans discusses Jones’ strengths and weaknesses, as well as where Jackson went wrong in his approach to the fight.
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To get one step closer to the Light Heavyweight title picture, the UFC originally booked a very dangerous Thiago Silva to test Jackson at UFC 130. However, with Thiago possibly failing his drug test from UFC 125, the promotion had to find a replacement. There was a moment when it looked like Jackson would face his rival Rashad Evans in a rematch. However with Rashad suffering from injury and pulling out of his title match with Shogun, the UFC turned to Matt Hamill…..
At the time of writing this BJ Penn is ranked 10th on the pound for pound list. With 136 points from 116 voters. The next closest guy has more then 60 points and and hes miles behind many others.
I want to remind you what he has done and ask you to reconsider your ranking.
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Number one Contender will have to wait to get his chance at new LHW champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
Dana White Confirmed today that New champ Shogun Rua wont be back in the Octagon for another eight months, likley returning in March, 2011. Still White took this as good news saying that his surgically repaired knee is healing well.
“Shogun’s great, his knee’s coming along great,” White said just after the UFC 116 pre-fight press conference. “It’s all good.”
Rua recently Knocked Out then undefeated Lyoro
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua holds an impressive record of 19-4 with 17 of those wins coming via stoppage. He holds impressive wins over top fighters such as: Rampage Jacksons, Ricardo Arona, Alistair Overeem, Chuch Liddell and Shogun’s latest victory was over the undefeated Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida for the Light Heavyweight Championship. Even though Rashad Evans is going to be the first fighter to try to take the belt away from Shogun, he is open to fight anyone espeically the UFC Middleweight Champion
It looks like Mauricio Shogun Rua will be back in action sooner than expected maybe as soon as February
It was reported to Sherdog that light heavyweight champion who is recovering from his knee surgery following his UFC 114 KO victory in the first round over Lyoto the Dragon Machida.
The UFC 114 main event was a rematch from UFC 104 where Machida took a controversial unanimous decision at back in the fall of 2009, and was one of the best five round wars that we have seen in a long time.
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Maricio “Shogun” Rua is set to face Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida at UFC 113, a highly anticipated rematch between two of the best light heavyweight’s in the world. In the first match Machida won via a controversial decision at UFC 104 resulting in an immediate rematch between the two. However, Shogun feels that win or lose he expects a rematch with Antionio “Minotoro” Nogueira.
“I believe every fight is tough, but the fights with Lyoto and Minotoro were the toughest I had. Fans want that fight [with Rogerio]
