Jon Jones Was Willing to Fake an Injury a Year Ago to Avoid Fighting ‘His Brother’ Rashad Evans
What a difference a year makes. Less than 365 days ago, newly-crowned UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones appeared on…
What a difference a year makes. Less than 365 days ago, newly-crowned UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones appeared on…
With UFC 128 just around the corner, the main event for the Light Heavyweight Championship is not the only story going into Saturday. The hot story as of late has been the internal problems in the Greg Jackson camp. The former contender for Mauricio Rua’s belt, Rashad Evans has been going back and forth in a war of words with Jon Jones. During the UFC 128 conference call from last week, “Bones” was asked about the possibility of facing his friend and teammate if he wins the title:
“I want to be
With Shogun hurt and the divisions title at a gridlock, Rashad Evans is getting increasingly frustrated. He has already complained about Dana and the UFCs way of doing things and it seems he has more to say on the matter. In a interview with mmamania.com Evans said:
“Sometimes it seems to me like they’re not wanting me to fight for the belt. Maybe that could just be me being paranoid but I’m like okay, if that’s the case then just let me know, you know, and I won’t fight for the belt.
Evans said the following on ESPN.COM….
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson holds an impressive record of 30 wins and 7 losses, including victories over such fighters as: Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell, Ricardo Arona and Dan Henderson. Rampage is set to face his arch rival “Suga” Rashad Evan at UFC 114 for the number one contender spot for the Light Heavyweight championship. Rampage feels confident that he will be victorious at UFC 114 and sets his eyes upone Shogun Rua and Forrest Griffin, who gave Rampage 2 of his 7 losses.
“I want to go get Rashad.
Rashad Evans is set to face the former UFC light heavyweight champion Rampage Jackson at UFC 114. This highly anticipated grudge match was supposed to take place at UFC 107 but Rampage had to pull out of the fight because of the A-Team movie. Both these fighters served as coaches at TUF 10, where the hatred towards eachother increased 10 folds and they have guaranteed a KO victroy. In a recent Interview Rashad Evan said
“I don’t like all the pre-fight talking, so I can’t wait until I finally get my chance
Fan made trailer of the highly anticipated grudge match between Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans. This fight takes place in June at UFC 114, and it could possible be a number one contender fight. Both Rashad and Rampage hate eachother and this hatred started before they were on TUF 10 as coaches. This is sure to be a slug fest as both fighters want nothing more than to knock the other out.
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rampage Jackson talks why him and UFC are not in good relations anymore and his upcoming movie, plus his upcoming fight against his arch nemesis Sugar Rashad Evans at UFC 114 in Las Vegas.
Following a short retirement from fighting over an acting career, Quinton Jackson is finally coming back to the UFC. According to the reports, Rampage Jackson has officially signed to fight his Ultimate Fighter 10 arch nemesis Rashad Evans at the UFC 114 main event.
(Come on, Dan — how many times did we go over the inverted-Colemura escape in training? Photo courtesy…