Jon Jones misses his friendship with Rashad Evans

perhaps none of the fighters are that good, i mean not even 2 yrs ago they said machida was unbeatable, since then a relative new comer to the sport has taken machida's title and defended it. i think evans is the clear no.2 but i think all their skill sets ares slightly beefed up and how could it be any other way? Dana white will never say his fighters are ok at best and arguably the best in the world, he will say they are the best, until they lose at which point he will call someone else the best. So evans is not a fake no.2, davis is a good fighter as well as a rookie and jones could lose. trust when a stong striker closes the distance on him and takes the fight to him he will fold, he just a flashy machida, dancing around and popping strikes here and there.

i think jones wins but wouldnt be shocked if evans won. gonna be a good fight

Bear in mind that Davis had a reach advantage and failed to capitalize on it, he was swinging well short of the mark throughout the fight. But the reach advantage did keep Rashad on the outside as much as his desire to not get a medical suspension did.

bone is too big and too good for evans but luck strikes sometimes but not this time maybe

Rashad keeps saying he has a game plan... Ok good for you Rashad... Everyone has a game plan untill you get punched in the face -Mike Tyson-.

Honestly, I feel as if Rashad has the best chance of beating Jones, and it isn't because of some secret that Rashad knows about Jones that nobody else does. I think it's simply because of Rashad's footwork. His ability to close the distance and move out the way is phenomenal. I actually believe Jon's stand up is decent. I feel he knows how to utilize his range extremely well, but his power is close to none with those flashy moves.

Don't get me wrong. I feel Jones's wrestling, G&P, and takedowns are all, by far, the best in the entire Light Heavyweight division, but I honestly feel his stand up is over rated and Rashad can take control of that. His TKO over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua was only the result of the viscous G&P that he endured throughout the rest of the fight. It was only a matter of time before he fell, and it happened to be standing up.

With Rampage, I saw a lot of running. Literally. Using his range to land shots from the outside (utilizing his range) and hitting the knees of Rampage was the only thing that seemed to actually hurt him. However, anybody able to throw leg kicks neutralized him to the point of pity. Shogun, Forrest, etc.

The skill difference in the stand up game between Jones and Machida seemed to be clear as the light of day also. Lyoto had complete control of the fight until Jones took him down and choked him out.

Just my opinion. Feel free to correct me. Would love to hear your opinions.

Jones did bring up some good points when mentioning that Evans looked softer and couldn't finish Davis. Phil Davis is a good fighter but not in the same skill level as Rashad. I felt that fight was somewhat of a "warm up" fight that should've gotten rid of any ring rust but I still believed Evans was going to finish Davis. Also, Rashad wasn't in the best shape either for that fight. He needs to take training a bit more serious. You know Jones will be.

For a while I have been hearing Evans saying that Jones is his own worst enemy. After reading a couple of Jones interviews I now understand. Machida,although he lost provided what I believe to be a blue print to how Jones can be beat. Can Rashad be fast enought with the in and out game to be able and set up his take-downs is my question....There is nothing worst than an over confident fighter who under estimates his opponent. I believe Jones is threading in those type of waters. I think he is under estimating Rashad, the rationale being that they both trained for a while. Ithink Rashad is saavy enough not to have shown his full deck and this is the right time to show all his skills.

I really think Jones will handle him easily, but this is MMA; anything can happen once that octagon fence closes

We don't need the ridiculous Ed-notes, Maggie..

im sorry but jones is the most fake fighter in the UFC personality wise. he comes off as holier-than-thou and puts on a huge front that he is so humble. people are starting to see it to. his last fight people were booing him. its going to come out how he really is, and that is going to happen when he finally gets his #$%$ beat, and i hope it is soon. he would have never beat a 100% healthy Shogun, or the PRIDE Shogun. best thing to beat him, simply because the LHW division those guys are getting to the end of their careers, move up Sonnen or tell Roy Nelson to start cutting weight. those guys will put a beating on him. theres really only 1 guy i see currently that has the potentail to beat him within the next two years and that is Alexander Gustaffson.

I agree with Jones' assessment that if Evans fights the same fight as he did against Davis, Jones has nothing to worry about. Evans knows this and I would expect him to come in with a different gameplan. If it last 25 seconds or 25 minutes, it will be a good fight.

I would be shocked if Rashad wins this fight. Given Jones' reach, I doubt Rashad will come close to securing a takedown, and his striking looked pedestrian against Phil Davis. I think Bones will take Rashad down and expose his glass chin within the first 2 rounds. I hate counting Rashad out, but while Jones has been destroying former UFC LHW champions, Evans recently fought a has-been and a one-dimensional wrestler and neither performance was awe-inspiring.

I think he is just trying to get into Rashad's head. He must be a little worried that Rashad is gonna beat him....just a little though. No reason to be that worried about it.

I will not be totally shocked if Rashad wins, but I will be surprised. The x-factor of them having been such close training partners is something that is hard to put a value on. Does Rashad know something we don't? I'm sure he does...but Bones knows whatever it is and has probably corrected it.

Rashad can probably hang until the middle of the third round when Bones knocks him down and chokes him out.

Bones by sub in the 3rd.

Nice job of the writer to give the source of the quote "I'd like to get to a point of being cordial, but to be friends again is not necessary. There's thousands of wonderful people in the world I can meet. After all that's been said, we can just live our lives. Respect is all that's necessary for me." It was the Opie & Anthony show.

"Rashad is a good fighter, [Ed. note - Great fighter] and his favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla, [Ed. note - Strawberry] but when we fight in the ring [Ed. note - Octagon] Rashad will wish he was back home in Lansing. [Ed. note - Evans was born in Niagara Falls, NY]

Evans vs. Davis was a great fight for those that said it wasn't are not true MMA fans and only watch for a knockout. Evans demolished Davis in the wrestling game and Davis has no chance of doing anything against it. As for striking Davis took some big punches and stood his ground. Evans vs Jones another fight were Evans has the upper hand i do believe he is stronger but will have a problem with Jones and his kicking. I say Evans in the 4th round by TKO. LOL we will see!

Really....not long ago davis was the only person that could give Jones a fight......so the fact that Rashad defeated him, even though he didnt finish him, says a lot especially since he looked dominant over phil. I think Rashad will give Jones his hardest fight to date......Rashad showed very strong take down defense against highly touted wrestling skills in Phil Davis who was very unsuccessful at taking down Evans.

I think Rashad has been out of the ring too long, but Davis was no easy fight. You don't have a 10-0 record not being good. I think Davis was a bit nervous with Rashad. I look for the Jones Rashad fight being a little more action packed. They are both good proffecional fighters.

GO JONES!!!! Evans is a punk.