Jon Jones: Rashad Evans has no chin at all
Saturday night UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones fights Lyoto Machida live on PPV from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto,…
Saturday night UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones fights Lyoto Machida live on PPV from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been competing in MMA for just three and a half years. This will be Jones’ fourth fight in ten months, and should he win, his third straight victory over a former champion. And should he win, a fight with another ex champion will be on the table – ‘divorced’ ex-teammate Rashad Evans.
In an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Jones discussed Evans, and much more.
” I have been training four times a day, and i rest in between training sessions. It’s not like in the NFL, where you have one Super Bowl game a year, and once you play it and you win, you can breathe and relax and rest and look forward to next year. This is going to be my third Super Bowl this year and it’s hard to keep that same focus and energy for each fight, but I have done it and will continue to do it.”
“I only mean well, a lot of things I say I can come off as arrogant, but I only mean well. I can’t control the way people perceive me, it’s just who I am. My ideals are just thoughts I share, I could just keep them bottled up. I realize that not everyone is going to love you.
I have changed as a fighter and I do think I am the best fighter. I won’t lose to Lyoto, I wont lost to Rashad or to Henderson or any other guy. Yeah I am a little cocky, and I think it’s important to be that way.
But I won’t change as a person; I stay true to my friends, my family, Endicott, New York. But as Jonathan in the real world, anyone that has ever met me, they know I’ll treat you with the upmost respect. Buy yeah; Jon Jones the fighter will beat you up.”
“God has way more important things to think about than me winning a fight or Tebow winning a game, but religion is a big part of me, and if people can’t accept that, then maybe I’m not meant to be that mainstream athlete.”
“(Rashad Evans vs. Phil Davis at UFC On Fox 2 on Jan 26, 2012) is an interesting fight. I’ll go with Rashad because of the experience factor. But Phil Davis can win more than he realizes, he has to be comfortable striking. I won’t say too much because I have my own ideas on how to beat Rashad, but, I don’t think Rashad has a chin at all. Trust me Rashad does not have chin. But it will be a closer fight that people will realize.”
