I don't understand how Machida gets the rematch before Rua.
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Re: UFC 151 - Jones vs. Hendo - Sept 1 - Vegas
A little on the nike deal http://msn.foxsports.com/ufc/story/u...ufc-151-081812Psn: Plex-07Comment
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Re: UFC 151 - Jones vs. Hendo - Sept 1 - Vegas
I'm over it because as I said before it's actually for the best.
1. Machida has a better shot to win style-wise and is much more responsible defending himself.
2. Rua simply isn't ready, he eats too many shots and had questionable cardio in his last fight. I bet he himself would admit that he isn't ready - after his fight he wasn't happy with his performance.Liquor in the front, poker in the rear.Comment
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Re: UFC 151 - Jones vs. Hendo - Sept 1 - Vegas
More Jon Jones
"That guy is a joke," he said of Sonnen, adding that, regardless of how it may have appeared, he didn't feel he'd been baited into a war of words when he responded on Twitter. "It's not getting baited if you know what you're up against. My emotions weren't involved in that."
"He mentions Brazilian kids playing with dirt while American kids play with normal toys," Jones said. "He talks about people's parents and families and wives. He's a bona fide bully. ... The Brazilian thing, I lost a lot of respect for him. What he said was racist. It was disrespectful and unacceptable. I have a strong stance on this because I hate what he's doing. You can't just insult a whole country like that. ... It was terrible. As Americans, we should have been embarrassed by what he did."
"It's what he wants, but I'm not going to allow him to get a title fight from talking," Jones said. "It's not going to happen. Chael Sonnen will not get a title fight from using his mouth. I will make it very clear to everyone that there's people who are way more deserving of a shot. If he wants to come into the [light-heavyweight division], I'd consider him Top 15 among light heavyweights. Let's see what he'll do against a wrestler like Phil Davis. Let's see what he'd do against a wrestler like Rashad or a striker like Lyoto Machida. ... The light-heavyweight division is a completely different beast. I won't allow him to just jump the rankings with his mouth. It's not going to happen."Comment
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Re: UFC 151 - Jones vs. Hendo - Sept 1 - Vegas
I want Chael to beat Forrest so he can somehow leapfrog to face Jones really bad. If he's gotten Jones this butthurt already I can't wait to see how much he could say
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My like of bones jones has been going down since the rashad fight.Originally posted by MoOriginally posted by MoOriginally posted by MoComment
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Re: UFC 151 - Jones vs. Hendo - Sept 1 - Vegas
Wasn't Jon Jones the first to make some comments? Didn't he say Hendo is a one-trick pony? Haha.
Looks like things are starting to heat up.
It all culminated in Jones becoming the youngest UFC champion in history. While the achievement silenced a few critics, it wasn't enough to shut down all of them. To them, there was always something else to harp on, whether personal or professional.
That's a common fate for public figures, and Jones has learned to grudgingly accept it, even when it comes from opponents like Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, who is a noted trash-talker, and Rashad Evans, with whom he had an ongoing, personal rivalry. But when Dan Henderson questioned whether Jones' personality was "genuine" and later called him "goofy" and "young and sloppy," well, the comments came as a bit of a surprise.
"I just expected so much more out of him," Jones told MMA Fighting. "He’s an older, more respectable guy. He's a guy's guy. I was a fan of his. But he doesn't respect me, so now, I have no respect for him, and I'm going to show that the night of the fight."
Because, in his opinion, Henderson let out the first trickles of trash talk, Jones feels it's OK to open the floodgates. That became readily apparent when the talk turns to Henderson's fight skills.
In fact, ask him if Henderson offers anything he's yet to experience, Jones doesn't require even a moment of thought.
"No," he said. "I feel as if he’s an older, slower version of Rashad Evans."
"I haven't set any records," he said. "I'm not the biggest defending champ of all-time. That's Anderson Silva. I don't have the most takedowns in history. I think the only thing I'm doing that hasn't been done is that I haven't been taken down in any fight. But outside of that, I haven't set any records. There are people who have done so much more than me. I happen to have beaten some big names, but time could have been a factor. Some of these guys are coming down from glory while I'm really coming into my own. So, I really can't flatter myself and think I’m so amazing. I really haven't done anything."Comment
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**** Bones Jones man. I say that from a distance behind a CPU screen lol.Originally posted by MoOriginally posted by MoOriginally posted by MoComment
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Re: UFC 151 - Jones vs. Hendo - Sept 1 - Vegas
Trash talking is part of the business.....So I really don't take any of it serious, they just do it to hype up a fight and make people want to buy it.
And Sonnen will be Sonnen. He is in a business where self promotion is key, so can't be mad at a guy who knows how to play the game. He is keeping his name out there in people's minds. So I won't be surprised if Sonnen leaped frogged the line and gets a title shot if he beats Forrest.Comment
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Re: UFC 151 - Jones vs. Hendo - Sept 1 - Vegas
Lol
I still like him even though he says some stuff that comes off the wrong way. I like how he thinks he hasn't accomplished much because he's absolutely right about beating big names who were already on the way down [Rampage, Shogun, and to a lesser extent, Rashad]. Now we all know that he is perhaps, on the greatest run in MMA history, but the facts remain.
Not to downplay Shogun but let's face it, he's nowhere near his prime right now and in the fightgame, you rarely age like fine wine. I think Jones would destroy him personally again.
I want to see Jones go up against some young talent after Machida. He really has only fought Ryan Bader as a younger counterpart. I hope Gustof bests Shogun.Comment
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Re: UFC 151 - Jones vs. Hendo - Sept 1 - Vegas
They had a conference call today
"Well, I'm not sure I should go there now," said Jones. "Basically, I believe that if you're healthy enough to play a sport, you shouldn't take any performance enhancing drugs or anything or testosterone. Fighters make a lot of money in their 20s, they make a lot of money in their 30s, and then when you get in your 40s, unfortunately, you're in your 40s. When you're looking to stay in the game, I don't I think you should take a drug that gives you the strength of a 30-year-old again.
"That's like me saying, oh, I'm not as fast-twitch as I was when I was 20, let me take something to be 20 again. I think things like TRT, and steroids are things should be for the normal people who really need it and not athletes. I think if you're an athlete you're an athlete, you shouldn't use anything for enhancement."Comment
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Re: UFC 151 - Jones vs. Hendo - Sept 1 - Vegas
I actually agree with Jones there.Cincinnati Reds University of Kentucky Cincinnati Bengals
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