It's going to be a total trip watching Jones fight someone twice his age
Really no one else for him to fight. Reportedly Bader and Thiago Silva are injured and wont be ready by August. Jardine and Hamill are fighting in June. Not really a ton of mid level LHW available for Jones.
Maybe I'm alone but I like the way they are building him up. Have him headline 2 live TV UFC events. After this fight, I think he could co-main event a ppv against a T. Silva or a Couture. Keep in mind, we arent even a year away from his breakout fight against Bonner. He's still a young fighter. Lets not rush him.
Jones fighting Matyushenko is a big downgrade from Vera in terms of name value. If I was Jones, I would have turned down this fight unless the UFC offered me a lot of money.
Matyushenko is the 205 version of Jon Fitch minus the name value. He keeps on winning despite putting on boring fight after boring fight.
I was hoping Howard would fight Rumble Johnson next.
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