Jones is one scary dude. He's so relaxed and confident. Intimidates the **** outta me. That quote when he was asked about fighting Anderson, he said he would work on his confidence. Just, dayyyyuummmm
See, Jon Jones understands that Glass Chins exist in MMA, now it is time for all the ignorant ****s like Neville 14 or whatever the **** his name is, to wise up to this fact.
I might get some dislike for this but I'm rooting Rashad Evans. I hope he beats the smug out of that *******.
Gotta be honest, I'm starting too as well. Not because of the arrogance thing, I like Jon Jones and consider myself a fan but Rashad's earned my respect and he's talked a lot of truth in the build up.
I also wouldn't say Evans has a glass jaw either. We've seen him take some heat and only get stopped once and it was to a fighter with very good accuracy in Machida. No shame in that. We still haven't seen Jones take a flush shot yet and that's the reality.
Rashad Evans was one of the smaller HW's in season 2 of TUF. He ended up going to the finals against a guy pretty much just as big as Tim Sylvia in Brad Imes. Imes was also a very good athlete, Not a great fighter but considering Rashad's lack of size, it was a very difficult task and he had the hardest road to get there. I'm in no way comparing Jones to Imes, however Evans is certainly no stranger to rising to the challenge. The man has an excellent resume and only has 1 loss. Its actually kinda crazy how a fighter the caliber of Evans gets counted out time and time again.
I'd still have to say he has a fragile glass mandible. He's not looked so ******ed in his last two fights but Rampage and Silva almost had him out of there, Forrest and Chuck did well against him for a while, and Machida got the job done.
Thiago Silva & Rampage are heavy hitters. Being in any way wobbled by those guys is no shame. Griffin did an ok job landing a few shots but I can't say he had the same effect on Evans that he did on Rampage. He trapped Rampage and smothered him. Griffin could have never done that to Evans. Infact Griffin was stopped violently. I feel Evans wanted to play cat and mouse with Liddell and how did that game plan work out for Evans? Caught him with a great counter and layed out a legit striker. Machida I felt coming into the Evans was gonna catch him. No disputing that, however I don't get that same feel with Jones. I think Evans new Dirty boxing/clinching/GNP style may present some problems for Jones honestly. But it will be an entertaining fight no matter the outcome. Jones is fun to watch that's for sure. No denying that, that man has some amazing talent.
:thumbsup He certainly does not have the strongest whiskers but he gets the job done. Say what you like about he was hurt this time or that time, all the woulda coulda's you like, the guy has a great pedigree, is a great contributor to the sport and has risen to many a challenge and won bar 1. Rashad would easily line up every arm chair **** talker here and spark them in brutal fashion one after another day after day.