Evans is very experienced now, ever evolving, with fast hands, good agility, knockout power in his hands and pain in his legs. He is blackbelt in jits and a strong wrestler. He has also trained with Jones. Jones is VERY difficult to prepare for. Who do you enlist to immitate him?! Evans has first hand info and practice with the conundrum known as JBJ! Jones is certainly the favourite with the physical edge. However the majority of people would say that Jones does not have a single challenger at 205. My wish would be him vs Silva (and go to HW) as that is the only challenge I see at the moment. However my brain says opinions are like arseholes and Jones need to fight his challengers to prove he is what we think he is. Machidas striking and tdd is the enigma and the intrigue but against Evans, Rashad should be dangerous wherever Jones takes the fight.
Because Rogan told them, "this is a VERY intriguing match-up!" on one of the numerous occasions that this fight has been hyped.
Machida the biggest threat to Jon Jones at 205 IMO. I wish it could have been built up a bit but it's come earlier than expected.