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Thursday, 29 September 2011
Dana White ready to give Jon Jones ?pound-for-pound? props
Consider Dana White among the numerous people beyond impressed by Jon Jones? dismantling of Quinton ?Rampage? Jackson in the main event last night at UFC 135. White spoke about the wunderkind?s performance in the post-event press conference where he started things out by eating a bit of crow in regards to recent comments about Jones [...]
On the eve of fight Evans changes his tune, now likes Jackson?s chances
Rashad Evans loves screwing with Jon Jones, so it doesn't come as a shocker that a little over 24 hours away from Jones' showdown against Quinton Jackson, "Suga" is now leaning towards "Rampage" at UFC 135.
Evans got a chance to see how serious Jackson was training for the fight:
"Yeah. I went to Muscle Pharm yesterday and I walked through the facility and I seen some of the things that he was doing and then I seen him and he was looking good, better than I've ever seen him before and I was actually really surprised. I just think that a guy like that that can get focused and get dialed Is a dangerous guy if he can get focused and dialed in. I think Jon Jones' mistake is he thinks he's too good right now. He thinks he can't be beat," Evans told 106.7 The Fan.
He also has extensive first-hand experience training with Jones and believe he may break at some point tomorrow night.
"Well, I've seen him get pushed in practice and I've seen him be very human and not as good as he looks on TV. I've seen that there's times where he looks great in practice but there's times where I've seen him quit in practice," said Evans.
Evans was really selling Jackson hard:
"A Rampage that's focused is a dangerous Rampage and I think that the biggest problem with Jon Jones is the fact that he's getting so overly confident and cocky that he can't get beat and all he has to do is step in the cage Saturday and collect his belt. I think that's dangerous thinking when you've got somebody in front of you who's been training hard."
Wow, the drama continues on "as the UFC light heavyweights turn." Keep in mind, earlier in the week Evans was having a tough time picking Jackson.
"I think that Jon Jones uses his range and his speed to keep Rampage off balance and at the same time using his ability to take Rampage down to try to impose some of his will. I think Jon tries to get it done, I think he does it standing up," said Evans.
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Extended UFC 135 Preview
Source: http://www.mmanews.com/video/MMANewsDotCom/1043
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Watch today's UFC 139 press conference live on MMAjunkie.com at 4 p.m. ET
A special UFC 139 press conference takes place today, and you can watch a live stream of the proceedings here on MMAjunkie.com at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT).The press conference takes place San Pedro Square Market (175 West Saint John St.) in San Jose, Calif., the host city of November's UFC 139 event.
Featured at today's presser are UFC president Dana White, UFC 139 headliners Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Dan Henderson, and co-headliners Cung Le and Wanderlei Silva.
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Will UFC on Fox help boxing?s cause? De La Hoya says yes
Golden Boy Promotions and boxing had a huge week with the Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz fight. Meanwhile, the UFC was putting together all the details on its first network television show on Fox on Nov. 12. It's short term vs. long term. Boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya understands that and had nothing but good things to say about the Fox deal.
"I congratulate Dana White for doing an amazing job," De La Hoya said. "My utmost respect to Dana White. I believe he's a brilliant guy. He's a tremendous guy to have in a combat sport."
There is no jealousy coming from DLH because he believes the Fox deal could pave the way for boxing to get back on network TV.
"I can feel very confident in saying that, sooner rather than later,� it will be back on network television," De La Hoya said. "When you put good fights together people want to watch, and when you have any type of network television behind boxing you will create good ratings."
De La Hoya said Golden Boy is working on taking those steps. Would boxing sacrifice HBO, Showtime and most importantly pay-per-view money to put free fights on network television? We'll see. Frankly, it's probably not up to the boxing promoters. Television executives will make the decision and they certainly need to be re-sold on the viability of the combat sport that was on network television until the early 80's.
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Dan Hardy Helping Georges St. Pierre Train For Carlos Condit at UFC 137
It looks like Georges St. Pierre has enlisted the help of a former opponent to get him ready for his fight against Carlos Condit at UFC 137. GSP sent out the tweet above this morning confirming that Dan Hardy is helping him train for the Oct. 29 title fight. It’s kind of an odd choice [...]
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Georges St. Pierre says Anderson Silva is the UFC's top fighter
UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre recently opened up again on the possibility of a future ?super-fight? pitting him against pound-for-pound peer Anderson Silva, again expressing his interest in the match-up but also leaving a hint of doubt in terms of it ever actually taking place.
One of GSP?s key points in the fight?s potential for [...]
One of GSP?s key points in the fight?s potential for [...]
Source: http://www.fighters.com/09/19/georges-st-pierre-says-anderson-silva-is-the-ufcs-top-fighter
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