UFC Quick Quote: If Rashad Evans beats Phil Davis, he'll fight Jon Jones for light heavyweight title
by Geno Mrosko on Jan 10, 2012 5:45 PM EST
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"We're working on it now. We're going to obviously see what happens in this Rashad fight at the end of the month. The next fight on FOX, Rashad is fighting (Phil) Davis, so we'll see what happens there. If Rashad wins, if Rashad comes out injury free, we'll get the Jon ‘Bones' Jones vs. Rashad Evans fight going."
-- Dan Henderson just became a big Phil Davis fan. That's because UFC President Dana White today revealed on the Jim Rome Show that if Rashad Evans defeats Davis at the UFC on Fox 2 event on Jan. 28 in Chicago, Illinois, he'll earn the next shot at Jon Jones and his light heavyweight championship later this year. It's no surprise, really, considering the fact that "Suga" was promised this shot after defeating Tito Ortiz back at UFC 133 in Aug. 2011. Injuries and bad timing got in the way, leading to his taking the fight against "Mr. Wonderful," but that doesn't mean the promise of a title shot did, even if Jones is itching to get back inside the Octagon as soon as possible. Henderson is on the outside looking in and needs a Davis win to catapult him into the space currently occupied by Evans, who needs to defeat Davis so he can get to Jones, who just wants to fight ASAP. Get it? Got it? Good.
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Shad has been put on hold for way too long.
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Do you think that
maybe this is why Jones wants a fight lined up soon? It sounds ridiculous, I know, but what if Jones is backing off his time off request because he is avoiding Shad again?
Then it's Hendo - Jones
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I do not want to see Hendo jones , war shad !!
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by wooly shambler on Jan 10, 2012 5:53 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
+1 wooly
Make it Davis vs Jones if he wins.. fak sakes
you should totally twitter that on your facebook
Davis too green, Shad v Jones now.
But I would take Hendo v Jones as a compensation fight.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
you'd rather see hendo than davis?
maybe i’m crazy, but I really don’t want to see Hendo vs Jones, because I would feel bad at how embarrassingly bad he would look out there
you should totally twitter that on your facebook
BUT!
It would allow Davis one more fight to work on his game until he faces Jones. He’s gonna need all the help he can get.
You mind your own damn business.
by jestermarcus on Jan 10, 2012 7:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
hendo will dominate jones in the first round.
by Conan the Barbarian on Jan 10, 2012 7:07 PM EST up reply actions
Doubt it.
Jones will be too fast for the H-Bomb.
You mind your own damn business.
by jestermarcus on Jan 10, 2012 7:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Shut up bitch.
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by EdSoares'Contribution on Jan 10, 2012 8:04 PM EST up reply actions
How nice someone else hit the edsoarescontribution lottery !
209stk is the smartest poster on mania i will never doubt him or anyone from stockton ever again them boys out there are BEASTS
….nick and nate diaz will b champs this year and all the haters can elat a bloody vag…ultimatehuggingchamp is the biggest dumbfuck around and licks the sweat of my balls….STOCKTON 209…..y u mad 4 suckas!
by wooly shambler on Jan 10, 2012 11:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
that's what they said about shogun and he got caught by it.
hendo is underratd and that h-bomb comes fast. very fast! it is the most predictable punch in mma right now and he still lands it.
by Conan the Barbarian on Jan 10, 2012 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
cool comment brah.
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by rooseveltdunn on Jan 11, 2012 8:51 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Davis is too raw. I'd rather Hendo gets his crack before he's too old.
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by freenow82 on Jan 10, 2012 6:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Your words hold no weight Dana
“If Rashad beats Rampage he gets the title shot”
“If Rashad beats Ortiz he gets the title shot”
“If Rashad beats Davis he gets the title shot”
Seeing a pattern? Give the man what hes due Dana, this is really poor patter
Sakuraba beats Silva, Aoki would beat Miller and Vitor Belfort didn't deserve his title shot - In my opinion, the craziest points I've read on this site...
It's partially Suga and Bones fault
they were fusys with their schedules and it didn’t work out… Dana needed a main event for the Toronto card, and lyoto was the only one ready to fight Bones…. no foul play imo
you should totally twitter that on your facebook
Truth
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by freenow82 on Jan 10, 2012 6:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'm not saying theres foul play
But when a guy wins a number one contenders match nearly two years ago and hasn’t been defeated since, do you not think he’s getting a bit of a rough deal one way or another? I see what you’re saying about unfortunate schedules but its still bloody unlucky if you ask me
Sakuraba beats Silva, Aoki would beat Miller and Vitor Belfort didn't deserve his title shot - In my opinion, the craziest points I've read on this site...
not necessarily
foul play but if i was Dana I’d put rashad against jones now. Fights get canceled and changed all the time they’re both healthy They’re both ready Evans has had too many promised shots taken away without losing a fight in between those promises all things considered i dont think the Davis v Evans fight makes sense its all risk no reward. Best “all risk no reward” point being that evans could drop out of this fight for whatever reason then tell dana, joe, and lorenzo in a month or two hes ready to fight and theyd prolly give him Jon.
by Carwin_Army on Jan 10, 2012 7:31 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
The problem is
The is the first offical card under the new FOX agreement. Zuffa doesnt want to screw that up so Shad isn’t getting pulled unless he gets injured
If Rashad pulled out, they'd match up Jones against Davis.
"There are no pacts between lions and men."
Lets go shad!
I don’t think shad will win,but he has the best chance out of any 205er right now. After shad its gonna get real boring. That includes old ass hendo.
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That first round against machida was not boring
I really want to see the dragon get his rematch and keep his ass away from the cage
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by wooly shambler on Jan 10, 2012 6:19 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I was a strike by Lyoto that really ended his night (right before the choke)..
Bones caught him as he lunged forwards.. could have happened anywhere in the cage
you should totally twitter that on your facebook
Couldve but machida forced the action instead of moving laterally where he's more comfortable and that cost him
If it would’ve went to the third , especially since there was only a min left in the 2nd that’s easily a whole different fight but well see
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by wooly shambler on Jan 10, 2012 6:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
The fact that the 1st rd wasn't boring
shows how boring its getting. Don’t get me wrong, I love the way jones is finishing people, but Jones is a massive favorite against anyone at 205. Machida on his best night might get a decision but he really has nothing for jones.
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You gotta be a joking
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by randallhumpfreeze on Jan 10, 2012 6:29 PM EST up reply actions
Gif of the century
209stk is the smartest poster on mania i will never doubt him or anyone from stockton ever again them boys out there are BEASTS
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by wooly shambler on Jan 10, 2012 6:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
hahahah
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Or Shad gets injured after the PD fight and Hendo still gets the shot.
It’s not like it hasn’t happened before.
i want hendo to fight jones soooooo bad. hendo is still the most underrated fighter in the ufc.
if he is on, hendo can beat anyone. no way jones dominates hendo during the first round. this fight will be jone’s toughest test to date.
by Conan the Barbarian on Jan 10, 2012 7:09 PM EST up reply actions
so he was off against Silva?
I think he was 110% for that fight……
you should totally twitter that on your facebook
You also think Jason Brilz was in the same league as
Phil Davis or Ryan Bader.
You are a fool.
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by EdSoares'Contribution on Jan 10, 2012 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think they're in the same league
Brilz has been cut… you crazy ass mo-fo
you should totally twitter that on your facebook
yeah right, you can tell hendo was off his game, he wasn't the same animal he usually is and he gassed. that fight was his first cut to 185 after he had been fighting at 205 for over a year.
excuses i know, but hendo was not on his game that night and i think anderson knows that too, which is why he has “hurt” himself twice to get out of a rematch.
by Conan the Barbarian on Jan 10, 2012 8:21 PM EST up reply actions
how is he underrated
He’s lost evry title fight he was ever given in the ufc and he ko’d some b league fighter from the uk. He is actually overrated.
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ufc 142
Goldmouth- rumble Baez- Belfort
+1
209stk is the smartest poster on mania i will never doubt him or anyone from stockton ever again them boys out there are BEASTS
….nick and nate diaz will b champs this year and all the haters can elat a bloody vag…ultimatehuggingchamp is the biggest dumbfuck around and licks the sweat of my balls….STOCKTON 209…..y u mad 4 suckas!
by wooly shambler on Jan 10, 2012 11:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Heard it Twice Before
Rashad will win, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
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by G Squat on Jan 10, 2012 7:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
So I guess forget about Hendo
So Jones, at the earliest will fight Evans/Davis in 4 months. Which means Henderson will fight the winner maybe 8 months from now? COME ON!
If that’s the case, then give Henderson a rematch to Silva. THIS GUY’S GETTING OLD MAN! He needs to fight the best sooner rather than later.
a rematch with the GOAT?
Yeah. Lets give hendo another unearned title shot.
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Goldmouth- rumble Baez- Belfort
THIS GUY’S GETTING OLD MAN
That’s the most ridiculous argument for a guy getting a title fight in the history of arguments…his last title fight at 185 he got slaughtered by a 170 pounder, Shields threw him around like a bag of sand…he’s a clown…he’s 1-2 in his last 3 fights at 185 and you want to give him a title shot cause he’s a senior citizen taking steroids cause he’s old? gtfo
+1
209stk is the smartest poster on mania i will never doubt him or anyone from stockton ever again them boys out there are BEASTS
….nick and nate diaz will b champs this year and all the haters can elat a bloody vag…ultimatehuggingchamp is the biggest dumbfuck around and licks the sweat of my balls….STOCKTON 209…..y u mad 4 suckas!
by wooly shambler on Jan 10, 2012 11:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
you gotta be on drugs , Hendo is the man
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by randallhumpfreeze on Jan 10, 2012 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
Shit is ridiculous...Shad shouldn't be wasting his time with wack ass Phil Davis
It’s a lose/lose fight for him..
If he wins, so what, he beat a guy who’s green..who hasn’t fought in a fight this big before, who hasn’t fought a guy of this calibur before…
But if Shad loses, he lost to a guy who’s green, who hasn’t fought a guy like this in a big fight before, who hasn’t fought a guy of this calibur before..
Shad gains nothing in this fight…win or lose, he loses this fight regardless of the outcome
It’s a waste of time for him
shad p4p number 1 in the world
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not really so much of a waste of time..
Rashad has only had the one fight in 18 months. And that little bit of work on Tito shouldn’t really be counted. While Davis shouldn’t be counted as a warm up fight, a fight like this where Rashad is being viewed as having skills equal to or better than the wrestling of Davis, its about the safest fight Rashad can get heading into a potential Jones match up.. its probly why Evans himself isn’t bitching as much as he’s capable..
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by Fat Daddy Doobs on Jan 10, 2012 9:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Shad gunna take Bones' belt here.
And that fuckin rousey vlog is great. Minus her sexually confused dude she’s with all the time.
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by Cruz Jackson on Jan 10, 2012 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
Yes
209stk is the smartest poster on mania i will never doubt him or anyone from stockton ever again them boys out there are BEASTS
….nick and nate diaz will b champs this year and all the haters can elat a bloody vag…ultimatehuggingchamp is the biggest dumbfuck around and licks the sweat of my balls….STOCKTON 209…..y u mad 4 suckas!
by wooly shambler on Jan 10, 2012 11:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Shambler man.
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by Cruz Jackson on Jan 10, 2012 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
A lose/lose?
Coming down hard tonight, eh?
Beating Davis (which he won’t do) would be a great feather in the cap.
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by *Californication* on Jan 11, 2012 2:11 AM EST up reply actions
phil davis
While he’s “green” has the skill set to ofset rashd. Rashad’s offensive wrestling is some of thebest in mma but his defense is not. Nothing against tito but tito took him down inboth fights. I respect rashd but from pass examples I. See that his tdd is good but not great. He hits harder than phil but phil uses more varied attacks. He throws a lot more kicks and let’s not forget the x factor, phil is trained in bjj by master lloyd irvin. That will probably make the difference. I see tis figh ending in a submission. Phil via sub in the 4th. Just my opinion so yes I may be wrong. Phil and alex are my favorite 2 205 fighters so I may also be somewhat biased but I atleast havefacts to back up my statement
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by beastmode44 on Jan 10, 2012 10:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions
What. A. Train wreck.
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by freenow82 on Jan 10, 2012 10:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
lol
But Phil is going to shock the world.
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by *Californication* on Jan 11, 2012 2:12 AM EST up reply actions
Dan should get the shot...
He’s older and doesn’t have much time left to fight. And what has Rashad done lately to keep his spot as the #1 contender? As hot as Hendo is right now he should skip Rashad and fight Jones. Rashad should have to prove himself more, beating Tito doesn’t say much for his title contention…
by KO's and Knee's on Jan 11, 2012 5:33 AM EST reply actions
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