tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47200502357578001352024-03-13T11:37:59.466-07:00Jones vs MachidaLorellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605668397793685932noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720050235757800135.post-72956555694725564952011-10-27T19:29:00.000-07:002011-11-19T19:30:51.676-08:00Winkeljohn Will Train Jones for the Light Heavyweight Title DefenseCan trainer Winkeljohn help Jon Jones defend his title against Machida? The first time Mike Winkeljohn helped prepare a fighter to take on Lyoto Machida, it didn’t go well.<br />
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Winkeljohn and Greg Jackson trained Rashad Evans for his May 2009 bout against Machida, who won by knockout. Now Winkeljohn is training Jon Jones to defend his light heavyweight title against the Brazilian on Dec. 10 at UFC 140.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Ahead of the fight, Winkeljohn joined the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show to discuss the matchup and more.<br />
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Winkeljohn on how much better Jones could become: “Oh, he’s going to be scary. In fact I think he’s already got people scared. There’s no doubt about it. He’s an anomaly with his length and the fact that he believes in himself. The neat thing about Jon is you can show him something and he goes OK, and five minutes later, you’ll put him in sparring and he’ll be trying it. He’ll just be doing it. Most of the time he pulls it off. He does the same thing in fights. He’s just a believer in his skills and his abilities, and that’s so huge in the fight game. It’s so mental. You’ve got to believe in yourself and have the confidence to incorporate these moves and these techniques into your game.”<br />
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On Rashad Evans’ loss to Machida: “Machida was kind of one of those puzzles that with Rashad, I think Greg [Jackson] and I had it figured out. Rashad just had one of those nights, bless his heart. Rashad is so much better than that night. … He didn’t do what Greg and I had planned for him to do by any means, and that’s not a putdown toward him by any means. It’s the pressure, the pressure of the fight, overthinking where you’re at, people around you telling you all these other things. They get in your head. Sometimes fighters, they walk in there and the door shuts and they don’t even know their own name. They’re kind of lost. Everybody has those nights. To fight Machida again with Jon Jones, I think it’s going to be great. I know Jon’s a believer. He’ll pull it off. He can make this fight very, very easy if he’d like to. Jon has those abilities.”<br />
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On Evans no longer training with the team: “After he lost to [Lyoto] Machida, he kind of went his own way a little bit. That’s inherent with everybody, it seems, that wins a title and then loses. Everybody else gets in their head a little bit. They’re not sure what’s going on, and it just unfolds that way. We like Rashad, but right now I’m with Jon Jones. Right now Jon Jones is my number one guy in that division. Jon’s done everything right. He came to camp. He didn’t do anything wrong. That’s where we’re at right now. Rashad’s more than welcome to come back, but if he was to come back, he would be the outsider as far as I’m concerned. I would still work Jon Jones’ corner.”<br />
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On whether the game plan for Machida will be similar with Jones: “There’s no doubt that Machida is kind of a linear fighter. He’s in and out. He makes space and then he attacks back. But Rashad brought different tools to the game than Jon Jones will. With Rashad we were definitely working some different angles and sliding, working the things [for] someone who’s shorter and explosive in the way that Rashad is, to defeat Machida. Jon’s different. Jon’s got this length. Jon is capable of tossing people when they get underneath him. He’s got all these other tools. The game plan as far as worrying about certain things that Machida does, that doesn’t change too much. But as far as what we can do, it changes quite a bit. It’s definitely a different game plan.”<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Winkeljohn-Jones-Can-Make-Machida-Fight-Very-Very-Easy-36645">Winkeljohn: Jones Can Make Machida Fight ‘Very, Very’ Easy</a>Lorellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605668397793685932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4720050235757800135.post-17215938407763165872011-10-19T09:36:00.000-07:002011-11-19T09:47:24.888-08:00Jones vs Machida is the Main Fight in UFC 140The fight between Jon Jones and Lyoto Machida will bring excitement in UFC 140. The Jones vs Machida is one of the great fights in UFC. The five-fight main card for December's UFC 140 event is now set.<br />
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As officials announced this past week, the Toronto shows features a light-heavyweight title fight between champion Jon Jones (14-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) and ex-titleholder Lyoto Machida (17-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC).<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Four other bouts are part of the pay-per-view lineup.<br />
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UFC 140 takes place Dec. 10 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. In addition to the main card, prelims are expected to stream on Facebook.<br />
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In addition to the Jones vs. Machida headliner, other bouts slated for the main card include heavyweights Frank Mir (15-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (33-6-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC), light heavyweights Tito Ortiz (16-9-1 MMA, 15-9-1 UFC) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC), welterweights Rory MacDonald (12-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Brian Ebersole (48-14-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC), and featherweights Mark Hominick (20-9 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung (11-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC).<br />
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Machida, of course, is a replacement for injured Rashad Evans, whose hand injury wasn't cleared for the fight. Evans, a former champ, was first promised another shot at the title back back in May 2010 after a victory over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, but injuries to either his opponents or himself have constantly delayed the title shot.<br />
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With most of the division's top contenders either injured or already booked for fights, Machida became the most viable option.<br />
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The latest UFC 140 card now includes:<br />
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MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)<br />
<ul><li>Champ Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida (for light-heavyweight title)</li>
<li>Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira</li>
<li>Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Tito Ortiz</li>
<li>Brian Ebersole vs. Rory MacDonald</li>
<li>Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung</li>
</ul>PRELIMINARY CARD<br />
<ul><li> Igor Pokrajac vs. Krzysztof Soszynski</li>
<li>Dennis Hallman vs. John Makdessi</li>
<li>Rich Attonito vs. Claude Patrick</li>
<li>Mark Bocek vs. Nik Lentz</li>
<li>John Cholish vs. Mitch Clarke</li>
</ul>Source: <a href="http://mmajunkie.com/news/25614/ufc-140-jones-vs-machida-main-card-set.mma">'UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida' main card set </a>Lorellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16605668397793685932noreply@blogger.com0