Jon Jones Replacing Rashad Evans vs. “Shogun” Rua At UFC 128

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Jon Jones Replacing Rashad Evans vs. “Shogun” Rua At UFC 128

Posted by Vegas Martin in UFC News on Saturday, February 12th, 2011

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In a surprise announcement at UFC 126, Jon will Rashad Evans next month at UFC 128 in a UFC Light Heavyweight title bout against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, but what some may find interesting, is that according to the champ, Jones wasn’t the front runner for the shot until others turned it down.

“The UFC in other alternatives, but it didn’t work out. For some reason he (Jackson) didn’t accepted it. I’ll have to change my training because he’s a lot different from Rashad, much taller, and it’ll be a great challenge. He’s been surprising everybody in the UFC, everybody with easy, and it’ll be a tough fight for me.