Coach Tells Evans He Should Be Willing to Fight Jones

Trevor Wittman thinks Rashad should fight Jon Jones if Jones beats Shogun. He also hints that he thinks Jones shouldn't have accepted the title shot.

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by hewsdaddy on Mar 2, 2011 8:35 PM EST reply actions

Thank God!

This is the way to think. The Overeem brothers will fight each other in the tournament because of the significance of the fight.

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by Sexytime on Mar 2, 2011 9:05 PM EST reply actions

i like that he thinks rashad should fight jones but at the same time i dont like that he said jones should’ve said no to a ufc title shot…

If he wouldve taken another fight n lost it wouldve seriously set him back, not to mention it prob wouldve put him on the bad side of dana white and title shots are hard to come by when you’re there (ex: fitch)

by omegared07 on Mar 2, 2011 10:49 PM EST reply actions

I like the way Whitman is thinking here.

I don’t think he should have turned down a title shot, but I definitely think that Jones should fight Rashad if it comes down to it, and he will very likely whoop his ass. I really don’t think Rashad wants to fight Jon though.

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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 3, 2011 2:41 AM EST reply actions

I agree, no reason at all for Jones to bypass a title shot, and Rashad should be willing to fight him.

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by The American Ronin on Mar 4, 2011 1:42 PM EST up reply actions

Jones would annihilate Rashad Evans IMO. There is nothing Evans does better, plus he is far less athletic and fast than Jones. Really bad matchup for Evans if they did fight.

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by crizzy on Mar 4, 2011 9:33 PM EST up reply actions

It would be so easy too. Rashad has had his main camp at Grudge up in CO before.

Jones could stay in NM. Of course, Greg Jackson famously doesn’t prohibit his fighters from fighting eachother, but won’t be involved in training either of them (he always comes across, to me anyway, as kinda passive aggressive about this in interviews, like he basically wants to prohibit it but doesn’t want to seem like he is an authoritarina about the issue). If GJ sticks to this stand than one of them could just go up to tri-star and train w/ Firas.

Of course, Jones would dominate Rashad, what with being the better wrestler and the superior athlete. (I know JJ never competed in Div 1 wrestling, but does anyone seriously think that was due to lack of ability? I heard that Iowa wanted him, but he didn’t have the grades. Plus, Rashad was barely over 50% winning as a Div-I wrestler.)

by jhf884 on Mar 3, 2011 9:14 AM EST reply actions

I still wrestled in college in Iowa, roomed with Joe Soto, who got him hooked on MMA.

He still got some high level training in

by TheBiggertheyare... on Mar 5, 2011 2:00 PM EST up reply actions

He still*

by TheBiggertheyare... on Mar 5, 2011 2:00 PM EST up reply actions

And I wanted to keep hating Wittman for making those faces!

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by MMABookworm on Mar 3, 2011 11:43 AM EST reply actions

WTF?

Jones shouldn’t have accepted the title shot.

Why not? It’s a freaking TITLE SHOT!!!!

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by RolloTomasi on Mar 3, 2011 1:20 PM EST reply actions

To be fair, there is the precedent of Pete Spratt turning down a title shot and it doing wonders for his career:

After defeating Robbie Lawler at UFC 42, Spratt was offered at shot at the UFC welterweight title. However, Spratt did not feel he was ready to fight reigning champion Matt Hughes, and turned down the offer and was subsequently released from the promotion.

link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Spratt

by MMAussie on Mar 5, 2011 5:54 AM EST up reply actions

i feel like this is less about his opinion on friends fighting friends

and more that he feels rashad as the more experienced veteran fighter in the camp should be the one in the title position and that jones should have waited his turn so to speak

by yngjzy on Mar 3, 2011 3:51 PM EST reply actions