As was mentioned on Kirstie Alley's Twitter, Jon Jones made quite an impression on the actress before their appearance on "The Tonight Show." Once sitting next to Jay Leno, Jones said that Alley was hitting on him. He also detailed his crime-fighting adventures before he beat Mauricio "Shogun" Rua to win the light heavyweight championship at UFC 128.
It's early in his championship reign, but it's already fun having Jones as the champ. He's eager to show his personality and makes an excellent spokesman for MMA. Not to mention, he clearly made a new MMA fan in Alley.
It’s going to take an even greater effort than we saw from Kelly Slater in 2010 for whoever ultimately stands top of the rankings at the end of this year. If there’s not at lea
Jon Jones' latest stop on the victory tour is a trip out to Los Angeles and Jay Leno's "Tonight Show." He will appear on the famous late night show on Thursday evening at 11:35 ET/PT to talk about winning the UFC light heavyweight belt. The split in his training camp with former friend and training partner Rashad Evans will likely be discussed.
Jones is far from the first fighter to make it onto Leno's stage. Tito Ortiz, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Chuck Liddell have all appeared on the Leno show. But even putting Jones in that company is impressive. All three men have multiple title defenses, movie roles and magazine covers. Now, Jones will join them down that road of stardom that transcends MMA.
When the gate dropped in the final race of the 2011 AMA Supercross season opener at Anaheim 1 it was Ivan Tedesco who took the holeshot and led or a handful of laps. Villipoto and Dungey were placed in the top five early mixed in with Byrne and Windham. Reed was well back in the [...]
Multiple AMA/World Supercross champion, Newcastle?s Chad Reed has confirmed from his Florida base that he will be at the start gates for the first round of Monster Energy Super X at Energy Australia Stadium on October 16. Hailing from Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley, 28-year-old Reed has endured a difficult racing season overseas battling [...]
Trey took a gnarly crash to the face over the weekend. He's resting at home in Florida now and feeling better everyday. No doubt this kid will be back shredding soon! Source: http://www.foxhead.com/us/bmx/blog/id/24461
If you’re looking to spice things up a bit before Spring hits, be sure to indulge in the Rip’s BAD Ride Chili cook-off coming up February 26 at the American Legion Post 232 in Polk City, Iowa. Celebrity judges will pick the overall winning chili and spectators will pick a “People’s Choice” winner as well. [...]
PAIA, MAUI (March 26, 2011) – Maui’s surfing youth converged on Ho’okipa Beach Park on Saturday, March 26th for Ian Walsh’s Menehune Mayhem. Source: http://www.foxhead.com/us/surf/blog/id/24495
Amir Sadollah won the battle of two "The Ultimate Fighter" stars on Saturday night at Ultimate Fight Night 24. Sadollah forced DaMarques Johnson to submit due to strikes in the second round of their bout.
The fight started with an eventful first round. Johnson took advantage of an early slip by Sadollah to get in side control, but couldn't do much with it. Moments later, Johnson caught a kick to get another takedown. That time, he was able to land elbows while on the ground before Sadollah returned to his feet. Johnson threw Sadollah for another takedown before Sadollah reversed, and landed some serious strikes before the round ended.
In the second, the two had a furious exchange early, both landing strikes and coming out with bloody faces. But Sadollah took the upper hand halfway through the round. He got full mount and rained down blows onto Johnson's head. At first, Johnson was able to roll away, but Sadollah stayed close. He regained mount, took control of Johnson's hand and then blasted Johnson with elbows until the bout was stopped at 3:27.
"I am ecstatic with my performance," Sadollah said after the fight. "I'm here not just to look good. I want to be the best and fight the best."
Johnson took this fight on short notice after Duane Ludwig and James Wilks both pulled out because of injury. His record falls to 12-9. Sadollah, who has fought every one of his pro bouts in the UFC, is now 5-2.
Schwimmer tweeted, "UFC 130 perhaps? ... If @DCBROCKLESNAR loses 175 pounds and drops down to my weight class, it's over. God I hope he knows I'm kidding."
This isn't Schwimmer's first brush with large men from the UFC. When starring on "Friends," he was part of the episode that featured Bruce Buffer, Big John McCarthy and Tank Abbott. Monica Gellar's boyfriend, played by Jon Favreau, had dreams of being an "ultimate fighter," despite being thrown around the Octagon by Abbott.
Perhaps Schwimmer was having flashbacks of that episode when staring into the eyes of Lesnar. Or perhaps the two just commiserated on being TV stars, as the Lesnar-coached edition of "The Ultimate Fighter" starts Wednesday night on Spike.
PAIA, MAUI (March 26, 2011) – Maui’s surfing youth converged on Ho’okipa Beach Park on Saturday, March 26th for Ian Walsh’s Menehune Mayhem. Source: http://www.foxhead.com/us/surf/blog/id/24495
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Jon Jones was hyped up today at the UFC 128. Frankly, he's been hyped up all week long to the point of signing autographs, "Jon Jones, UFC champion 2011."
Is that cocky or confident? The UFC light heavyweight Mauricio "Shogun" Rua is irked.
"I really feel it's disrespectful," Rua told UFC analyst Joe Rogan during today's weigh-in. "That's okay, tomorrow we'll see who's the better man."
Both fighters made the weight limit of 205 pounds. The other 22 fighters on the card also made weight without incident.
There wasn't any pushing or heat evident during the Rua-Jones staredown. In what is becoming the norm for Jones, the 23-year-old refused to make eye contact with his opponent.
Kurt Pellegrino did the same to Gleison Tibau, as the Brazilian stood with his hands on his hips. The happiest guy at the weigh-in appeared to be Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic. He was all smiles on stage and stepped on the scale in some stylish black socks.
March 16, 2011 - Radio City Music Hall, NYC. With UFC 128 just days away, Dana White came to New York along with UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and his challenger, Jon Jones, as well as Urijah Faber, Nate Marquardt, Eddie Wineland and Dan Miller. The fighters answered questions from the media and took some strange requests from the fans. Only in New York!
Jon Jones may be a physical freak, but he's just like most fighters who have to wrestle with the mental side of the game before and during the fight.
The 6-foot-4, 220 pounder has a huge task in front of him in facing MMA legend Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. The former PRIDE middleweight and current UFC light heavyweight champ has been in there with some of the top fighters of all time. Jones' top opponents include former Ultimate Fighter contestants Matt Hamill and Ryan Bader.
A quick look at the credentials of both fighters could be pretty intimidating. That's where's Jones' trainer Greg Jackson comes in.
"I was actually getting a little anxiety about being in the title fight," Jones told The Daily. "He said 'Jon listen it's just another fight. "No fight is a big fight. Forget what his name is.'That's the mindset I have now. He really humanized Shogun big time, because I've been a fan of him myself."
Jackson said the most important thing is Jones willingness to listen.
"Jon is a student of the game," Jackson said. "Inspiration is a fighter's most precious commodity. For Jon, knowledge and enlightenment seems to be what inspires him, so I'm always quoting strategy books or Eastern philosophy as how it relates to combat."
Jackson is known around the sport as a guru of the MMA mind game. When Jones arrived at his camp in Albuqueque he was a hot shot prospect who wowed with his explosiveness. Jackson has slowly re-programmed Jones' approach in the cage.
"He's getting very good at finishing fights now," said Jackson. "Before he would throw you over the head or do a spinning elbow and he'd be in wars with these guys. Now it's pretty much domination because he's coming into his own natural style."
This is a nice piece from The Daily. One of the most interesting quotes from the video didn't make the story. We've heard a lot about Rashad Evans, a Jones teammate at Jackson's being perturbed with "Bones" for taking the title shot.
Jones tells story (0:40 mark) that Evans was actually the guy who told him to have a big night at UFC 126 and seize the opportunity if it comes. He said Rashad "basically" gave him his blessing. We're guessing this was taped well before some of the verbal drama that has gone down before the last few weeks.