Rashad Evans explains the Greg Jackson/Jon Jones situation

speeds · Mar 21, 2011

It's a good read and eerily similar to the Diego Sanchez/Georges St-Pierre situation that Greg Jackson created a few years ago (Sanchez and Jackson have since reconciled).

"You can't say you are not going to have anything to do with it when you are a big part of the reason why the situation originated," Evans fired. "That's like spilling a glass of milk and then walking away and saying that you don't want to have anything to do with it. You f**kn spilled the milk...so you're at least going to help clean it up right? When Jon Jones came to the gym over a year ago Greg Jackson came to me and said, "listen, what do you feel about having this kid on the team?" I told him straight up that I didn't like it. I told him that the kid was talented and that the sky was the limit with him but that was the type of guy I wanted to fight not train with. Greg came back saying, "No, no, no this will be just like you and Keith where he will be just like a brother." I still told him that I didn't want to do that. Then Greg said if that situation ever did arise between Jones and I that he would have to turn the fight down because that's how it works. He would have to turn down the fight with me so that way I wouldn't be put in a position where I looked like a punk. That's how it works in the Greg Jackson system. After a while Greg was so high on this kid coming in and I met Jon Jones and he was a very nice and very sweet kid, so eventually I said f**k it, let' s bring him in. After he got there and I trained with him and tried him out a little bit, something didn't feel right so I moved my camp up to Denver to train at Grudge for awhile. That is where I spent the majority of my time over the past two fights."

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http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/3/2...ted-by-jon-jones-disappointed-in-greg-jackson

Master Shake · Mar 21, 2011

Rashad is gonna lose, I don't know how else to put it.

Jon Jones has a controlled recklessness to his style and it's fucking awesome to watch. I feel bad for other guys fighting him. He easily put the current champ to the mat, how does Evans think he'll do?

bbwtrench · Mar 22, 2011

Jones will destroy him..... lol. I've never seen a more dominant 205'er. I'd say he would have wrecked Chuck Liddel in his prime easily. As long as Jones stays humble and hungry, he aint losing.

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