Jon Jones (left) won Rashad evans (right) and defended UFC belt
Jon Jones This Saturday (21), he proved why he is the best light heavyweight in the world. Facing Rashad, his former teammate, the American controlled the five rounds and abused his elbows to win the deal in a unanimous decision from the judges and defend the Ultimate light heavyweight division title for the third time.
During the UFC 145 promotion, Rashad evans stated that he knew the game well. Jon Jones and that he would beat his former teammate. But from the beginning of the first round, Jones showed enormous evolution and variation in his strikes to give his challenger no chance. Working well with frontal thrusts, Jon controlled the actions and avoided closing the distance to enter the challenger's range of action.
Evans' only great moment in the fight was at the end of the first round, when he landed a powerful high kick that surprised the champion. But Jones absorbed it well and continued the fight.
From the second round onwards, the champion took control of the fight and connected several jabs on the challenger, who tried to counterattack without success. Famous for his variety of blows, “Bonnes”, as he is known, even used shoulder strikes to punish his opponent. But it was the traditional arsenal of elbows that punished Rashad throughout the fight.
At the end of the fight, Jon even called his opponent to guard, who tried to strike without success. At the end of five rounds, victory for Jon Jones in the unanimous decision of the judges (49×46, 49×46, 50×45)
Rothwell surprises and beats Schaub with an upset
In the most exciting fight of the night, veteran Ben Rothwell surprised the favorite Brendan Schaub. At the beginning of the fight, Rothwell suffered from Schaub's aggressiveness, who applied harsh punishment with boxing blows. However, just when he seemed sold, Ben recovered spectacularly. With a strong cross, which connected with Brendan's chin, the North American managed a knockdown. Wasting no time, Rothwell continued the punishment on the ground and forced the referee to end the fight.
Check out the complete UFC 145 results below:
Main Card:
Jon Jones derrotou Rashad evans in the unanimous decision of the judges;
Rory McDonald defeated Che Mills via TKO in R2;
Ben Rothwell defeated Brendan Schaub by technical knockout in R1;
Michael McDonald defeated Miguel Torres by knockout in R1;
Eddie Yagin defeated Mark hominick by unanimous decision of the judges;
Mark Bocek defeated John Alessio via unanimous decision;
Preliminary card:
Travis Browne submitted Chad Griggs with a katagatame in R1;
Matt Brown defeated Stephen Thompson by unanimous decision of the judges;
Anthony Njokuani defeated John makdessi by unanimous decision of the judges;
Mac Danzig defeated Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision;
Chris Clements defeated Keith Wisniewski via split decision;
Marcus Brimage defeated Maximo Blanco via split decision;
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