Aug 18, 2012 - If Jon Jones gets by Dan Henderson at UFC 151, he won't be salivating at the opportunity to fight Lyoto Machida again.
Jones, the UFC light heavyweight champion, told ESPN.com on Friday that he has no interest in fighting Machida a second time, despite UFC president Dana White announcing following UFC on FOX 4 that Machida was the No. 1 light heavyweight contender.
"I don't want to fight Lyoto Machida," Jones said. "He was my lowest pay-per-view draw of last year.
"No one wants to see me fight Lyoto Machida. I don't want to fight Lyoto again. Lyoto is high risk and low reward.
"He's a tough fighter, but no one wants to buy that fight.
"Between (Mauricio) Shogun (Rua), (Quinton) Rampage (Jackson) and Rashad (Evans), Lyoto was my lowest draw. Why would I want to fight someone where it's a lose-lose situation? I won't make money on it. And he's a tricky fighter."
Jones defeated Machida via standing guillotine choke at UFC 140 in December. His next title defense will be on Sept. 1 against Henderson, and he pointed out in the same article that he isn't looking past "Hendo."
Machida has only won once since losing to Jones last year. He knocked out Ryan Bader earlier this month in Los Angeles.
http://www.mmafighting.com/2012/8/18...-lyoto-machida
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08-18-2012, 10:38 AM #1Registered User
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Jones doesn't want "lowest-draw" machida
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08-18-2012, 10:45 AM #2Registered User
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This is what's wrong with UFC these days....the fighters think it's all about them and not the fans. Get your ass in the octogon and fight who is put in front of you, Jon.
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08-18-2012, 10:46 AM #3Fixedthe Fernback
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I'm perfectly fine with Jon Jones not fighting Machida if he would give up the belt and leave the UFC forever, and not even dare to save another old lady for the rest of his life
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Jones is such a drama queen. Get your ass in the cage and shut the f*ck up. If Henderson gets a KO it will be the GREATEST thing I have witnessed in MMA.
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08-18-2012, 10:55 AM #5Registered User
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I like Jones, but lost a bit of respect after reading that.
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I want Jon to fight the urge to drink and drive again.
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That's who he is going to have to fight, unless he wants to do the Anderson Silva superfight another supposed "lose-lose"
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08-18-2012, 11:21 AM #8brb bulk-utting!
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That's kinda what he's been doing over the last year or so....Originally Posted by Bayou-Slugger
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08-18-2012, 11:22 AM #9Beetje bij beetje
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I've been dying to see somebody put this uppity mofo in his place. Really hope Hendo can shut this a$$hole$ lights out.
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Jones is ducking Machida.
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08-18-2012, 11:36 AM #11
So everyone jumps on Chael Sonnen's nuts to defend his trash talking because it "sells PPVs", yet when Jon Jones states part of the reason he doesn't want this fight is because of the lack of PPV sales, you guys hate him for it? Everyone wants to make money by any means necessary. If there is a better fight for him that can net him more money, then why not? Besides, he already beat Machida in a devastating fashion (put to sleep), and though he says he's tricky, it's not like he is scared of beating him again...
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People defend Chael because his antics increase interest in the sport.Originally Posted by gizzmoJ
Jones here is minimizing one of his colleagues. It does nothing but hurt the sport.
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You do know that for him this is not entertainment like for us but BUSINESS ! I am sure that 90% if not more of fighters think the same way but most don't have guts to admit it. Who on earth would want high risk - low reward fights ?
He didn't say that he won't fight Machida he just said that he doesn't want to.
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08-18-2012, 12:02 PM #14
If he hadn't already completely dismantled Machida not even a year ago I would think Jon Jones was phucking scared of Lyoto.
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08-18-2012, 12:20 PM #15Darren Sharpahhhh
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Loved Jones as he was coming up through the UFC, but then he got cocky. He tries to be subtle, but it's annoying and I'm waiting for him to get his head kicked in now.
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08-18-2012, 12:24 PM #16Hank Hill
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I was a huge Jones fan. Now I just want to see him get knocked the fuck out
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08-18-2012, 12:36 PM #17
nobody wants to see jons vs machida either way. 1st fight was fun to watch but not competitive... the dude got finished by a standing choke u srs man.
too soon for a rematch. i hate jons but lets be cereal.. let jons cry about machida now and have dana setup a new better opponent once he crushes hendo.
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08-18-2012, 12:40 PM #18Completely dismantled? He was losing convincingly, then slapped on a sub in the 2nd. WTF are you on about?Originally Posted by Cannonsex
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this statement, or should i say when he started to look at fighting in this way, is the start of his downfall.
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08-18-2012, 12:59 PM #20HADOUKEN FIREBALL !!!!
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And I thought jones was a douche before this...this...this is a whole new category of epic douchebaggery.
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08-18-2012, 01:00 PM #21Watch the triangle brah
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I don't understand how people think fighters aren't allowed to have preferences. This is the same thing that happened when Silva said he doesn't want to fight Weidman. Do you think he's going to go on strike if Dana says he's fighting Machida? Obviously not. He's stating his opinion and his logic makes sense. Machida got a few punches in, showed Jones can be touched, but nothing to the point where I have all that much of an interest to see the fight again. He was unconscious at the end of the fight. Strong irrational, illogical haters ITT. (no JBJ nuthugger)
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more so he dropped a competitive round...then he started wrestling Lyoto and smashed him with an elbow that almost stopped the fight and shortly thereafter locked up a sub and let Machida fall to the canvas like a sack of potatoes.Originally Posted by LAWLER89
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I hope he loses to Machida now, I want to see this fight badly. Machida did a great job, and just slipped up and got choked out. Jones knows that Machida will beat him so hes complaining about Fan support.
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Machida gets put to sleep and then beats Ryan Bader of all people and gets another title shot...
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Originally Posted by Apoc
I think Dana was kind of a little chode for giving it to him over Shogun. The reason Machida's match didnt impress me much was yeah he looked good in the fight, but he lost because his opponent went full retard. A jumping lunging punch with yourself wide open which is the last thing you want to do against Machida. So Machida won for one of the reasons he always wins, he didn't overcome any adversity in that fight. Shogun got tired sure but he had a much harder fight and he came out on top. How is that less impressive?Spike92 is 15.
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^I made a thread saying that Shogun deserved the title shot over Machida. Nobody agreed with me.
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I don't want to see either fighter fight Jones again.. if Jones beats Henderson decisively, Jones should take a 6+ month break(bulk up) and start fighting at Heavyweight.Originally Posted by Mogambo
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08-18-2012, 02:38 PM #29Watch the triangle brah
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I say if Gustafsson wins, one last fight at LHW. Then there is really nothing else to do for him at that weight class. So either super fight with Anderson or move up to HW. We can't keep rematching these fights where he already clearly won/dominated/finished his opponent.
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08-18-2012, 02:55 PM #30Thanks, Obama!
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I don't think you understand the meaning of "lose-lose". That fight would sell like hot flapjacks and he'd make mad bank, regardless of the outcome.Originally Posted by RoccoTanno123
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