Rashad Evans talks about the confrontation with Jon Jones last week at UFC Fighter Summit

Rashad's fan base in getting bigger every day thanks to Jones, never thought i will ever root for him in a fight, except when he fough Tito, but that's normal.

iv always liked rashad, he carrys himself well in terms of public appearances etc. but jones has really pissed him off and i think this is exactly what rashad needed. this beef seems genuine unlike the fabricated rampage saga. i hope rashad goes for the kill instead on playing it safe like he did under jackson. rashad will know jones inside out (almost) and i think we will see a completely different evans in the fight.

he really got under rampages skin, but the truth is that he as alot of respect for rampage...u can see that with rampage he was playing this whole hyping up the fight...rampage took big offence though all the while evans playing around. he respects rampage as a fighter and as a person cause his real...rampage hates him tho.



With Jones, it's different, cause he really does dislike his, as he puts it, "fake" character...bones has been speaking out of his training camp, and if you noticed, rashad is big on team mates and the camp life...when he was so biased in commenting on jardines/rampge fight it's clear that he really cares about his team, so for jones to turn on him like that by revealing what happened in training, really hit a nerve big time...this is definaltely a genuine grudge.

i think that rampage and evans both have equal respect for eachother

no1 else thinks this sounds like complete Bullshizz? that really sounds like the way a coversation would go?

Maybe not complete bs but ya you cant forget there's another side to this story

Wow is Jones really said that then it solidifies my opinion of him outside the ring....I used to be a big fan of Jones but like many ppl hve said, the more he talks n more I hear about him the less I like but I will always look forward to see him fight

i really hope evans this time stays healthy too fight jones for his title . i hope he beats jones . i just dont like the way that kid goes on with his cQcky attitude . at 1 point and time i couldnt stand evans for the same reasons . but now its jones that needs too be toned down . really wish sho gun was in line first for that shot . but i think next time when we all see sho gun he will be better and ready for jones if jones still holds the title .

did anyone else hear that or was it just Jon and Rashad cause that

sound crazy just doesnt sound like something you say in a conversation

even talk smack.....hey remeber that time I was doing this or doing that

just isnt normal

WWE.... Here the UFC comes! They have been pushing these drama filled fights or what they are calling grudge matches, I just want to watch fights!

Exactly. Its getting annoying.... and strangely entertaining haha!

lol, well Rashad probably figures that trash talking catches the marketing perspective of a fight. He witnessed it first hand with Rampage, and he seen how well it did for Sonnen.



But the way you can tell it's all a story - Notice how the entire conversation he claims like he's on the "defensive" and Jones is the one talking all crazy. Oh, and the reasons for HIM being at a disadvantage in training is because of Bader, but when Jones was on the defensive he was begging for help?



lol, it's so obviously 1-sided. That's not even going to get in Jones's head, I would be willing to bet Jones laughs when he hears these comments. Because he's so obvious with what he is trying to do.

@Spyridon

Your blind bro, Jones is see through. Rashad has previous for ''story telling'' when he and Rampage used to get into altercations he would be the one to give us the full info not Rampage. He's doing the same here again Rashad carry himself very well and seems like a honest guy to me. When he beat Rampage notice how he was so humble and didn't rub it in, you may not like him but he's a class act. Jones is suspect, he and his team are coming out with comments that OBVIOUSLY contradict each other and people still buy it.

Who said I didnt like Rashad? He's a great fighter, he has a good personality, and although he has stuck to his wrestling as of recent I still find his matches pretty entertaining. I actually had Rashad picked over Rampage, because the Rampage we have seen in the UFC isnt the Rampage from pride.



I didnt say anything derogatory about Rashad in my comments. I just said that you could tell hes playing mind games to try to get in to Jones's head.



But it's no secret that he does what he has to for hyping fights. Sure, he carries himself well AFTER the fight. But he pulls all stops before the fight to get things hyped up. Why do you think his personality completely changed as soon as the fight with Jones was announced? He was super respectful until it was announced, and THAT VERY NIGHT his attitude switched.



He instigated his ass off with Rampage because he knows he could get to him, and he knows Rampage would trash talk right back. It hypes the fight.



Do you really believe that a fighter - ANY fighter - would ask the other one to come over in private, and say "This is going too far" followed by "im going to destroy you, annihilate you, show the world you are overrated" ?



That doesnt even make sense. You wouldnt say "things are going too far" followed by trash talking. Noone even said Rashad was overrated anyway, that's something that people would be saying abuot Jones, not Rashad - he has enough experience that he earned his spot.



Nor would a fighter who got taken to the ground and couldnt even get up tell the other fighter he had no chance at winning. In private they would not have a reason to "put on an act". The only time an act would be needed is in front of the cameras.



Just think about his comments objectively and you will see they dont add up.

your points do make sense but it would be funny as hell if it really did happen like that...i'm looking forward to bones response cause evans is painting a real bad picture of him here

Is it just me that think Rashad is making this entire convo up. That doesnt sound like anything Bones would say. So at the end of the day I dont beleieve one bit of this crap coming from Rashads mouth.

Yeah, most of the conversation doesnt seem believable. He even said himself, why would u bring someone over private to talk like that?



He's just tryin to get in Jones's head.

As funny as it may seem, I have to agree with you 100 % on that. Rashad can be full of himself sometimes.

Besides, we already know Rashad is all about trash talking, and he's the one to get in peoples faces with it to hype the match (refer to the Davis "staredown" photo)

That picture was meant to be humorous...

Rashad is full of himself. he always has been. I liked him on TUF bur ourside that he just comesw of as a tito type whose all about him. True he might nt be the class A douche like chael or bisping but still. IDC how much he tries to hype this fight up we kno from the quitnon fight that he dosnt really bring the ass woopn he promises. Pulln for JJ hope he elbows his head off.

I have a hard time believing that Rashad could wrestle Jones that dominantly based upon how well Jones handled Bader, Hamill, Bonnar, Matyushenko, and Vera

i cant believe im writing this! But i hope Rashad smashes jon jones and im a big jon jones fan but things have gotten to far.

Ah it does add some hype to the fight at the same time, but i have to say with some fights its going way over the top and starting to resemble WWE

Funny thing is that if Rashad is telling the truth, that is the funniest story ever! Bones calling Rashad over strictly to say he will whoop him haha! Then Rashad saying no I killed you in practice. Wow now people will be looking for witnesses to the confrontation and blah blah. Man this stuff is tooooo funny!

This is just my opinion but I think its funny that so many people say "That doesn't sound like Jones"...or..."That's not what Jones would say" Really? Do you guys know him personally, does he call you at home? All anyone sees are press conferences and interviews, maybe he does sound like that in his everyday life and just makes like a nice guy for the cameras. It just makes me laugh. But honestly, I like both of them but I hope Rashad destroys Jones.

Your right that people cant say it doesnt sound like what Jones would say.



But overall, it just doesnt seem very believable, no matter who he is talking about. He's great at hyping fights though! That's why I'm convinced hes saying it to get in his head.

Jon Jones fake? is he made of plastic or something? Cheap Chinese copy maybe?

i swear 100% of all your clothes you wearing right now is made in china.

My grandma knitted my socks!

Jones will win this fight we all know that no matter how much we like Rashad

I like how Rashad is handeling the situation, and its starting to sound like maybe Jones is a little too ****y

Funny how fight fans are so fickle, after Rashad-Rampage and prior to Jones-Shogun everyone was hating on Rashad, saying they would rather not see him fight, and fans were all over Jones. Now everyones a fan again.



Situation w/ the fans and Jones are starting to remind me of what happened with A.Silva and Machida.



I bet if Rashad fights Jones and wins via LnP people will go back to hating him and loving Jones again =p

the only people who can say they know what jones or rashad is really like is each other and the rest of their team..people say it doesnt seem like something jones would say but they only see him before fight time..

Hmmm I think id like to hear jones side of the story. Not calling him a liar but...

fact: jones ducked rashad flat out....Any fool can see that....so i think there is more truth in this than what you all think...And yes that sounds like something jon would say...he was signing his name as the champ b4 the shogun fight...how humble and non-****y was that? yes think objectively but also think about the facts...He said b4 the bader fight he had already won and saying bader was scared of him...So just think he knows rashad personally and judging by his tweets the convo was probably exactly how rashad said it was...

Fishy...

You know, I would like to hear what the other fighters from Jacksons team has to say about this whole situation.



I would be willing to bet we would learn a lot more of the reality of the situation from them rather than from either of the fighters directly. Such as if Rashad really was treated wrongly by Jacksons or if he is just pushing the rivalry so that he could motivate himself and/or for hyping the fight.



You would think if other fighters seen him treated wrongly that they would jump ship too, so I'm a bit doubtful of the claims, but as the saying goes - there are always 2 sides to every story, and then there is the truth.



I would also like to know what actually was said at their UFC summit confrontation. As mentioned before, first reaction the claims seem kind of unbelievable for any fighter to talk to each other like this, but the only way to truly find out is ask the ones who were there.

I don't believe all of this is true. Rashad is very respectful when he's being an analyst or giving interviews about a could-be opponent. But once the fight is announced, he flips the switch. I don't have a problem with Rashad. But I don't know how everybody can't see what he does? He was very respectful about Jones when they both decided that they would fight, made good, positive comments about him, then when the fight was announced, he starts dogging him. Same as Bones did. I'm a Bones Jones fan, but I think he is full of it. I believe he is in an all-around good guy and he conducts himself well in interviews, but the things he says makes me find it hard to believe he is that way through and through. But it doesn't matter to me. I like fighters because of the way they fight, first and foremost, and so does most. I dislike some fighters because they come across as too ****y for their own good(Bisping), but I think it's stupid to dislike a fighter just because he is trying to hype a fight.

In my opinion, people shouldnt judge fighters so much.



I'll be the first to say that I think a lot of the comments on here seem unbelievable to be said about any fighter. But regardless of what I think of the comments, I wont think less of Rashad or Jones either way.



Seems like before Jones won the belt, everyone was still hating Rashad ever since he fought Rampage. But once Jones won the belt and him and Rashad started their rivalry and hyping up the match, people started changing sides again.



Then comes the fight being canceled for the surgery, and the surgery being canceled - which did not help the matter any.



But thinking objectively, you can be damn sure that Dana (as a businessman) would not be having that shit if Jones was really dodging fights as a champion.



Either way though, once it gets to the ring, I dont believe any fighter has shown any true unsportsmanship. Therefore I dont think any less of either of them. Especially over words from either side.



Am I saying I dont want to see Jones/Evans? Of course not. A good rivalry is great to see. I'm just saying dont judge a fighter by their words when they are hyping a fight.

Hopefully Jones responds to this for clarification. I heard the actual interview and while Rashad sounds sincere in what he's saying there are 2 sides to every story. This is a conversation that shouldn't be left unaddressed by Jones in my opinion.

Rashad is making a mistake allowing Jones to distract his focus from the Davis fight.