Coach Mike Winkeljohn: Jones would be motivated to beat up on Chael Sonnen in Toronto
Posted on August 26, 2012, 12:25 PM by Mike SearsonJon Jones' striking coach Mike Winkeljohn, is the latest to weigh-in on Jones' decision to turn down a UFC 151 bout with Chael Sonnen after Dan Henderson was injured and withdrawn from the fight. Winkeljohn spoke with our good friends at Bloodyelbow.com and offered his defense of the champ.
Coach Winkeljohn said: "Enough's enough. I can't sit back on the sidelines any longer. All I can say to everybody, don't put this on Jon. There are others to blame. This UFC 151 problem should have been resolved weeks ago. Chael Sonnen is a smart guy with cardio for days. He has relentless takedowns and is a much different fighter than Dan Henderson."
Winkeljohn suspects that Sonnen knew weeks in advance of Hendo's injury and was trying to manipulate his way into a title fight against the Light Heavyweight champion: "How long has Chael been attacking Jon in the media and why? Hmm. He's a man known for moneymaking schemes and cheating by bending the rules. And he's done this in various arenas. I think Chael played almost everyone like a fiddle. But I believe like a coward he tried to train and strike Jon when Jon wasn't looking. But hey, Jon is a warrior, and he, actually we, saw it coming. All I can say to Chael is nice try."
When asked if Jones' camp want to see Jones vs. Sonnen some day, just not a week's notice, Winkeljohn said: "Oh yeah. There's nothing more that we want than that. Jon vs Sonnen. With no surprise attacks like Pearl Harbor. That's a fight I want to see. Jon will win the war, and I think the UFC should capitalize on it. To my knowledge he was not offered (to fight Sonnen in Toronto). I'm not his manager. I do not know about that. I'm not sure why, or if there was some kind of contractual agreement elsewhere. But I know that Jon would be super-motivated to beat up on Chael in Toronto."
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Times up. You had your chance to fight him when he hadnt done a full camp and only helped Dan.
Im sure this is coming now that he has to watchout for the fastest hands in MMA. Get your running shoes John, you'll need them everytime he comes in for the kill. Good Luck Boney.
haha funny stuff but truth be told Chael rarely goes for the kill.
I think you'r right, Sonnen without a training camp gets smashed by Jones but I think if the American Gangster has a great training camp he will still get beat - Chael's game is the TD and Jon's TDD is 100%... bad odds for Sonnen.
I was referring to Vitor bro.
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what a stupid statement , "But I believe like a coward he tried to train and strike Jon when Jon wasn't looking."
is he ****ing serious? surprise attack like pearl harbor?
Sonnen was going to fight him with no training camp with 8 days notice!! Jones had a full train camp, is not like Chael was going to enter the cage by surprise and attack Jones from behind, he was going to fight fair and square in the cage in front of him.
a surprise title fight yes, a surprise attack? wtf is he talking about.
Chael is a Middleweight !!! Jones is the LWH Champion
that should be the easiest fight for Jones!
this is beyond ridiculous! lost tons of respect for Jones.
gain more for Chael , because even if hes not the best fighter
hes a Real warrior!
same here, his statement is so ridiculous.
There is never an easy fight....
I believe he's pointing out the fact that Chael is apart of Henderson's training camp, he would know the strats and have the training to face JJ with out skipping a beat. In fact, I'm sure Chael knew in some form that Henderson had a chance of having to drop out when he got hurt 3 weeks ago. How exactly could chael get a shot at the title? By Henderson waiting till only 8 days to pull out of the fight. Chael knows that most of the LHW's will demand proper training time, and Chael's been more then likely training his @$$ off since the injury. Just my take.
are you really implying that Jon Jones is scared of chael sonnen? does that even make sense? he was complaining about Machidas low PPV rating and then responded to Sonnen on twitter and told fans he knew what he was doing. then he turns down the fight and his trainer now says they'd like to fight him, he's not scared of chael, if he's going to fight him he wants the proper time to have chael sell the fight and then show him a new kinda whoopin
If Chael gets by Forest which I dont think he will, his next fight will be a title shot, its all about selling ppv's now, there is already to much fuel on this fire. I would put 20 bucks that it plays out this way
Stick your toes out Bones & watch hurricane hands eat them, just ask the last champ that served dude.
Dana is an idiot...b*&ch;...
How in the hell did Chael come into this equation (can any moron reporter asked how can Dana justify getting Chael in this since he isnt even in the weight class... Dana making a move on throwing someone like Chael who doesnt deserve to fight for the title does nothing about credability to win and deserve it...
maybe its the fact all the other light heavyweights turned down the fight and chael is the only one who accepted the fight with jones
hurricane hands is that Belforts rapping name?
you're gonna get banned from ****ing lowkick, your ****ing hater bitch
I am afraid I have a hard time arguing with Twinkletoes. Chael knew 3 weeks ago and was preparing. I'll grant that Hendo hoped he would recover but Chael started preparing three weeks ago. It is not all on Jon although would have been fun had Jones taken the fight. Whoa, what a ride that would have been.
Yea those quick announced fights get me so hyped up.
I remember with just a few weeks out we found out Jon was going to fight Shogun for the belt and I was crazy amped every day up to UFC 128... I think the shorter time the better as it doesn't let the excitement for the match up wear off
My question is, how could Chael even think he'd get an immediate shot. I think all thats bull shiit.
How exactly could chael get a shot at the title? By Henderson waiting till only 8 days to pull out of the fight. Chael knows that most of the LHW's will demand proper training time, and Chael's been more then likely training his @$$ off since the injury. Just my take. *realized i responded to wrong person above haha*
Coach, I agreed with most of your points up until I got to the super-motivated part. Honestly, I don't think Jon Jones needs to be that motivated to beat Chael with ease He just needs to ignore those tiring antics of Chaels.
Jon Jones has such an ego that he will never be able to just brush off snide remarks like that.
Sick avatar dude!!
HURICANE....Or you can call me Slurricane..
We need another tab to click. Put "What?" right under funny.
If this is a reference to "The Click"' that's awesome! On a side note, it sounded like Winkeljohn was reading off of a piece of paper.
"Oh yeah. There's nothing more that we want than that. Jon vs Sonnen. With no surprise attacks like Pearl Harbor.
So I guess the US should have told japan to chill out and let us get in a full training camp before jumping into the war then eh....stupid war analogies.
Vitor has less than no chance against Jones. Fast hands or not he will never get close to him and has no chance of taking him down, not even close.
Let us all face it, Sonnen did not and does no deserve a shot of the title in a weight division he just entered, SPECIALLY coming from a defeat in the lower weight division.