UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans – Fight Card



Main Card (PPV):

UFC Light Heavyweight Championship:
Jon Jones def. Rashad Evans via Decision - Unanimous (49-46, 49-46, 50-45)

- Jones retains the UFC Light Heavyweight Title in five rounds of domination by the Champion.


Rory MacDonald def. Che Mills via TKO (Strikes) Round 2 (2:20)

Ben Rothwell def. Brendan Schaub via KO (Strikes) Round 1 (1:10)

Michael McDonald def. Miguel Torres via KO (Strikes) Round 1 (3:18)

Eddie Yagin def. Mark Hominick via Decision - Split (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Mark Bocek def. John Alessio via Decision - Unanimous (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)

**Sorry about the error with Alessio winning, a rogue admin edited the post.**



Preliminary Card (FX):

Travis Browne def. Chad Griggs via Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) Round 1 (2:29)

Matt Brown def. Stephen Thompson via Decision - Unanimous (30-27, 29-27, 30-27)

Anthony Njokuani def. John Makdessi via Decision - Unanimous (30-27 all judges)

Mac Danzig def. Efrain Escudero via Decision - Unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)



Preliminary Card (Facebook):

Chris Clements def. Keith Wisniewski via Decision - Split (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)

Marcus Brimage def. Maximo Blanco via Decision - Split (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)

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Bonus Guest Panel Picks:


* Ricky Lundell (Head Instructor University of Grappling in Utah) – "Rashad Evans over Jon Jones by decision."


* Elvis Sinosic (The King of Rock n Rumble) - "This fight has a lot of fans interested because of both the fighters and the drama. It seems that people are taking sides based on the fighters personalities and the way they have dealt with the clash of team mates fighting rather than their skill sets or abilities. Both are very talented fighters, Jones the current LHW champ and Evans the Ex LHW champ. They have faced a who’s who of champions and ex champions. Both have a wrestling base that have added striking and have done well with it. Jones has the physical attributes of size, reach and most likely strength. Rashad most likely has the speed, but even that’s not a given as Jones is a freak athlete. Rashad has the experience and probably the more well technical abilities though Jones is no slouch and constantly improving (which is crazy when you think about that and he is the LHW champ).

It seems that Evans is trying to get into Jones head, which is a smart move. Normally Jones doesn’t like confrontation til he gets in the cage. At the weigh in’s he usually looks away. This time he was in Evans’ face. This means that this fight and the lead up has affected him. Whether it will be positive or negative is still to be seen. They also share several common opponents with Jones have performed better against them (though this is usually indicative of stylistic match up rather than how they will perform against each other). Even though I think Rashad is getting into Jones head and has the tools to beat Jones I’m still picking Jones to win this. I think his natural talent and athletic ability and his constant improvement will be enough to put him ahead of Rashad. I think Jones will get a TKO or Submission later in the rounds to claim victory. Regardless I’m looking forward to see how this match plays out."



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Matt Brown getting ready!



Team Njokuani



Jon Jones relaxing!



Marcus Brimage pre-fight

So fucking pumped for this event! Gotta love Elvis' take on the main event. GO EVANS!

Yeah I would like to Evans win........... just don't know if he can pull it off.

Mark Hominick in style



Chris Clements pre-fight



GSP the waterboy?

What a great fight! I thought Brown was done in the second. Wicked elbow by the Immortal One!

Wonderboy needs to work on ground game.... That was pathetic.