When Jon Jones & Rashad Evans Got Personal | UFC Rivalries

Brothers turned into bitter rivals, Rashad Evans was considered to be Jon Jones mentor and a big brother while he was at Jackson Wink MMA Academy, however after feeling betrayed by Jones after their vow never to fight, Evans orchestrated a bitter split from Jackson's MMA in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the war of words began. One year later, after two attempts to make the fight fell through due to injuries, Jones and Evans faced off in Atlanta at UFC 145.

Timeline

Date: August 2008
Before the beef, Bones and Rashad were teammates and friends under coach Greg Jackson in New Mexico. Initially, Rashad was against Jones joining the team because he was an elite prospect in the same division. Greg Jackson spoke to him and it was established they would never fight so Evans gave the addition his blessing. After some time the two developed a friendship and made a pact never to fight each other.

Date: 5/23/2009
After a crazy undefeated streak that landed Evans the Light Heavyweight championship, Lyoto Machida handed him his first loss with a vicious knockout at UFC 98.

This marked a notable point in the relationship because it opened up the field to challenge for the Light Heavyweight title. Bones was still an up-and-coming fighter at this point, but he was straight-killing guys on his way up.

Date: 2/5/2011
Rashad fought his way back to a title shot but he injured his MCL and was forced to withdraw from his title match against Shogun Rua at UFC 128. Meanwhile, Jones was on a tear. At UFC 126, he faced Ryan Bader, an undefeated up-and-comer, and destroyed him.

Dana White and the UFC decided to offer up Evans' spot against Shogun to Bones because of his stellar performances. Evans graciously gave Jones his blessing and told him that he expected him to beat Shogun and become champion. Jones went for the title. You would think this was the point where things went left, but nope, not yet.

Date: 5/11/2011
It's not a real beef until there's a nightclub altercation, and this beef follows suit. The two crossed paths at Surrender, a Las Vegas nightclub, in May 2011 before there first supposed matchup at UFC 133 on August 6. Not many know what actually happened, but what is known is that the two were there with other fighters for the UFC Summit and had words.

Rashad claimed that Jones asked to speak to him privately and then told him that he would be his first highlight knockout. Jones said that Rashad was the one who started the shit-talking by saying he would smash him at their fight. It was also reported that GSP got annoyed and told them to take it outside. Either way, no punches were thrown.

Date: 12/10/2011
Jones made Machida look silly but this is when the world got excited for the third time. Post fight, Rashad came out to the ring again to announce a title fight with Jones that led to an awkward but hilarious minute of TV. Both of them seemed tired of the talking and wanted to get it on in the octagon, exactly what everybody else was stammering for.

Rashad Evans was early to expose Jon Jones fake good guy persona before the world found out years later.. But although he got his ass kicked at UFC 145, he landed a clean headkick that has Jon Jones badly hurt..

In 2019 Jon Jones & Rashad Evans put the past behind them and are on good terms..

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