One of the most
anticipated bouts in the UFC's history finally takes place this
Saturday as former friends and training partners Jon “Bones”
Jones and “Sugar” Rashad Evans fight for the UFC light
heavyweight title.
In 2005, a young mixed
martial artist with a background in wrestling named Rashad Evans
joined Greg Jackson's fight camp in Alburquerque, New Mexico. On the
road to winning the light heavyweight belt, he helped build Jackson's
gym into one of the most successful and famous in the sport. By
2009, a new young fighter was making waves in the division and
Jackson asked Evans how he would feel about inviting Jon Jones into
the camp. Evans was excited by the youngster's potential and took
him under his wing. The two developed a brotherly relationship and
vowed never to fight one another.
