Rashad Evans doubts legitimacy of Jon Jones' injury

Article by Rob Billington

This was bound to happen, as I reported yesterday, Jon Jones will not be having the surgery on his thumb that caused Rashad Evans to lose his title shot. Evans, having signed for a fight against Phil Davis instead, now feels short changed. He has even gone as far as to say Jones is ducking him.

Via MMAjunkie

"Jon doesn't need surgery," Evans today told www.mmajunkie.com. "He did not need the surgery. No doctor will operate on him. They say he doesn't need it."

"It's obvious he doesn't want to fight," he said. "Because if you don't need surgery and you're not going to have it, then why tell the UFC that you're going to have surgery and not have it?"

Interesting take on the whole thing I have to say, It definitely doesn't look good on Jon Jones, who declined to fight Evans over a seemingly minor injury. I noticed that when Rashad confronted Jones in the cage after his win over Shogun the champ seemed quite sheepish, which is out of character for him.

I reported yesterday that the two had to be separated by GSP at a Las Vegas nightclub, apparently they nearly came to blows. Evans had this to say about the whole debacle.

"He pulled me over, and he's like, 'I just want to tell you right now – I'm going to destroy you,'" Evans recalled. "'You're going to be my first knockout highlight.'

"I'm looking at him in disbelief like, is this dude serious? So I was like, 'Ok, you are. Then why didn't you take the fight?'"

Touche, It's good to see a healthy rivalry forming here as it can only make for a more exciting fight for us fans.  With lack of interest in this years TUF I think it would be a great idea to have these two coach a season, granted Jones is a bit too young to be coaching, but it still would be great television.

This fight has the potential to be one of the biggest PPV's in UFC history if they market it right. I just want to see them fight sooner rather than later.