Partial Credit to Dana Becker;
– UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has already re-written the history books for 205-pound fighters. Saturday night at UFC 172, Jones continued to add to his resume, earning his seventh successful title defense by besting Glover Teixeira.
Riding a division-record 11-fight win streak that includes 14 wins overall with the promotion, Jones might appear to have accomplished it all. As he told FOX Sports 1, though, he is far from doing that.
“I have gigantic goals and I’m taking them one at a time,” Jones said in the interview, which you can watch in the video above. “I’m not that impressed with that performance. My cardio was running low a little at the end. I do have a lot of great gifts. I threw more elbows standing than ever. I’m closing up the holes in my game. I believe I’ll be champion for a long time.”
Jones has defeated former champions like Vitor Belfort, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson since winning the belt in 2011 against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. He is likely to face Alexander Gustafsson in a 2013 rematch later this year.
– Phil Davis talked in the days leading up to UFC 172 that he was coming for the belt and Jon Jones. The former NCAA wrestling champion from Penn State University even stated that the only way Jones would face him was in the upcoming “EA Sports: UFC” video game.
After three rounds with Anthony Johnson in Saturday’s co-main event, Davis doesn’t have to worry about “Bones” anytime soon. Johnson dominated “Mr. Wonderful” in earning a decision victory in his return to the Octagon.
The result made Jones happy, as he stated during the post-fight press conference. Davis did not attend the event after the loss, and Jones congratulated Johnson on his win by offering him several high fives.
“Phil Davis isn’t happy,” Jones laughed. “I told him to focus (on Johnson). I said, ‘Keep talking trash, Phil.’ Phil was talking all that greasiness and now he’s somewhere pouting.”
– Daniel Cormier believes the UFC’s middleweight division has a new contender, and his name is Luke Rockhold. At UFC 172, Rockhold earned his second straight finish, submitting Tim Boetsch in the very first round.
Cormier, a training partner at American Kickboxing Academy alongside Rockhold, reached out to his close friend during the FOX Sports 1 post-fight show and instructed him to focus in on the UFC middleweight title – and not Vitor Belfort or Michael Bisping.
“He’s got to let the Belfort and Bisping things go and move forward,” stated Cormier. “He’s got to go for the title fight.”
Rockhold made mention of bouts with both Belfort and Bisping after defeating Boetsch. He was knocked out by Belfort last year in Brazil, while the former Strikeforce champion and “The Count” have had a lengthy feud through Twitter.
