"Styles make these matchups," Jones told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) when asked who might be left for him after Henderson. "Phil Davis lost to Rashad [Evans], and I beat Rashad. But that doesn't mean Phil Davis won't give me the fight of my life. Or [Alexander] Gustafsson. He's tall, I'm tall, and he's got long arms. Maybe that would be interesting to see. Or Glover Teixiera. He hits hard. Maybe that would be interesting. Styles make matchups. There's guys in my gym right now that aren't in the UFC that make me sweat and bleed. So you can't say I've cleaned out the division – because I haven't. I simply haven't."
"But as a businessman, the [fight against Machida at UFC 140] had the lowest pay-per-view sales of all the fights I had in 2011," Jones said. "So it's just like, I don't see why it would benefit me to fight him again. ... I have nothing to gain there. I beat him once, and it was the lowest pay-per-view numbers I had the whole year. So why would I fight someone that no one really wants to see when there's all these other guys working their hearts out to get a chance at me? Why do they get skipped [by] a guy who lost already?"
"That guy is a joke," he said of Sonnen, adding that, regardless of how it may have appeared, he didn't feel he'd been baited into a war of words when he responded on Twitter. "It's not getting baited if you know what you're up against. My emotions weren't involved in that."
"He mentions Brazilian kids playing with dirt while American kids play with normal toys," Jones said. "He talks about people's parents and families and wives. He's a bona fide bully. ... The Brazilian thing, I lost a lot of respect for him. What he said was racist. It was disrespectful and unacceptable. I have a strong stance on this because I hate what he's doing. You can't just insult a whole country like that. ... It was terrible. As Americans, we should have been embarrassed by what he did."
"It's what he wants, but I'm not going to allow him to get a title fight from talking," Jones said. "It's not going to happen. Chael Sonnen will not get a title fight from using his mouth. I will make it very clear to everyone that there's people who are way more deserving of a shot. If he wants to come into the [light-heavyweight division], I'd consider him Top 15 among light heavyweights. Let's see what he'll do against a wrestler like Phil Davis. Let's see what he'd do against a wrestler like Rashad or a striker like Lyoto Machida. ... The light-heavyweight division is a completely different beast. I won't allow him to just jump the rankings with his mouth. It's not going to happen."
I'm a Sonnen fan, and not a huge fan of Jones outside of his fight style(which is amazing), but Jon has a point and is completely right. Just because some of us see the humor in what Sonnen says doesn't mean it's acceptable to everyone, and it definitely doesn't mean he should get a shot super quickly in a division he hasnt fought in in years.
The Brazilian thing, I lost a lot of respect for him. What he said was racist. It was disrespectful and unacceptable. I have a strong stance on this because I hate what he's doing. You can't just insult a whole country like that. ... It was terrible. As Americans, we should have been embarrassed by what he did."
Brazilians aren't a race, for one...
For two, he is absolutely having a big twitter war with Sonnen, while saying he isn't being baited.
You're not a businessman, that's your manager's job. You'll make way more money following the chuck liddel model than trying to pick and choose your fights. Don't try to be clever - you get punched in the head for a living - it will backfire on you (see: Condit, Carlos).
The Brazilian thing, I lost a lot of respect for him. What he said was racist. It was disrespectful and unacceptable. I have a strong stance on this because I hate what he's doing. You can't just insult a whole country like that. ... It was terrible. As Americans, we should have been embarrassed by what he did."
Brazilians aren't a race, for one...
For two, he is absolutely having a big twitter war with Sonnen, while saying he isn't being baited.
You dont even know what a "race" is either, broh.
Dont you have a video of Fedor training BJJ to show us still?
i never liked jon jones, but his response about chael was dead on. chael saying things like he did about brazil makes us all look bad. looks like jones isnt as much as a punk as we want him to be.
You're not a businessman, that's your manager's job. You'll make way more money following the chuck liddel model than trying to pick and choose your fights. Don't try to be clever - you get punched in the head for a living - it will backfire on you (see: Condit, Carlos).
So I suppose Tiger, MJ, Beckham, all those superstar athletes are not businessmen, that their mangers tell them whats what and they just nod and rubber stamp the docs? Jones has no say over what he wants to do with his own career, eh?
Racist? Chael P. Sonnen, aka the People's Champ, has a degree in sociology which he is proud to tell everyone.
I consider his comments about Brazilian kids playing with dirt to be social commentary on the Economic woes of Brazil and it's effect on Brazil's youth.
SonofJockstrap - Jones seems to think Sonnen legitimately believed everything that he said... So either he's dumber than I thought, or he's playing everyone and is far more intelligent than anyone gave him credit for. My money's on the former.
its not that be believes him, its that he hold him accountable for things he said. do you understand?
In B4 race trolling, an "n-word" ban, a religious discussion, a picture of Chael superimposed on an eagle, a discussion of the economic policies of the deep south, an animated gif of a Bentley crashing into a stripper pole, chili recipes, five variations of the Diego Sanches YES gif, and Jason accidentally freezing himself.
