Dramatic scenes in the Octagon after Jon Jones’ impressive submission victory against Ryan Bader as Joe Rogan informed the light heavyweight prospect that as teammate Rashad Evans had suffered an injury and is therefore unable to face Shogun Rua at UFC 128 IN New Jersey that the UFC wanted to offer him the next shot at the UFC Light Heavyweight Title. Even though the fight is in only six weeks time Jones accepted and will challenge for the title on March 19th.
About Jon Kirschner
Jon Kirschner is a young writer from New Jersey who watches mixed martial arts and kickboxing from around the world. Kirschner has been following MMA since 1998 and has been writing about it for 5 years. His work has appeared on Fox Sports and in SCRAPP! Fight Magazine.
