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Andreas Hale Joins Press Row
By: Jordan Breen
This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen and Sherdog and Yahoo contributor Andreas Hale discuss whether or not Jon Jones is the biggest disappointment in sports history, what he's got in common with O.J. Simpson, what Jones' second steroid test failure means for the legacy of Daniel Cormier and how it gives Conor McGregor, even before his “Money Fight” with Floyd Mayweather on Saturday night, even more leverage over UFC ownership group WME-IMG.
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Breen and Hale also compare and contrast Jones and Mayweather, noting similarities in their historic greatness and fraught personal lives but the massive difference in discipline that has allowed Mayweather, forever drinking water in the strip club, to become an unparalleled promotional success as a boxer, while Jones has imploded due to his reckless indiscretions.
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Josh Gross Joins Press Row
By: Jordan Breen
This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen and veteran MMA journalist Josh Gross, now of The Guardian, discuss whether Daniel Cormier-Jon Jones is the greatest rivalry in MMA history, how psychology informed strategy in their first fight and why it will again at UFC 214, how a second loss to Jones will define Cormier's legacy and what the future will be for the newly-unrepentant version of “Bones,” in victory or defeat.
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Video: UFC 214 ‘Embedded’ Episode 1
By: Sherdog.com Staff
In the first episode of “Embedded” for UFC 214 “Cormier vs. Jones 2”, which takes place Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, main event rivals Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are peaking at the gym.
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Follow Cormier and Jones through their training paces at Jackson-Wink MMA and American Kickboxing Academy, see behind the scenes of their network televised trash talk from UFC on Fox 25 and witness Jon Jones get his Brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt from trainer Roberto Tussa. -
Video: Watch Documentary Footage of 22-Year-Old Jon Jones Before He Was UFC Champ
By: Tristen Critchfield
It seems hard to believe, but Jon Jones, once the youngest light heavyweight champion in UFC history, turns 30 years old today.
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MMA’s Greats of the States | New York: Jon Jones
By: Mike Sloan
The former UFC light heavyweight champion’s remarkable accomplishments have been overshadowed by his indiscretions out of the cage.
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Freddie Roach: Jon Jones is Finished
Legendary boxing trainer Freddie Roach discusses the Jon Jones situation.
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Video: UFC 200 ‘Embedded’ Episode 2
By: Mike Fridley
On Episode 2 UFC 200 “Embedded,” Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are all business.
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Video: UFC 200 Extended Preview
By: Sherdog.com Staff
The extended preview video for UFC 200 features all six competitors from the card’s championship bouts, plus returning heavyweight Brock Lesnar and opponent Mark Hunt.
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Embedded: UFC 200 Promotional Tour Episode 2
By: Mike Fridley
On Episode 2 of “UFC 200 Promotional Tour Embedded,” Daniel Cormier, Jon Jones, Frankie Edgar, Miesha Tate, Paige VanZant and Chuck Liddell take over “Good Morning America.”
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Damon Martin Joins Press Row
By: Jordan Breen
This week in “Press Row,” Jordan Breen and FoxSports.com's Damon Martin Damon Martin discuss the announcement of Jon Jones-Daniel Cormier 2 for UFC 200, the surprising backlash from hardcore MMA fans on social media, what it says about the “MMA echo chamber”, whether 'Bones'-D.C. 2 is MMA's greatest rematch ever and whether or not a Cormier win would be the single greatest victory in the sport's history.
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