Why isnt machida fighting jones

Jones figured him out, made small adjustments, split his head open and then left him unconscious on the ground. This is a case where Jones saying he doesn't want a fight and talking about making money doesn't bother me at all. This is the opposite of the Anderson Silva talk where he didn't want the fight because he and Anderson have to protect their legacies or whatever.

This is a young guy saying "Why fight a guy I dominated recently when it won't make me any money? It is a lose-lose situation and I'd tell the UFC to figure something else out as well. A fight that the champion wins in dominant fashion should not have a rematch just one fight removed from the first meeting.

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Soares said he understands why Jones has reservations about facing Machida again, but expects the rematch will take place. Because Machida is probably the toughest light heavyweight he would face. But also he has to understand that traditionally when the pay-per-views are out of the country, they're typically 30 percent lower than they are domestically.

However, Jones can hit strikes from nearly every position. Machida landed strikes of attempted in his career. Jones landed of attempted strikes. Jones throws more due to his reach advantage of Machida avoids 83 percent of strikes, while Jones has avoided being taken down at all in the UFC. He seemingly cannot be taken down. Jones has to believe he is the better grappler than Machida. Even though Machida is tough to take down, Jones has the ability to keep him on the mat.

Speculation could have Machida favor standing up and knocking out Jones to regain his title. Jones, on the other hand, should want to control the fight. Machida defeated Shogun in a successful title defense.