Jon Jones beat Rahsad Evans tonight at UFC 145, in which Jones displayed the skill and maturity to engage his greatest foe in what he called "the most satisying win of my career", Jones skillfully dissected Rashad Evans in in 5 straight rounds to retain his Title as Light Heavyweight champion in what turned out to be a very exciting UFC 145.

“Yeah, this was definitely my most satisfying victory,” Jones said. “I felt like my striking was a little more elementary (than usual), I just didn’t want to make a lot of mistakes.”  

When asked what he felt was different between sparring with Rashad and Fighting him. Jones said:

“It felt completely different,” Jones said. “You saw tonight I threw a lot of elbows. I would never do that to a sparring partner … and I think my wrestling has definitely improved a lot. I had a goal to finish this fight and I didn’t. Hats off to Rashad. That’s the first time I’ve gone five rounds so I learned some things there, too.”  

After all the trash talk leading up to the fight, Evans had nothing but praise for Jones after their fight. 

“I give him props; he was creative and kept me on my toes, so I got to give it to him,” said 32-year-old Evans, the former UFC light heavyweight champ who fell to 22-2-1. “He had those sneaky elbows that kept getting in on me.”  Said Evans.

Here's the full results:

• Jon Jones def. Rashad Evans via unanimous decision
• Rory MacDonald def. Che Mills via TKO (punches) R2, 2:20
• Ben Rothwell def. Brendan Schaub via TKO (punches) R1, 1:10
• Michael McDonald def. Miguel Torres via knockout (punches) R1, 3:18
• Eddie Yagin def. Mark Hominick via split decision 
• Mark Bocek def. John Alessio via unanimous decision 
• Travis Browne def. Chad Griggs via sub. (arm-triangle choke) R1, 2:29
• Matt Brown def. Stephen Thompson via unanimous decision 
• Anthony Njokuani def. John Makdessi via unanimous decision
• Mac Danzig def. Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision
• Chris Clements def. Keith Wisniewski via split decision 
• Marcus Brimage def. Maximo Blanco via split decision

Bonuses:

Knock Out of the Night: Ben Rothwell = $65,000.00
Submission of the Night: Travis Browne = $65,000.00
Fight of The Night: Eddie Yagin and Mark Hominick both earn = $65,000.00

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