UFC 135 Recap – Jones backs up the hype

nullJon Jones has been as impressive as anyone in his short UFC career, but on Saturday, he continued to impress.

The UFC Light Heavyweight Champion ran through another opponent at UFC 135, beating Quinton “Rampage” Jackson by submission in the fourth round to retain his title.

The first three rounds saw Jones dictate the fight with his long reach, especially with his kicks. Jackson was never able to get inside that long reach, but did show some good takedown defense in the fight.

Once the fourth round came, Jones caught Jackson with a big straight punch that seemed to stun Jackson. The fight then soon went to the ground and Jones quickly secured a rear-naked choke and forced a tap of Jackson. It was just the second submission loss of Jackson’s career and his first since 2001.

Jones seemed to only hurt himself in the fight as opposed to take damage from Jackson. He appeared to injure his feet from throwing a number of kicks at Jackson. Hopefully he doesn’t have a broken foot so he and Rashad Evans can face off sooner rather than later.

In the co-main event, Josh Koscheck knocked out Matt Hughes at 4:59 of the first round to get his first win in over a year. Hughes put on an impressive striking display in the early portion of the round but eventually got cracked, and that led to the finish.

Hughes hinted that Saturday’s loss could be his last fight, but didn’t say the actual word “retire”. I will touch more on that tomorrow.

For full UFC 135 results, check out the jump.

UFC 135 Results (Courtesy of MMAWeekly.com)

-Jon Jones def. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:14, R4

-Josh Koscheck def. Matt Hughes by KO at 4:59, R1

-Mark Hunt def. Ben Rothwell by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 30-27)

-Travis Browne def. Rob Broughton by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

-Nate Diaz def. Takanori Gomi by submission (arm bar) at 4:27, R1

-Tony Ferguson def. Aaron Riley by TKO (broken jaw) at 5:00, R1

-Tim Boetsch def. Nick Ring by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

-Junior Assuncao def. Eddie Yagin by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)

-Takeya Mizugaki def. Cole Escovedo by TKO (strikes) at 4:30, R2

-James Te Huna def. Ricardo Romero by KO at :47 seconds, R1

  

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