UFC FIGHTS at 11th St. Taphouse "Jones vs Rampage"!!!!

          JONES        VS.       RAMPAGE

Main Event:

Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson

Main Card (Pay-per-view):

Matt Hughes vs. Josh Koscheck
Mark Hunt vs. Ben Rothwell
Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi
Rob Broughton vs. Travis Browne

$10.00 cover for the fights!  Great Beer and great fight too!  See you there!

ne of the most anticipated fights of the year will headline UFC 135 this Saturday in Denver, as UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones puts his title on the line against former PRIDE and UFC champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

“Bones” Jones won the title back in March, defeating Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Jones’ performance in that bout had fans and pundits referring to the then 23-year-old fighter as the future of MMA. However, before Jones can truly begin his ascent to that level he will need to get past the veteran—and some would say legend—Rampage Jackson.

Jackson has no intention of letting the young upstart get past him at Denver’s Pepsi Center and has on more than one occasion claimed that he will be getting “his” belt back from Jones on Saturday night. 

Jones enters the fight with a career record of 13-1, with his only loss coming via disqualification for illegal 12-to-6 elbows during his December 2009 bout with Matt Hamill. Jones has only gone the distance in two fights during his career and earned unanimous decision wins in both of those contests.

Jackson made his MMA debut in 1999 when Jones was just 12 years old. Since then he has amassed a career record of 32-8, going 7-2 since joining the UFC in 2007. Jackson’s two losses were to Rashad Evans and Forrest Griffin. Jackson is currently riding a two-fight winning streak, recently defeating Lyoto Machida and Matt Hamill.

The co-main event on the card will be Matt Hughes versus Josh Koscheck in a bout that will see both fighters returning to the cage after taking time off after losses. Hughes will be back in the Octagon for the first time since losing to BJ Penn via a 21 second knockout in November 2010.

Koscheck has not fought since losing to UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre in December 2010. Koscheck suffered a broken orbital bone during the course of that bout, an injury that ultimately required surgery.