Rua has 10x the experience and has beaten several all time great fighters-- Jones has beaten Ryan Bader. - Advantage Rua
Rua has been training for Rashad, a mostly one dimensional wrestler-- Jones has unorthodox striking and a longer reach, but he is first and foremost a wrestler- The fact that Jones had been helping Rashad is questionable at best; He's been preparing for Ryan Bader and the fight with Shogun wasn't for 1.5 months anyway. I doubt he had been doing much preparing to the extent that he remebered or cared to remember anything about Shogun.- Wash
It is impossible to find a similar athlete to train with to prepare for Jones- Advantage Jones
If Shogun is healthy, I don't see him losing this fight. He will find a way. Jones has met every step up in competition and surpassed expectations, but Shogun is a much much much much better fighter than Ryan Bader and he presents different challeneges than everyone else Jones has fought. Also, we have to remember that Jones is human. He's 23 years old, has been fighting for less than three years and after coming off of the biggest win of his career unexpectedly found out he is fighting for the title next month. That's a lot of pressure for anyone to handle.
