Jon Jones may be the UFC's pound-for-pound king and the top dog in the light heavyweight division, but fellow fighter Phil Davis thinks the man they call "Bones" is going soft. "He wants more of the softer side of the division," Davis said.
Jones has been criticized for not granting Alexander Gustafsson, Davis training mate and the man who gave Jones the toughest fight of his career, an immediate rematch. Instead, Jones will be taking on Glover Teixeira, who is no walk in the park either. Davis admitted that, and questioned whether Jones has the heart to withstand Teixeira's power.
"Glover's a big, scary guy," said Davis. "And he swings hard, and that doesn't make for happy afternoons. So, that's a tough fight for him. He's not ready for it." He also said most fighters interested in taking on the toughest fights would've went back to the Gustafsson well.
"Most people would rematch. But he said, forget about that, forget about you.' I find that interesting. Very interesting."
Davis will be fighting on the UFC 172 card, which is being headlined by Jones, and could be angling for his own shot at the title. He is also bitter that many of his conquests have either vacated the weight class, or been given higher profile fights despite losing.
"Alex [Gustafsson], [Lyoto] Machida, Li'l Nog [Antonio Nogueira], Brian Stann, Tim Boetsch, all those guys, they've done good for themselves," he said. "I'm their good luck charm or something."
He continued on a rant that exposed how frustrated he has become with the perceived politics within the UFC, and the tendency for undeserving fighters to get big-money fights. Davis especially called out Texeira and Daniel Cormier.
"I mean listen, it can be any combination of title things that get you a title shot," Davis said. "Apparently fighting Roy Nelson and then fighting Pat Cummins gets you a title shot," Davis said firing a salvo at Cormier."
"Maybe beating no one in the top 10 like Glover did gets you a title shot. There's no rhyme or reason to getting a title shot. So, beating the number one contender does not get you a title shot. At this point, I don't really care, I think I'm in the best in the world so I'll just keep fighting whoever they put in the cage."
He will be taking on Anthony Johnson at UFC 172, who is 16-4 in his UFC career, and coming off a loss to Vitor Belfort the last time he stepped in a UFC octagon.
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