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Rampage to take fight to 'cocky' Jones

ESPN staff
September 7, 2011
Rampage Jackson claims he is ready to topple Jon Jones © Getty Images
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Rampage Jackson has turned up the heat on Jon Jones ahead of their light-heavyweight fight at UFC 135, calling his rival "cocky" and claiming he will have too much power for the champion.

Jones will enter the octagon in Denver on September 24 as the heavy favourite, having won the title with a dominant display against Mauricio Shogun Rua at UFC 128 in March.

The build-up to the fight has been tainted by talk of spying in the camp, but Jackson is not concerned by anything other than getting his hands back on a belt he last held in 2008.

"I have one thing on my mind and that is the belt," Jackson told UFC.com. "I am liking it that they are underestimating me, that I am going into this fight as the underdog and the fact that Jon Jones is so cocky and thinks he's so great. I am liking everything that I am going to with this fight."

Jones has tasted defeat just once, a disqualification for illegal downward elbows against Matt Hamill, and has a huge following. But his style has not impressed Jackson who claims his power will win the day.

"I am not worried about his punches or kicks," Jackson said. "I will walk straight through that. He ain't showing me a whole lot of power, especially with the way he stands. His stance is all wrong to generate power.

"I am confident that I have him figured out. I don't think he can take the kind of force I will bring. He has never been hit that hard. I am going to have fun whipping his ass."

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