When Jon Jones captured the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship last year, trainer Greg Jackson said he would not corner the 24-year-old in a potential bout with then-teammate Rashad Evans. However, Evans split from the camp following Jones’ title win, and after a year away and no intention of coming back, Jackson has decided it is in his best interest to corner Jones afterall.

The UFC Light Heavyweight Champion revealed on Saturday that Jackson has told him he will be in his corner at UFC 145 for the fight. Jackson’s hardline stance against it had wavered recently, and he will now help Jones prepare for a fighter he’s very familiar with.

Jackson has been very vocal in not wanting to see teammates fight, and indeed in another fight coming later this year in Carlos Condit vs. Georges St-Pierre he’s said he’ll stay on the sidelines. His main focus when cornering a fighter is to strategize for a specific opponent, and work individually with that fighter on things that need to be done to implement a certain gameplan.

Because of the relationship Jackson had with both Jones and Evans he didn’t want to help one side over the other, but with Evans splitting from the camp and having less than kind things to say about them overall in the last year, Jackson has decided it’s in his best interest to help Jones. Whether that leads to a bigger advantage for Jones or not remains to be seen, but it’s certainly another added wrinkle to the split between the two sides, and the heated rivalry that will play out on April 21.

Penick’s Analysis: I think a lot of people believed this would end up being the case. As Jones and Evans are no longer being teammates, and with Evans having no desire to return to Jackson’s, the issues Jackson had with the situation aren’t as prevalent. Evans already believes Jackson sided with Jones over him, and with Jones still working there it’s better for him to help a fighter that’s still with him over someone that won’t be coming back. Now, for all that Evans knows about Jones, Jackson’s got plenty of knowledge about what Evans brings to the table as well, and that could be another advantage for Jones over Evans. Will it be a fight-changing advantage? Perhaps, but even if it’s not it is something more that Evans has to concern himself with.

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Eight months after he was released from his UFC contract, Marquardt has signed with the Zuffa-owned Strikeforce, as announced on the Tuesday edition of “UFC Tonight” on FUEL TV.

Additional MMAjunkie.com sources indicated that Marquardt will likely make his Strikeforce debut as a welterweight against contender Tyron Woodley. Verbal agreements are in place for the matchup, though a date has yet to be set.

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Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen are expected to fight this summer for the UFC Middleweight Title, for a second time, and there will be no love lost when the two step in the cage again.<Br><Br>

Sonnen gave Silva all he could handle at UFC 117 in August 2010 but the Champion still submitted the challenger in the final stanza to secure the title.<Br><BR>

Since then Sonnen has continued to bash Silva in the press while Silva has stayed relatively quiet but this week while speaking with <a href=http://www.espn.co.uk/ufc/sport/video_audio/136307.html>ESPN UK</a> he discussed his displeasure with Sonnen's ways:<Br><Br>

"Chael has good wrestling. The first fight, I broke my ribs, I fought with broken ribs. But that's okay, I finished the fight and I win. But this time I am ready. I am training hard, this is a different fight.<Br><Br>

"My opinion for Chael is that this guy does not respect nothing. This time in this sport is very important. The people watching the UFC, the people that watch Chael Sonnen talking, they are like 'What? What is this sport? I don't like this sport. This guy doesn't respect nothing.'<Br><Br>

"I understand sometimes you need to promote the fight but, I don't know. Chael talks about my people in Brazil, about my wife, about the older fighters. It's his problem, it's no good, it's no good promotion, this is a sport.<Br><Br>

"I love my sport. I love it and I respect the older people and the older fighters of the sport. This is a great time for the sport. But Chael maybe does not understand this, his problem is he talks too much. It is no good."<Br><Br>

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