VIDEO: UFC Light Heavyweight Champ Jon Jones' appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones on Thursday became the first UFC fighter to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as a sit-down guest for his MMA exploits, and the charismatic 23-year-old Champ equated himself well with the experience. Jones discussed his pre-fight crime-fighting exploits last Saturday in New Jersey, along with his fight against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Check out the appearance below:

Part One:

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Finally Final Thoughts: UFC Fight Night 24 "Nogueira vs. Davis" Edition

With so much excitement and anticipation for UFC 128 in the days and weeks leading up to that event, I admit that I?ve somewhat neglected UFC Fight Night 24. However, as we come closer and closer to this event I?ve begun to realize how much I?m going to enjoy this show. So long as the [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/03/24/finally-final-thoughts-ufc-fight-night-24-nogueira-vs-davis-edition

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VIDEO: Jon Jones heads to NBC studios for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" appearance

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As a reminder that Jon Jones will appear on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" tonight, the UFC released a short clip of Jones on his way to the NBC studio for the appearance. Check it out below, and tune in to NBC tonight at 11:35PM ET for the show.

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Johnson flips the script on Hardy, taking him down at will for UFN 24 win

Anthony Johnson and Dan Hardy have excellent knockout power, so the fans were expecting an all-out firefight. In fact during the prefight teleconference, Johnson promised there'd be no takedowns. He lied, and for good reason.

Instead, Johnson decided to prey on Hardy's biggest weakness. Johnson scored takedowns and maintained top control in every round to cruise to a unanimous decision victory, 30-27 on all three cards, in the co-main event at Ultimate Fight Night 24 in Seattle.

All five of Johnson's previous UFC wins had come via KO or TKO. Hardy's takedown defense was shown to be very weak against Georges St. Pierre at UFC 111, so Johnson turned to his JUCO wrestling pedigree. The crowd at Key Arena booed loudly at different times, but there was no reason to risk anything on the feet. Johnson outlanded Hardy 72-5 over the course of the 15 minutes.

Johnson's best moments came in the first, when he floored Hardy with a head kick, and the third when he took Hardy's back. He went from attemtping choke to locking an arm-triangle choke and even worked a neck crank in the final seconds. When he rose to his feet, as the crowd howled, Johnson blew some kisses.

Hardy's lost three straight fights. This was a big one for Johnson, who'd missed the last 16 months battling injuries and recovering from knee surgery. While sidelined Johnson (9-3, 6-3 UFC) blew up to 220-plus pounds. He normally cuts a lot of weight and has suffered stamina issues in some past fights. Tonight, he looked fresh for all 15 minutes. He said during the postfight press conference that walked into the cage in this 170 pound fight somewhere between 190-195 pounds.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Johnson-flips-the-script-on-Hardy-taking-him-do?urn=mma-wp682

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UFC Fight Night 24 prelims coming to Facebook with Semerzier-Caceres, Russow-Madsen

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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The UFC will air two preliminary card bouts from this Saturday's UFC Fight Night 24 event live on Facebook.com, as they announced on Wednesday that the featherweight bout between Mackens Semerzier and Alex "Bruce Leroy" Caceres and the heavyweight bout between Jon Madsen and Mike Russow will both be streamed live.

Semerzier and Caceres make their UFC debuts on this card, Semerzier from the WEC and Cacares out of his time on The Ultimate Fighter's 12th season. Semerzier made his WEC debut with a shocking submission upset of Wagnney Fabiano, but he dropped three straight fights to end his time in the organization. However, an exciting battle with Cub Swanson in his final WEC outing has gotten him an opportunity in the Octagon.

Caceres was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the season 12 lightweight tournament, but now enters the UFC in the featherweight division. He brings a 4-2 record overall with him into this debut.

Russow returns to action for the first time since a third round come-from-behind knockout win over Todd Duffee at UFC 114 last May. He suffered a broken arm in the fight and has been out of action since.

The undefeated Madsen, meanwhile, enters this fight with a four fight winning streak inside the Octagon, and he's coming off his most convincing and impressive win to date last October when he finished Gilbert Yvel in the first round at UFC 121. It was his first stoppage victory in the UFC after three consecutive decision wins.

This Saturday's card takes place from the KeyArena in Seattle, Wash., and the main card airs live on Spike TV at 10PM ET, headlined by the light heavyweight bout between Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Phil Davis.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_8849.shtml

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