Stars align for Jones-Evans grudge match

Jon Jones' long-awaited UFC light heavyweight title defense against Rashad Evans is booked, and it couldn't have been better positioned on the calendar.

Thanks to a judicious call by Zuffa to postpone a pay-per-view card in Montreal slated for the end of March, Jones-Evans bookends what's likely to be the widest gap between UFC pay-per-view events in 2012.

When the rivals step into the Octagon in Atlanta, it will have been almost two full months since Frankie Edgar and Benson Henderson battled it out for the UFC lightweight belt in Japan. Eons in this world. The result: ample space for fans to recover from pay-per-view fatigue and for the Jones-Evans story lines, of which there are many, to flesh out.

That sort of vacuum is rare these days, and, I must say, welcome.

As the UFC pumps out fights and content at capacity, there’s hardly a moment to pause and get excited for the next one, or dwell on what just happened. While there are some intriguing bouts scheduled between Feb. 25 and April 21, including three Zuffa events and the start of the new Bellator campaign, none come close to matching the gravitational pull that Jones-Evans delivers...

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