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By Jonathan Snowden - Feature Writer

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Jon Jones and also Lyoto Machida could stand for a couple unique viewpoints of their UFC subject coordinate that weekend. Jonathan Snowden features far more on UFC 140 's clash of cultures.

It's a new vintage tale regarding East opposed to West. A non-romantic edition in the Karate Kid. When Jon Jones battle this specific weekend with Toronto for that UFC mild heavyweight title, most effective for you a struggle among a lot more than mere men. It's your customs war.

Machida will be the traditionalist. When he / she works on with regard to his bout, your core figure inside his life is usually his father, Shotokan karate get good at Yoshizo Machida. The techniques he is perfected tend to be because aged because time - as well as at the very least seeing that older as the particular artwork itself, pieced mutually coming from a new mishmash connected with styles through Gichin Funakoshi throughout the early 1900's.

If Machida represents this past, Jones is usually a fighter for an innovative generation. He once produced his or her unorthodox style, which comprises unusual re-writing attacks in addition to cartoonish throws, from reviewing YouTube video clips with judo matches, seasoned wrestling, and real fights. The main number around his public life using a fight week isn't really some sort of withered karate sensei. Instead, Jones is taken intently simply by Malki Kawa, a swaggering sports adviser that has mastered the fine art involving social media.

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It's your deal with in which was not effortless to arrange with regard to in sometimes man's case. Machida includes brought in rangy fighters like fellow Brazilian Glover Texeira to help copy Jones's get to and also attractive from your distance. But no-one can truly simulate the particular champion's real prowess as well as capability to be able to modify this battle from your standing challenge to somewhat of a surface attack in a very blink of the eye.

Jones offers had issues with his own. While loads connected with men and women around mixed fighting methods appear from a karate background, most usually are on the difficult chap Kyokushin history associated with Mas Oyama. It's some sort of design created on power - Oyama used to appeal to pupils throughout brand-new towns through punching away bulls and various manly feats of energy - a a long way weep from Machida's artful as well as mindful protective movement. It's designed the spell a hard one to create for, very much more healthy according to Jones than his last name safety against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.

"I guess the best distinction is Rampage incorporates a fashion that's less complicated for sparring partners to help mimic," Jones said in the media management meeting call. "I have. experienced (training partners) act like Machida towards ideal of these ability. But Machida can be trickier in order to mimic than Rampage.

"Lyoto's a distinctive challenge, (but) really irritating for you to concern if you find yourself prepared," the champ continued. "(If) you already know by yourself and you understand your own opponent. there may be no worry while you do your function so you study."

The force surrounding Jones is going a lot more than fighting. It's a consistent news regarding meetings, opportunities, and Tweets. Jones is, perhaps, MMA's first modern day athlete. He uses when significantly time advertising along with marketing web as this individual does training. Like UFC President Dana White, the well known is definitely on his or her mind.

"I believe it is critical to usually simply end up being yourself plus always put your best foot or so forward," Jones said. "As far because this image, this may noise unusual but my picture - I'm just myself and I don't even think with it. It's enough being myself. I'm your pretty sound gentleman together with very good intentions.

"And I believe a compelling identity and character is good for the UFC. We've received plenty associated with admirers that familiarize yourself with us, there is certainly another target market in which familiarize yourself with us, permit mainstream people today familiarize yourself with that will we are college educated guys understanding that we have been wise players and not simply guys who show up and whip the other person in place from the cage."

For Machida, additionally from your spotlight plus pressures connected with being your champion, the particular attack represents the chance intended for redemption. He displaced your initial struggle of his employment recently against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and also fell his following attack to help Jackson while well. After eight numerous years of perfection, some sort of humbled Machida finally realized just what exactly losing sensed like.

" There's good and the bad at a few point," Machida said by carrying out a media telephone along with this press. "I realized a good deal with the activities - since successful the actual name and subsequently sacrificing the idea after which it shedding in order to Rampage after which it returning to come back by way of a lot. I am a completely different mma fighter nowadays."

With simply days leftover prior to fight, enough time for exercising will be over. Jones could hunt for tranquility inside the sprawling Canadian metropolis. Machida, too, will look to choose a second connected with calm ahead of the storm. When the two satisfy will probably be using the weight regarding enormous requirement on their large shoulders. What transpires should the most modern of martial artists accommodates essentially the most traditional? On Saturday, we'll include each of our answer.

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Jonathan Snowden

Feature Writer

Jonathan Snowden can be the publisher with Total MMA (ECW Press, 2008) along with The MMA Encyclopedia (ECW Press, 2010). He's some sort of ex - a radio station DJ in addition to tv set producer who previously worked for any White House.

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