Jon Jones Moving Laterally in His Career

The UFC isn't challenging Jon Jones. That was obvious last night when they put him against a guy who was a step backwards from Brandon Vera who Jones destroyed. Strange match making for sure. Vladimir Matyushenko was a top notch fighter and is still very good but not the kind of challenge Jones needs at this point. He needs to step up. The UFC is trying to hype him on national television but this guy isn't Mike Tyson so not sure how effective that will be ... he's a solid MMA fighter with a lot of creativity. He's very young but needs a challenge. Let's hope he gets his chance to fight against a top guy. I'm not sure why Rashad Evans who got KO'd miserably by Lyoto Machida is getting a shot at Shogun Rua and Jon Jones isn't? Makes no sense. Time to break up the foursome (Quentin Jackson, Evans, Rua and Machida) because Jones has earned his shot - he should fight Shogun immediately. If Rua beats Evans I think Jones takes on an intermediate fight against someone like Forrest Griffin or Little Nog and then gets the title shot.