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Jon Jones with one-sided win over Shogun

Jon Jones, in weight-in photo by Dan Rod

The USA’s Jon Jones is the new UFC light heavyweight champion of the world.

This Saturday night MMA’s young prodigy didn’t give Brazil’s Maurício “Shogun” Rua a chance and took his belt.

Jones showed superiority from the outset of the fight.

With an assortment of kicks, punches, elbows, takedowns and knees and apparently in better shape than the Brazilian, Jones held a lengthy lead throughout the second round.

Any hope the Brazilian may have retained in launching a comeback were dispelled at 2:37 minutes of the third round, after a concussive string of strikes and a knee dropped Shogun to the ground and obliged referee Herb Dean to step in at the same instant as the Brazilian tapped the ground in desistance.

Already with the belt around his waist, the new champion thanked everyone who helped him on his journey and sent a message: “I’m proof dreams can come true. If you have heart and determination, don’t give up.”

Jones’s next opponent should be now-former training partner Rashad Evans, who entered the octagon after the bout.

Shogun recognized his defeat, over the microphone: “My strategy was to fight him wherever it went, but he was better than me. My congratulations to him.”

Check out the complete results from UFC 128:

UFC 128
Newark, New Jersey
March 19, 2011

Erik Koch knocked out Raphael Assuncao at 2:32 min of R1

Nick Catone defeated Constantinos Philippou via unanimous decision

Joseph Benavidez defeated Ian Loveland via unanimous decision

Gleison Tibau defeated Kurt Pellegrino via split decision

Mike Pyle defeated Ricardo Almeida via unanimous decision

Edson Junior defeated Anthony Njokuani via unanimous decision

Luis Banha Cane defeated Eliot Marshall via TKO at 2:15 min of R1

Brendan Schaub knocked out Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic at 3:44 min of R3

Nate Marquardt defeated Dan Miller via unanimous decision

Jim Miller defeated Kamal Shalorus via TKO at 2:15 min of R3

Urijah Faber defeated Eddie Wineland via unanimous decision

Jon Jones defeated Mauricio Shogun Rua via TKO at 2:37 min of R3

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