<p> <a href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/mixed-martial-arts/fightin-words-1.811935?tags=rashad+evans">Rashad Evans</a> respects <a href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/mixed-martial-arts/fightin-words-1.811935?tags=jon+jones">Jon Jones</a> as a fighter. As a person, eh, not so much. Here's another battle in the two fighters' war of words leading up to <a href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/mixed-martial-arts/fightin-words-1.811935?tags=ufc+145">UFC 145</a> in Atlanta on April 21.</p>

Rashad Evans respects Jon Jones as a fighter. As a person, eh, not so much. Here's another battle in the two fighters' war of words leading up to UFC 145 in Atlanta on April 21.

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