Greg Jackson: "Everybody's Got the Tools To Win" Against Jon Jones

Newly crowned UFC light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, has had an eventful beginning to 2011.

Jones beat Matt Hamill, earned a shot at the title, defeated Shogun Rua for the championship and has created a chilly relationship with his former training partner, Rashad Evans.

Everybody has been quick to claim Jones as the next best thing in MMA, the perfect hybrid for the sport. His long reach, devastating ability and great creativity towards his striking has made him seem unbeatable. Fans' perspective on Jones' title defense is that no one can beat him.

His coach, Greg Jackson, seems to feel otherwise. Leave it to Jackson to find and point out the flaws in one of his star pupils.

"I think what impressed me most about Jones' performance is him kind of getting a little bit tired in the first and second round and [being] able to calm down, take a deep breath and turn it on a whole other level in that third round. When I looked over the fight, he did the game plan perfectly, he shut down everything we needed to shut down, but the ability to be able to be a little bit out of breath and be able to recover so dramatically really impressed me," Jackson said in an interview on Pro MMA Radio.

Even Jackson was able to point out a possible opponent to beat the newly crowned Jones.

"Everybody on that list is dangerous. I think everybody has the tools to win. Rashad certainly does. If 'Rampage' catches you with a big punch he's got the tools. Everybody's got the tools to win," Jackson said.

The feud between Jones and Evans has heated up quickly and has grown out of control and has brought Jackson into the middle of the feud between the two.

"Rashad Evans is definitely one of the most talented and amazing fighters I've ever had the pleasure and honor to work with. With that situation, I'm staying out of it. It's not that I don't want to deal with that situation or anything, it's just that my principle at this point with those two guys in particular is that I'm gonna stay out of their fight until it's done and then hopefully everybody will shake hands and be friends again," Jackson said.

Evans has come out and said Jackson went against his wishes and brought in Jones. But Jackson says it's different then that.

"If Rashad Evans said to me, ‘Greg I absolutely do not want Jon Jones on the team, no way,' where in any of my 16-year history would I have been like ‘Oh yeah, the heck with that, I'm just gonna bring him on the team anyway?' There's nothing about me that says that. I've never done that before and I've never done that since," Jackson said.

It's the first time in the history of Jackson's camp that a fighter has ever felt this way, according to him.

"We have already talked to the other coaches about it. We need to never have this happen again and never have one of our fighters feel like he's been abandoned. I want to make sure that we learn from this situation and become stronger from it," said Jackson.