At Submission Underground 10, Craig Jones and Gordon Ryan finished their respective opponents.
Jones defeated Gilbert Burns with an early heel hook. Immediately following his match, Jones spoke with SUG founder Chael Sonnen and stated he would love to compete in a tag team match next. When asked who he would like to be his partner, he stated that he would try to ‘twist’ Gordon Ryan’s arm.
After that Jones and Ryan tag team match was announced, Sonnen announced that he would pay $25,000 to any tag team that would be willing to compete against arguably the two most dominant grapplers on the planet.