Jones is so bipolar. Just a few months ago he was saying DC wasn’t allowed to call his fight, wasn’t he? In the presser we got “humble” Jon, tomorrow we will get bitch boy Jon.
Stipe has to be the aggressor to be successful.
If you look at Jon’ fights, two things stand out.
One is his biggest weakness: his boxing defense. If you watch against opponents with good boxing, he has struggled with them; Glover, Gusto, and Reyes are good examples of this.
Another thing to consider is what i first alluded to that Jon does not do as well when he isnt first. If you look at the first Gusto fight, the Reyes fight, and the fight against Santos, they all found the most success when they were aggressive and controlled the momentum of the fight.
Best way to beat Jon is with aggressive pressure boxing. You cant hang back and play a technical game with Jon and allow him to dictate the pace and implement his gameplan.
Stipe has a good chance if he can pressure Jon and catch him early. The longer the fight goes on, the more it favors Jones.
The good news for Stipe is he has a decent chin and Jon has never been a one punch KO artist.
Stipe also obviously has to stuff those takedowns or get up quickly from them, the ground is Jon’s best path to victory.
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Jones vs stipe fight really bfs me of the HW Boxing title fights in early 1900’s… always some former champ coming out of 4 year retirement
BTW how in the flying fuck is Stipe ranked number 8
Only on the UFC’s website. Every other site has him outside the top 15 or not ranked at all.
My prediction is Jones goes for the submission. He will go for the takedown. Personally “punish” Stipe with ground and pound. Then cement himself in the record books for being the only man to submit Miocic.
Jones will make it look easy.
anyone know of a site that would have the full replay?
can’t watch until tmrw morning at work. there used to be a reddit site and one more(can’t remember the name) that always had the fights the next morning, but i guess Dana’s flex was too strong.
Me too. Mmashare used to be legit, for about the last 4-5yeras but it got shut down recently. Any sites suggestions are welcome.
Live or post fight vid?
I haven’t used this in about 6 months. But it looks like it’s still up