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4 rounds to 1 Jon Jones
The 1 round DC won could be given to Jones as well
None of the rounds Jones won could be convincingly argued for Daniel Cormier, there's one that you could make an argument but it'd be a bad one
Not only did Jones win early by being the better striker and wrestler, he won late by being bigger and stronger and faster with better cardio and a longer reach. He toyed with DC and threw him around.
The physical, strategic, and tactical advantages all belonged to Jon Jones, Cormier's best round was the same round where he got kneed and kicked to the body and he ended up blowing his wad. What Cormier can say is that he wasn't truly broken by Jones and he won two moral victories in the fight, he punched Jones in a face a lot in round 2, and he got a takedown(ish) in round 5. But neither of those things brought him close to winning the fight. Jones won almost every moment.
If Jon Jones comes into the cage at something close to 100% of what he was during the first fight, he'll run through Daniel Cormier and make it look easy UNLESS DC has made massive adjustments to his footwork, stamina, and strategy.
If DC wins, even if Jones is something lesser than what we know, he truly is an all time great because he's facing a guy who is better than him everywhere except in pure toughness and grit. And even that is probably about even.
People are building this fight into something it's probably not going to be, though I too hope it is and I'll be happy if I'm wrong. Jones has always been a vastly superior fighter to Daniel Cormier in almost every single way. He showed it the first time... and he'll probably show it again.
Even if Daniel Cormier is better everywhere than he was last time, the simple difference in age and physical ability along with reach and height make this an almost impossible task
The 1 round DC won could be given to Jones as well
None of the rounds Jones won could be convincingly argued for Daniel Cormier, there's one that you could make an argument but it'd be a bad one
Not only did Jones win early by being the better striker and wrestler, he won late by being bigger and stronger and faster with better cardio and a longer reach. He toyed with DC and threw him around.
The physical, strategic, and tactical advantages all belonged to Jon Jones, Cormier's best round was the same round where he got kneed and kicked to the body and he ended up blowing his wad. What Cormier can say is that he wasn't truly broken by Jones and he won two moral victories in the fight, he punched Jones in a face a lot in round 2, and he got a takedown(ish) in round 5. But neither of those things brought him close to winning the fight. Jones won almost every moment.
If Jon Jones comes into the cage at something close to 100% of what he was during the first fight, he'll run through Daniel Cormier and make it look easy UNLESS DC has made massive adjustments to his footwork, stamina, and strategy.
If DC wins, even if Jones is something lesser than what we know, he truly is an all time great because he's facing a guy who is better than him everywhere except in pure toughness and grit. And even that is probably about even.
People are building this fight into something it's probably not going to be, though I too hope it is and I'll be happy if I'm wrong. Jones has always been a vastly superior fighter to Daniel Cormier in almost every single way. He showed it the first time... and he'll probably show it again.
Even if Daniel Cormier is better everywhere than he was last time, the simple difference in age and physical ability along with reach and height make this an almost impossible task