What is purpose of Jones stomp/side kicks? They don't do damage and probably don't score either.

[Misanthropist]

Doesn't matter? He's spammed it his entire career and never broken someones knee

He does this to keep a safe distance and to compromise their movement/mobility.

The damage can accumulate overtime which is the main reason why nearly all of his opponent ends up fighting with limping legs in the later round while Jones looks fresh out of round 1.

 

[shockwave kicker]

He does this to keep a safe distance with his long reach advantage and to compromise their movement/mobility.

The damage can accumulate overtime which is the main reason why nearly all of his opponent ends up fighting with a limping leg in the later round while Jones looks fresh out of round 1.

Why not go for power right away?

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Go vist Jon Jones and get him to kick your leg like this TS

 

[Misanthropist]

Why not go for power right away?

If that style kept him undefeated for decade then I see no reason why he should change. Like the old saying, don't fix it if it ain't broken.

Especially when he never gets a KO and already instilled fear on many who are hesitant going inside him for this very reason.

 

[Coolkid666]

Troll post

 

[HHJ]

Why do you want an opponent to be guessing? Doesn't that just activate his brain more?

Jones game is totally his unpredictable and endless array of omni level attacks

 

[shockwave kicker]

Go vist Jon Jones and get him to kick your leg like this TS

I'm a pretty good kicker

 

[shockwave kicker]

If that style kept him undefeated for decade then I see no reason why he should change. Like the old saying, don't fix it if it ain't broken.

Especially when he never gets a KO and already instilled fear on many who are hesitant going inside him for this very reason.

He could have finished Gus instead of going to the judges

 

[Royce's Gi]

That's not Jones throwing it though.

Doesn't matter.

Send a mail to Rampage and he will tell you how it felt fighting Jones when he did his kicks.

 

[shockwave kicker]

Jones game is totally his unpredictable and endless array of omni level attacks

His best asset in his prime IMO. And you know what's crazy? Nobody else does it.

I'm trying to think of some other fighter but I can name one right now.

Even Reyes who lit him up is more one dimensional.

 

[shockwave kicker]

Doesn't matter.

Send a mail to Rampage and he will tell you how it felt fighting Jones when he did his kicks.

That's ONE dude. He llways complained about low kicks. He fired a sparring partner for it. I don't think he knows how to check them

 

[shockwave kicker]

They definitely do damage, and all strikes aren't meant to be KO blows anyways. You can use them defensively as well as offensively. You also can mess up the rhythm of the fighter forcing them to wait on landing a strike they had planned on going for.
Any move that gets your opponent second guessing or changing up what they wanted to do could be used to your advantage.

Messing up someones rhytm was a good suggestion. Didn't think of that.

 

[sss133]

They’re range finders but potentially can destroy the opponents knee so it puts them off getting too close. They’re JJs jabs since his weakness is his boxing.

They’re kinda like upkicks. Often they just look like the guy is flailing on the ground, then surprisingly can end a fight.

 

[shockwave kicker]

They’re range finders but potentially can destroy the opponents knee so it puts them off getting too close. They’re JJs jabs since his weakness is his boxing.

They’re kinda like upkicks. Often they just look like the guy is flailing on the ground, then surprisingly can end a fight.

How come it only destroyed one knee so far? Is is it because that dude stepped into it or because he extended his own knee at the worst possible moment?

 

[shockwave kicker]

Troll post

Absolutely not. If Jones opponents were limping from it I must be getting some glasses. They looked fine to me.

 

[RedDevilFan]

Buckles nearly all of em.

Prime Jones was a beautiful cutter.

You need a certain mph to do damage. That's energy expendature. And it probably doesn't seem lethal intuitively to guys who aren't expert kickers

No, like any strike, you hit it at the right time and you can do damage.

If the figher is coming forward, you can use his momentum against him at the cost of very little power. If you watch Jon he is not putting all his weight on those oblique kicks and you can tell by his weight transfer. You see Jon throwing those kicks to keep his opponent off balance, to keep distance, and to throw off opponents momentum and forward movement.. Jones mentions that he uses it to keep distance and to stop their movement, and not to possibly break their knees.

If he wanted to put more power into his kicks he would sit on his strikes. But sitting and or loading up on your strikes also makes you vulnerable. You're putting yourself at a higher risk for missing and counters at the trade of a little power.

Jon is fighting the best at LHW and these are seasoned professional fighters and killers. This is not that guy fighting some rookie. For instance, Gustafson was one of the best boxers at LHW. He was a natural counter striker, and could counter off a dime, had fast hands, and had knock out power. This is not like fighting your gym heavy bag.

 

[shockwave kicker]

Prime Jones was a beautiful cutter.

No, like any strike, you hit it at the right time and you can do damage.

If the figher is coming forward, you can use his momentum against him at the cost of very little power.

Nah, the heel is too padded by skin and it's not a swinging motion either.

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

Lmfao.

They're devastating kicks and a huge part of his arsenal.

Dudes can barely walk after fighting him.

 

[shockwave kicker]

Dudes can barely walk after fighting him.

The relevant factor is how they walk during the fight not after. Of course they get soar afterwards.

 

[RedDevilFan]

Nah, the heel is too padded by skin and it's not a swinging motion either.

You do not need a swinging motion to do damage to the knees. He just has to step into the kick for it to do damage and extend.

An oblique/scoop kick strikes targets such as a knee diagonally versus a stomp kick which strikes downward vertically.