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“Is he really going to be a heavyweight?” Blaydes responded when asked about Jones during a recent interview with MMA Fighting. “I see him on Twitter a lot calling out [Israel Adesanya]. Ngannou has asked for Jon a couple times and it’s been crickets. Is he really going up to heavyweight? I don’t know. I think it’s a publicity stunt. Just like all these other times.
“I don’t think he wanted to rematch [Dominick Reyes]. I know Dom didn’t perform up to his abilities against [Jan] Blachowicz but we all watched that fight against Jon Jones. He lost [rounds] one through three.”
“No, I don’t buy it,” Blaydes said. “I think he’ll do it if there’s a favorable matchup because he knows heavyweight is a different game and we hit different. We move different. Skill is good but if I get on top of you, I’m just heavy.
“Your strength isn’t going to work. Your technique isn’t going to work. I’m just heavier than you are. I just have added gravity. It’s a factor.”
If Jones eventually books a heavyweight fight, Blaydes warns him that he’s going to be facing a much different kind of competition than what he went up against at 205 pounds because size absolutely matters.
“It’s a whole different world,” Blaydes said. “And if you haven’t been a heavyweight your whole life, it’s different leverage. When I get on top of somebody, I don’t have to do all the other little checks and balances guys in other weight classes do. I have gravity. I can pin you with just my knee.
“I don’t have to get an underhook or all the other stuff. I can hold you down with just my hips and legs and I can hit you with my hands. He’s not used to that.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/11...yweight-warns-him-its-a-whole-different-world
“I don’t think he wanted to rematch [Dominick Reyes]. I know Dom didn’t perform up to his abilities against [Jan] Blachowicz but we all watched that fight against Jon Jones. He lost [rounds] one through three.”
“No, I don’t buy it,” Blaydes said. “I think he’ll do it if there’s a favorable matchup because he knows heavyweight is a different game and we hit different. We move different. Skill is good but if I get on top of you, I’m just heavy.
“Your strength isn’t going to work. Your technique isn’t going to work. I’m just heavier than you are. I just have added gravity. It’s a factor.”
If Jones eventually books a heavyweight fight, Blaydes warns him that he’s going to be facing a much different kind of competition than what he went up against at 205 pounds because size absolutely matters.
“It’s a whole different world,” Blaydes said. “And if you haven’t been a heavyweight your whole life, it’s different leverage. When I get on top of somebody, I don’t have to do all the other little checks and balances guys in other weight classes do. I have gravity. I can pin you with just my knee.
“I don’t have to get an underhook or all the other stuff. I can hold you down with just my hips and legs and I can hit you with my hands. He’s not used to that.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2020/11...yweight-warns-him-its-a-whole-different-world
