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I'm one of the biggest Jon Jones fans in here. I think he is he greatest ever and has been for a few years now.
But also have to call it how I see it.
I don't understand this sentiment that Jones vs DC was a domination. I also don't understand this notion that Jones beat DC so easily that a rematch is a forgone conclusion.
I watched Jones VS DC again last night. This is the fourth time I've rewatched the fight. And I still see the same thing: 3-2 Jones, 48-47 Jones.
The fight has a clear winner. But to attach this idea of domination to Jones' victory would be either foolish or dishonest.
There was a single round in the entire fight which was "onesided" which happened to be round 4. Of course, when I say "onesided" I simply mean that DC did nothing in the round while Jones did everything in the round. But the "everything" I'm referring to for Jones are two takedowns which he did absolutely nothing with.
In actuality, Jon Jones won a close fight which consisted of mostly close competitive rounds in which both fighters struggled to do damage to one another.
When I think about it now, I believe that the reason people think the fight was so one sided is because all of the things DC said he was gonna do. He literally talked as if he was going to have the greatest performance in MMA history. So since his performance turned out to be far from what he said it would be, people assumed he did poorly.
Another reason why I think people think DC did worse than he actually did is because he got taken down for the first time in MMA. Going in to the fight all the Sherdoggers were saying it was impossible for Jones to take DC down. I guess when it happened people assumed it was because Jon Jones was vastly superior to DC.
However, DC has gotten taken down in both his fights since the Jones fight, not to mention that Gus took DC down as many times as Jones did.
DC is susceptible to takedowns when he fights the top guys. That doesn't mean he can't beat them.
With Jones, his problem was he spent to much time grappling on the inside when he should have been punching just like he did against Gus.
To say that DC has no chance or that the rematch is already settled is simply ignoring the fact that the first fight was very close and that fighters can learn from and improve on their performances
But also have to call it how I see it.
I don't understand this sentiment that Jones vs DC was a domination. I also don't understand this notion that Jones beat DC so easily that a rematch is a forgone conclusion.
I watched Jones VS DC again last night. This is the fourth time I've rewatched the fight. And I still see the same thing: 3-2 Jones, 48-47 Jones.
The fight has a clear winner. But to attach this idea of domination to Jones' victory would be either foolish or dishonest.
There was a single round in the entire fight which was "onesided" which happened to be round 4. Of course, when I say "onesided" I simply mean that DC did nothing in the round while Jones did everything in the round. But the "everything" I'm referring to for Jones are two takedowns which he did absolutely nothing with.
In actuality, Jon Jones won a close fight which consisted of mostly close competitive rounds in which both fighters struggled to do damage to one another.
When I think about it now, I believe that the reason people think the fight was so one sided is because all of the things DC said he was gonna do. He literally talked as if he was going to have the greatest performance in MMA history. So since his performance turned out to be far from what he said it would be, people assumed he did poorly.
Another reason why I think people think DC did worse than he actually did is because he got taken down for the first time in MMA. Going in to the fight all the Sherdoggers were saying it was impossible for Jones to take DC down. I guess when it happened people assumed it was because Jon Jones was vastly superior to DC.
However, DC has gotten taken down in both his fights since the Jones fight, not to mention that Gus took DC down as many times as Jones did.
DC is susceptible to takedowns when he fights the top guys. That doesn't mean he can't beat them.
With Jones, his problem was he spent to much time grappling on the inside when he should have been punching just like he did against Gus.
To say that DC has no chance or that the rematch is already settled is simply ignoring the fact that the first fight was very close and that fighters can learn from and improve on their performances
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