Ali Abdelaziz Blames Craig Jones for Jack Della Maddalena’s Loss at UFC 322

Craig's follow-up to his 'Dana the pimp' vid should be about Ali...there is plenty of material lol
 
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Ali Abdelaziz advises Australian MMA fighters to stay away from Craig Jones.

Jones was a part of Jack Della Maddalena’s camp for his welterweight title defense against Islam Makhachev at UFC 322 on Saturday. Makhachev (28-1) controlled Maddalena (18-3) on the ground for 19 out of 25 minutes to earn a dominant unanimous decision win.



bdelaziz, who is Makhachev’s manager, partly blames Maddalena’s loss on Jones’ jiu-jitsu training. Abdelaziz believes Maddalena would have fared better to try and stand up rather than experimenting with fancy submission attempts. According to Abdelaziz, Jones is a jiu-jitsu fighter who is chasing the clout behind MMA fighters.

‘He’s Nobody’​


“Hey Australia, this Craig Jones, please deport him. He makes guys lose,” Abdelaziz told Fox Sports Australia. “He’s not good for MMA. Jiu-jitsu is not good for MMA. I think Jack Della Maddalena could’ve done so much better today if he tried to [get] back up, but this buggy choke and all that stuff didn’t work. And [Craig] talked a lot of s—t too. He’s nobody. He’s a jiu-jitsu guy who tries to be relevant using MMA guys.”

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Ali is a pos, always been, ll always be.
 
I mean who knows, maybe there is some truth to that. JDM has been known for scrambles and not playing jujitsu. Maybe if he invested this extra time to wrestling and scrambled he would have done better. Maybe he would get subbed instead. Who knows.
 
Ali is actually right for once though. Craig Jones has coached his aussie brothers to an 0-3 record against Islam. His reputation for being the answer to the Dagestani style is completely unfounded.
Yeah, as opposed to all the other coaches with such winning records against Islam.
 
he kept trying to hit that switch they showed in the countdown videos, but they didn't take into account the control, or maybe it was just way too much pressure on fight night.

these guys would have to train years straight in dagestan only type wrestling, to be able to hang. they're not going to get that experience, that conditioning, that understanding any other way.

at least bring in strong wrestler types. very high level.

it's an interesting turning point in MMA for sure, although, somewhat lacking in entertainment.

but that's what makes it good for me. these are true skills that seemingly no one has an answer for. unless your paul hughes and you get robbed the first time.
They did take the control into account, JDM just didn't listen to his coaches. Jones told JDM to not stay in the half guard. JDM was told by his corner multiple times to not stay in the half guard. What does JDM do? Stays in the half guard.
 
They did take the control into account, JDM just didn't listen to his coaches. Jones told JDM to not stay in the half guard. JDM was told by his corner multiple times to not stay in the half guard. What does JDM do? Stays in the half guard.
JDM told to John Kavanagh after the fight that, the only thing what surprised them was how strong mofo was.
So they didn’t prepare good enough for an opponent who was taking Russian creatine and vitamins.
 
They did take the control into account, JDM just didn't listen to his coaches. Jones told JDM to not stay in the half guard. JDM was told by his corner multiple times to not stay in the half guard. What does JDM do? Stays in the half guard.
half guard was not the problem and the very least of their issues in wrestling.

even if JDM wasn't in half guard, he'd still be fucked with his current knowledge of wrestling
 
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