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All the pressure is on Jon Jones

Captain Herb said:
Not only does Jones have to back up all the promises and trash talking he's done in the last 3 years, he has much more on the line than Gane, while Gane has little, if anything to lose.

If Jones loses, he eats crow like no one ever before. The last three years of bragging, promising and belittling his potential opponents will come back swiftly and with a vengeance. He can't say he cleaned out the HW division, he can't say he is the undisputed overall GOAT of MMA. He loses his "undefeated" record, he could suffer a humiliating stoppage that will circle the internet for decades. A loss to Gane, while he is supposedly clean, will enhance the idea that all his good wins came against smaller fighters not in their prime, while he was juiced to the gills.

A loss to Gane means the end of Jones' career. He will not try to work his way back into contention in the HW division by fighting Blaydes, Aspinall, Pavlovich, or anyone else. He will take his paycheck and spend it on coke and strippers, and whatever else he plans to do in his retirement.

For Jones, losing means the dreams are over, but not so for Cyril Gane:

Gane is just entering his prime and a loss means nothing because he has nothing but time. Gane will simply go back to work and work his way back up, which is the mindset of a true career HW.

Not only does Gane have little to lose, he thrives in that mindset. His ability to deflect any sort of pressure and stay loose is one of the most important keys to his success. While Jones instagrams his body transformation, his pad work, his past accomplishments, and belittles Gane's competition, Gane is staying confident and nonchalant. This reminds me a lot of the dynamic between Holly Holm and Ronda in the days before their fateful meeting. Which, incidentally, marked the end of Ronda's massive hype machine, and ultimately, her MMA career.
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which is why he won't lose. he knows this. he doesn't even do this if he doesn't have a 100% chance of winning.
 
Captain Herb said:
Not only does Jones have to back up all the promises and trash talking he's done in the last 3 years, he has much more on the line than Gane, while Gane has little, if anything to lose.

If Jones loses, he eats crow like no one ever before. The last three years of bragging, promising and belittling his potential opponents will come back swiftly and with a vengeance. He can't say he cleaned out the HW division, he can't say he is the undisputed overall GOAT of MMA. He loses his "undefeated" record, he could suffer a humiliating stoppage that will circle the internet for decades. A loss to Gane, while he is supposedly clean, will enhance the idea that all his good wins came against smaller fighters not in their prime, while he was juiced to the gills.

A loss to Gane means the end of Jones' career. He will not try to work his way back into contention in the HW division by fighting Blaydes, Aspinall, Pavlovich, or anyone else. He will take his paycheck and spend it on coke and strippers, and whatever else he plans to do in his retirement.

For Jones, losing means the dreams are over, but not so for Cyril Gane:

Gane is just entering his prime and a loss means nothing because he has nothing but time. Gane will simply go back to work and work his way back up, which is the mindset of a true career HW.

Not only does Gane have little to lose, he thrives in that mindset. His ability to deflect any sort of pressure and stay loose is one of the most important keys to his success. While Jones instagrams his body transformation, his pad work, his past accomplishments, and belittles Gane's competition, Gane is staying confident and nonchalant. This reminds me a lot of the dynamic between Holly Holm and Ronda in the days before their fateful meeting. Which, incidentally, marked the end of Ronda's massive hype machine, and ultimately, her MMA career.
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I like it, but I need to make one point. Jones is a true insecure Narcissist, where as Ronda was just a stupid cunt.
 
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That's one of the reasons I'm really confident in Jones. He has all the motivation that he needs for this fight that he was lacking at the end of his LHW run. Gane doesn't really seem to care either way.
 
StonedLemur said:
Im no fan of Jon Jones whatsoever, but I think he has more tools and like he said himself "The fear" is keeping me motivated.
I think that fear that he mentioned is what makes him dangerous as fuck here.

I want him to get flatlined but I don't think it happens here.
There's a reason he waited until Ngannou left, because he knew that power could even the playing field.
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Is that the great Mayan leader in your AV that I've read so much about in all the history books?
 
Killer Kadoogan said:
which is why he won't lose. he knows this. he doesn't even do this if he doesn't have a 100% chance of winning.
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No one has a 100% chance of winning. Jones has a path to victory with wet blanket wrestling but that's about it. Gane should be ready for that. If he isn't, he deserves to lose.
 
Captain Herb said:
No one has a 100% chance of winning. Jones has a path to victory with wet blanket wrestling but that's about it. Gane should be ready for that. If he isn't, he deserves to lose.
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gane doesnt have one punch KO power, gane doesn't stop people in the 1st round, gane has no ground game, etc, etc. gane cant be throwing kicks, cause jones is going to catch it and take him down. this is just going to open up more standup opportunity for jones. gane has to be cautious. his best weapon are kicks. he can't be throwing them like he do. jones has all of the tools, has the body, his bros are all HWs with fast twitch, this is going to be an easy win for jones. noobs judging it off of a uninspiring performance against whoever.... whatever, he still won. jones wins 100%.
 
FreedomCricket said:
As long as Jones doesn't get Usmaned, he will be fine win or lose.

He's just goat lhw instead of mma goat.
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Plus, all the people that claimed for the past decade that Jones is a "natural HW" might finally shut up.
 
This is high stakes for both men. Gane isn't sniffing another title shot if he drops this one. If anything the promotion might want him to lose to Jones. If Jones steamrolls Gane then company is happy as can be.
 
StonedLemur said:
He walks around the same weight that Jailton fights at.
225-230 or so.
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I had to look up who you were even talking about, and found that Jailton is ranked #14 at HW and has fought as low as WW. He's not what most people would consider a natural heavyweight at all. You might as well say people like Rashad Evans and Chael Sonnen are natural heavyweights because there was a point in their careers where they weighed in above 205 for their fights.

Plus, walk-around weight isn't all the relevant in determining weight class. My guess would be Jones walks around at 230, diets down to 220, and cuts water down to 205. That's incredibly standard for LHW (and even some big MWs).
 
Gamer2k4 said:
I had to look up who you were even talking about, and found that Jailton is ranked #14 at HW and has fought as low as WW. He's not what most people would consider a natural heavyweight at all. You might as well say people like Rashad Evans and Chael Sonnen are natural heavyweights because there was a point in their careers where they weighed in above 205 for their fights.

Plus, walk-around weight isn't all the relevant in determining weight class. My guess would be Jones walks around at 230, diets down to 220, and cuts water down to 205. That's incredibly standard for LHW (and even some big MWs).
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Chael and Rashad are not 6' 3" tall tbf.
Also Jons skinny ass legs make him not fit into a natural heavyweight.

Jailton is pretty awesome, not sure why you didn't know him.
 
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