Cormier Was Dominating Jon Jones Before the Headkick

[lowlife]

Cormier was soundly up 2.5 rounds against the apparent "GOAT" before he got nailed by a lucky head kick

Jon Jones is no Cro Cop. That was not his signature move. He swung for the fences and got lucky something landed, Cormier wins that fight 9/10.

There was nothing lucky about it, Jones baited Cormier with repeated low kicks that made DC start reaching, once you start reaching for low kicks you're open for a head kick. He executed a good strategy and DC made a huge rookie mistake by reaching for that kick instead of checking it. I thought DC was doing fine up until the ko, but if his strategy for dealing with Jones' low attacks was to hop back and put his hands out well thats just prep failure on DCs part.

 

[ImNotSurpisedDonks!]

Fading for years? DC was stating he was in his prime through the pre-fight and had blitzed through every recent fighter he's faced. Stop making excuses. It was 1-1 into the 3rd.

Hey bruh, I'm no hater and fan of neither. DC is a 40 year old man and was in his prime last decade. You had it 1-1, fine. I even stated it could be 0-2 JBJ; it was an amazingly close fight.

The only problem I have with Jon, and amazingly talented fighters like prime GSP, MM & Andy, is that they don't push themselves, take on challenges and opt to fluff their records by defending against inferior fighters. It's no wonder that Conor is getting 100 mil while JBJ is making 500k; even if you lose, people want to see super fights and talent be pushed to the limit. If u wanna waste time on Brock vs Jon, be my guest, but it is a shite fight and we all know that.

 

[FightorFlight20]

Many people on Sherdog had Cormier 2-0 but I thought it was 1-1. Extremely close like the first rounds of the first fight. Jones would have taken over in the 2nd half of the fight though. Glad he got the finish to make sure we would all avoid a controversial decision.

Many people on Sherdog are morons living in their grandma's basement. Jones had more significant strike landed in both rounds. Cormier simply kept walking and punching air. Truly, hate blinds people from reality. You don't have to like Jones to give him his props.

 

[CRuck1980]

Cormier was soundly up 2.5 rounds against the apparent "GOAT" before he got nailed by a lucky head kick

Jon Jones is no Cro Cop. That was not his signature move. He swung for the fences and got lucky something landed, Cormier wins that fight 9/10.

at this point, the best he can do is 8/10

 

[ImNotSurpisedDonks!]

Lmao, guy never loses a fight except to the goat and now he's been fading for years. You can't make this shit up.

So you are going to tell me, the 40 year old DC that fought Silva, Gus and Rumble was the same that rag dolled Barnatt and KO'd Bigfoot?

How on earth can anyone state that 40 is your athletic prime? It was stated widely before the fight that DC was losing a step all across this forum. The question of this fight was how would JJ look under USADA vs how much has DC aged.

 

[Tephlon]

It's funny how low a lot of sherdoggers fight IQ is. Jones was nailing Cormier with clean shots primarily to the body and to the legs. Those are investment strikes that show their worth later on in the fight in terms of DC noticeably slowing down and also set up the winning head kick. It was a great display of skill and strategy on Jones' part. To casuals all they're looking at is head shots often overreacting to glancing shots

 

[MusterX]

So you are going to tell me, the 40 year old DC that fought Silva, Gus and Rumble was the same that rag dolled Barnatt and KO'd Bigfoot?

How on earth can anyone state that 40 is your athletic prime? It was stated widely before the fight that DC was losing a step all across this forum. The question of this fight was how would JJ look under USADA vs how much has DC aged.

DC was a late starter and as far as MMA goes, yes he is in his prime right now. And he's not 40, he's 39. Jones also beat DC when DC was 36. Also, everyone who follows MMA pretty much considers DC the best he's ever been right now, even DC believes that. He just came off of wins over Rumble X2, Anderson, and Gus.

 

[Andrusz]

I don't know about dominating; I mean he certainly was getting the better shots off in the clinch and was surprisingly landing with a frequency that made Jones look human.

The fight reminded me of DCvGus only Gus wasn't able to finish DC when he changed levels with the knee. Jones landed that head-kick right as he was leaning in; you could tell he was totally fucked just from that alone.

I actually think the size disparity was just too much. I'm impressed with DC being able to close the range and get in on the inside against Jones. He really made up for the reach disadvantage he was facing but ultimately it played right into Jones's hands, or in this case; shin.

War to both fighters the fight lived up to the agonizingly long hype.

 

[dc207]

Trump supporter

Opinion invalid

The amount of ridiculousness in this post.

 

[JosephTessaro]

Cormier was soundly up 2.5 rounds against the apparent "GOAT" before he got nailed by a lucky head kick

Jon Jones is no Cro Cop. That was not his signature move. He swung for the fences and got lucky something landed, Cormier wins that fight 9/10.

Cormier was doing good, I don't think he was up 2.5 rounds, I think it was a little closer. Cormier lost, now he is 0-2 against Jones.

 

[lostdog000]

1-1 maybe
i had 2-0 jj


Rd 1 dc 31 of 60
jj 34 of 66

Rd 2 dc 22 of 54
jj 30 of 47

Rd 3 dc 5 of 26
jj 31 of 52

 

[Andrusz]

Let the good times and highlights roll!!! That man lost in the most defining way possible. In what world.. Do ppl think participation awards and valiant efforts win? Ko to finally move both fighters forward

Welcher be gone.

 

[IBeLurkin]

Cormier was soundly up 2.5 rounds against the apparent "GOAT" before he got nailed by a lucky head kick

Jon Jones is no Cro Cop. That was not his signature move. He swung for the fences and got lucky something landed, Cormier wins that fight 9/10.

DOMINATING...after clearly losing the first round and taking tons of body shots the whole time.

It looked a lot like the first fight. DC had one good round that he MAYBE won (the 2nd) while Jones was landing a bunch more strikes and beating up DC's old fat body.

Then Jones was again landing more strikes and beating up his body in the 3rd, before KNOCKING DC THE FUCK OUT.

Keep crying kid, Jones beats DC every time, and it only keeps getting easier for him.

 

[ImNotSurpisedDonks!]

DC was a late starter and as far as MMA goes, yes he is in his prime right now. And he's not 40, he's 39. Jones also beat DC when DC was 36. Also, everyone who follows MMA pretty much considers DC the best he's ever been right now, even DC believes that. He just came off of wins over Rumble X2, Anderson, and Gus.

Agreed in regards that since DC started late he does not have as much wear and tear. However, it is impossible to be in your athletic prime at 40 (39) without TRT.

Naturally DC is going to say that he is in his prime as he doesn't want to convince himself that he has lost a step.

DC, like Yoel, are freaks of nature. That being said, if they got into MMA at 20 and bypassed the Olympic experience, they would have accomplished way more in the sport -- I think that is pretty much closed for debate, no? If JBJ went the wrestling route, then transitioned to MMA in his 30's, he too would have been successful but would have not been the fighter he is today.

 

[AndrewGolota48]

Jones actually has landed a lot of headkicks in his day (especially Gus fight) but they usually don't finish people.

DC is probably the toughest matchup at LHW for Jones because he's the one guy who can pressure like that without simply being clinched and taken down. Gus is a major issue too.

 

[ScarletnGray 33]

Cormier was soundly up 2.5 rounds against the apparent "GOAT" before he got nailed by a lucky head kick

Jon Jones is no Cro Cop. That was not his signature move. He swung for the fences and got lucky something landed, Cormier wins that fight 9/10.

2 judges had it 19-19. One had Jones 20-18, as did I and people not listening to Dom Cruz slurping DC.

And he set that up the entire fight with the low kicks and body kicks. Beautiful technique.

DC is and always will be easy money for JBJ, friend.

 

[potemkin723]

Accept defeat, as I a Cormier supporter I saw him got dominated by Jones.

End of rivalry, congrats to the better man.

Respect.

 

[MusterX]

Jones actually has landed a lot of headkicks in his day (especially Gus fight) but they usually don't finish people.

DC is probably the toughest matchup at LHW for Jones because he's the one guy who can pressure like that without simply being clinched and taken down. Gus is a major issue too.

DC is a tough match up for any fighter at any weight class. Bones being 2-0 on him is pretty nuts actually. DC is 17-0 outside of Jones fights.

 

[Money509]

You just said cormier beats jones 9/10 times.

But now jones is 2-0 against him, so does that mean he beats him 8/10 times?

 

[FedorRoks]

Many people on Sherdog had Cormier 2-0 but I thought it was 1-1. Extremely close like the first rounds of the first fight. Jones would have taken over in the 2nd half of the fight though. Glad he got the finish to make sure we would all avoid a controversial decision.

I had it 2-0 Cormier because of how Cormier ended Round 1 by knocking out Jones' mouthpiece with that hard uppercut.

Round 1 was close, but I thought Cormier took it at the end.