Crazy how someone as slow as Stipe was still able to land on Jon like this

[Ludwig von Mises]

Stipe Miocic looked like an ancient statue that was stuck in molasses and was still able to land on Jon like this. Imagine what Big Tom Aspinall would do. It's pretty obvious why Jones is ducking Big Tom and why he would prefer to fight the MW kickboxer who was getting grappled up by Izzy.

Big Tom ain't no 56 year old, CTE mummy from Ohio and would shake Jon's brain with a right cross just like Stipe did only he's 300x faster with infinitely faster reflexes and reaction time. Stipe was literally a human heavy bag for Jon to pot shot and practice his moves on. A lot of elite HWs from the past and present would have hurt this version of Stipe badly.

Big Tom is fast, he's light on his feet, bounces around on his toes like a cat and moves in and out well and uses feints to set up his shots. Stipe had none of those things and still landed on Jones clean. Imagine what Big Tom would do.

Jonny Boy can pretend that Big Tom doesn't deserve the fight or that he needs to be paid more but we all know he wants no part of Tom just like he wanted no part of Ng. Jones only wants fights in which he can see a clear path for himself to win.

 

[wh4tttt]

Stipe with that disgruntled senior firefighter face.

 

[7 others]

Jon ducking Tom confirmed

 

[checktheknuckles]

I agree 100%. Tom would absolutely box Jon up and Jon is scared to death of it. That video of Jon talking about how scary Rumble was and how excited Jon got when Rumbled retired. Tom has that touch and excellent speed to match. Jon is scared as fuck.

 

[Mind Mine]

Stipe uhhh looks old and he isn’t as quick but its fucking Stipe and he has zero reputations for being steamrolled not getting his lick in. To hate Jones this bad you trash the HW GOAT is sick

 

[Kwic]

Precision beats timing.
Timing beats speed.
- Kenny Florian.

 

[AstralPanda]

Jones could've adopted a more wrestling heavy strategy but decided to stand with him

If they do fight, I think he will be a lot more cautious.

It's very difficult for a boxing dominant style to succeed against someone with so many tools.

hes fought a lot of guys who are boxing dominant throughout his career and very few were actually able to hit him clean. There's just so many walls to get past.

teeps, leg kicks, spinning back kicks, the way be uses his arms to frame control, level changes into wrestling. He also reads and counters exceptionally well, moves his head and rolls with every shot If you do manage to get past the kicking range, then you also have to worry about elbows and knees.

Jones did look slower, you could tell his reflexes aren't quite what they were, but his defense was still very good.

Jon kinda reminds me of Floyd Mayweather when he started getting a bit older. He was still a master of defense, but getting tagged a bit more. But even in his older age, he's still one of the best defensive fighters in the sport.

if they do fight, there's a lot of questions about Tom as well. We haven't seen him against an elite wrestler/ grappler. We haven't seen him fight a kicker who plays the chess match of distance control so well, most of Tom's fights have been rockem sockem robots.

We haven't seen him tested in deeper waters.

Jones did slip and let a few get through, which is very risky against someone like Tom, but I suspect he would adopt a far more cautious and wrestling heavy approach. Still capable of standing with him but truly testing his ground game and gas tank, bringing him into deeper waters.

I suspect that would be the game.