Cyril Gane vs. Jon Jones?

[Sanserif]

lol

Steeper competition like a paraplegic MW or chinless punching bag Dominick Reyes? Back to back fights he arguably lost. Ok boo.

Gane is definitely a bigger kickboxing threat than reyes or thiago with his greater size and varied technique. It is true that jones has great fight iq but gane would constitute a vey different threat than ngannou whih Jones seems to be trying to rebuild his body for.

 

[The Schmoop]

Gane is definitely a bigger kickboxing threat than reyes or thiago with his greater size and varied technique. It is true that jones has great fight iq but gane would constitute a vey different threat than ngannou whih Jones seems to be trying to rebuild his body for.

the bulking is going to be burden especially against Gane. I think it’s going to be a problem for him againgst Francis as well. Have fun initiating clinches against big franks inside power and ciryls jab.

 

[icemun]

Pillow hands isn't giving anyone their worst beatdown.

 

[thewhiterooster]

I could be wrong, but to my knowledge every Gane opponent has played into his strength. that is allowed distance, and it essentially became a kickboxing match. which Gane clearly plays to his strengths. I don't think jones and his team would allow that. they'd test Gane's wrestling, clinch fighting and cage work. jones would most likely expose his holes.

 

[UFCIsNOTRigged]

I could be wrong, but to my knowledge every Gane opponent has played into his strength. that is allowed distance, and it essentially became a kickboxing match. which Gane clearly plays to his strengths. I don't think jones and his team would allow that. they'd test Gane's wrestling, clinch fighting and cage work. jones would most likely expose his holes.

You understand Jon has never fought at HW and Gane is a massive freakishly big HW?

Jon could spend the next five years in the gym cycling steroids and he would never be as big as Gane or Francis.

You can't "test the wrestling" of an opponent who is just going to outmuscle you. Thats why Stipe is "putting on weight", he tried to wrestle a guy twice as strong as him and look how that went....

Francis did not out-technique Stipe he manhandled him.

 

[WarFan90]

You understand Jon has never fought at HW and Gane is a massive freakishly big HW?

Jon could spend the next five years in the gym cycling steroids and he would never be as big as Gane or Francis.

You can't "test the wrestling" of an opponent who is just going to outmuscle you. Thats why Stipe is "putting on weight", he tried to wrestle a guy twice as strong as him and look how that went....

Francis did not out-technique Stipe he manhandled him.

It is weird how at a certain point strength really does tip the scales vs skill. If jon comes in at 235+ or so I think he may still be able to out wrestle gane and maybe even Francis, but if he tries to stay where he fights at lhw (probably 220-225) on fight night I think either guy could probably just outmuscle him and avoid takedowns and clinchwork despite being outclassed technique wise. One other thing to keep In mind is that when jon was that young hungry champ his best weapon grappling wise was Greco roman throws, which use momentum and length to overcome strength a lot like judo. So I could still see him getting takedowns but I could not see him holding either down if that was the case.

 

[VitorReem]

We’ve been doing this for like 5 years. Jones isn’t fighting any HWs. He’s scared shitless. And he’d get run over by most of them

Gane would kill him

 

[Dave Poodle]

He's not going to make anywhere close to the money he wants fighting Gane. If he fights at HW it will be for the title.

 

[ElZid]

Gane's coach has been on the record saying that JJ is a matchup nightmare.

 

[Sticko]

You understand Jon has never fought at HW and Gane is a massive freakishly big HW?

Jon could spend the next five years in the gym cycling steroids and he would never be as big as Gane or Francis.

You can't "test the wrestling" of an opponent who is just going to outmuscle you. Thats why Stipe is "putting on weight", he tried to wrestle a guy twice as strong as him and look how that went....

Francis did not out-technique Stipe he manhandled him.

Gane is not freakishly big, he's a 245 lb HW. He's a natural HW unlike Jones but there are plenty of HWs who are bigger. We haven't, iirc, seen anybody put Gane on his back yet, but Gane's offensive wrestling is not very good. (Although I don't think Gane would seriously try to take Jones down. He might try some half-assed single legs just to keep Jones guessing, like he did against Volkov, but he won't fully commit to them.)

Ngannou has like 20 pounds on Gane but he did demonstrate some pretty good TDD in the Stipe rematch, his wrestling technique improved from the first fight.