Did DC seriously expect to beat Jones fighting like that?

[GregorMcConor]

Only thing he proved last night is that Bisping is a bigger threat than him on the feet. LMAO.

 

[submerged88]

Jones doesn't strike like Anderson so, no.

 

[basementdweller]

he trained for jones, so he would fight better than that. silva is a better striker than cormier and ofc bisping is a better striker than cormier. cormier is a wrestler...

 

[sirmorbach]

The guy went on an emotional rollercoaster in the past week and fought an amazing unorthodox striker in 3 days notice. He's a wrestler. Why on Earth wouldn't he go for the takedown?

"Put on a show for the fans". Please. The "fans" boo him and cheer when Lesnar does the exact same thing. Fuck the fans.

War DC.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

I don't remember anyone claiming DC was a good striker .

 

[Bobby Boulders]

This place is dense lol.

 

[Zanmato]

if silva fought like that against bisping he'd have knocked him out


different fight, different fighter... he felt he had to play it safe because it would have been a real disaster to lose that fight. who knows how it'd have gone

 

[Limbo Pete]

Jones who?

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

I think the whole mess threw him off - personally think he would have fought differently and with more zeal if he was against Jones.

 

[Death By Samson]

Why do you assume that he would have fought like that against JBJ?

 

[Sick Bubblegum]

DC was holding back imo

 

[Money509]

He would have fought differentlty against jones, he took it easy on anderson. But what no one can deny is that even after 3 rounds he was gassed, jones would have finished him late in the fight DC's cardio was shit yesterday.

 

[Fraser B]

People still not realizing DC took this fight on short notice. Props he did pretty good if you ask me.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Anderson is a completely different fighter than Jones. His striking is absolutely lethal, and he has multiple weapons that can end the fight at any moment.

Jones is a VOLUME striker. He doesn't have that danger factor that Anderson does, in terms of one strike, knock you the f out power. Cormier WOULD have stood and traded with Jones for that factor, just like he did in the first fight.

He fought Silva EXACTLY like he needed to, with zero time to prepare for his style.

 

[KDR by RNC]

He said in the post fight show that he didn't train much wrestling for Jones. He said he had to switch it up for the goat.

 

[FightsFTW]

He trained for a completely different opponent and he played it safe.

 

[mmaday4day]

Only thing he proved last night is that Bisping is a bigger threat than him on the feet. LMAO.

Different opponent = different fight. YOU IDIOT.

 

[nogdog]

He may have fought differently against Jones, but based on what we've seen prior, Jones would probably beat the DC we saw last night. However, it's reasonable to believe that Jones was juicing for most of if not all of his UFC career - so we can't be certain how good Jones looks while not cheating.

One thing we do know is that Cormier looked much more beatable than most would've thought. Not just by Jones (he's out of the picture now), but conceivably there are several legitimate threats to DC. I thought Cormier would've done better - considering he had a full camp (even if it's for Jones) with his best training partner (no more "I didn't have Cain" excuses) and he fought Anderson who hasn't officially won a fight in about 4 years), who had no training camp, who came off of significant surgery less than 2 months' ago (he was 1 week out of the recommended very period), who took the fight on 48 hours' notice, who weighed in significantly less than the weight limit (not apparently for strategy), who had essentially zero training, and who spent most of his career at least 1 weight class lower than DC. Anderson may very well be the GOAT, but while Anderson's ability to hurt DC and defend well (Cormier landed a ton of strikes but pitifully few were significant) testify to Anderson's greatness, they also indicate to me that Cormier is more beatable than we may have previously thought. I could see Rumble, Glover, or Gus beating DC - not necessarily always or handily, but certainly they have a very good chance on any given night.

 

[manapua]

If you guys honestly think DC fought at his best, I suggest watching the Gus and rumble fights. Hell, he could've just been taking it easy on Anderson.

 

[Melas Chasma]

he trained for jones, so he would fight better than that. silva is a better striker than cormier and ofc bisping is a better striker than cormier. cormier is a wrestler...

Cormier is currently better striker than Silva. Imo he would have probably knocked Silva out had he tried, but he just took it safe.