i don't understand why jones picked those training partners...

It is his gym. They don't have anyone. Who else wants to go to New Mexico to train?
 
SkinnyClaw said:
GSP always trained with unknowns, different guys have their ways. Same with Conor when he tore through the featherweights, his main sparring partner was a walking heavy bag
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GSP didn't train with unknowns. He spent money and brought in specialists when needed.
 
NoSmilez said:
GSP didn't train with unknowns. He spent money and brought in specialists when needed.
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Outside of training camps it was mostly just the guys at Tristar. But yes he did bring in lots of specialists for fight camps.
 
There are two major facets to this fight from jones' perspective... (I'm not an expert)...
-Gane's movement (which Jon is generally used to) and
-Jon taking down and keeping a hw down (and getting used to his new hw weight). What if Gane is on top/putting his weight on Jon? can Jon get up while fighting his own new additional weight? etc.

Cejudo in his recent Jon video said that he brought in guys who move like Gane to get Jon used to it.

I'm guessing Jon brought these specific training partners cuz they're heavy, not necessarily cuz they're that skilled, etc. He just wants to get used to heavy guys in order to get used to wrestling them/taking them down/seeing if he gasses with his new weight. etc. Good strategy since he's marrying the hw wrestling with what he already knows (kickboxing/jon jones shit).

Gane is cool, he's moves like a jon but at hw in my eyes... minus the eye poking and wrestling. He just needs to focus on his wrestling.
 
milliniar said:
Outside of training camps it was mostly just the guys at Tristar. But yes he did bring in lots of specialists for fight camps.
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It makes sense since GSP trained when he didn't have fights. He brought in specialists for fight camps.

Jones doesn't train much outside of camp and his current fight camp training partners aren't really that good.
 
Well he could have asked Overeem to join his squad. But we all know how that ended last time.
 
I don't know what people are complaining about. Like it or not but Greene, De Castro and Harris are all heavyweights that have fought at a high level and made it to the UFC.

Who do people think he'll be training with regularly? Exclusively top 15 UFC heavyweights, or i suppose Rico Verhoeven is going to ditch everything and go to New Mexico for Jones' camp?
 
Versez said:
walt harris, de Castro, mark greene....journeymen in the HW division....not a good look for jones, those are yes men...i don't want to thrash them but none of them is a ciryl gane duplicate.
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Jones was only successful because of Jackson's. This fight is going to be a big eye opener for the guy
 
I cannot believe that the TS is making an assumption about Jon's training partners based upon a single photograph....which represents 60 seconds out of an entire day.

The photo represents one moment within an entire day of training.

It doesn't reveal anything regarding his training partners. It could be cardio training or anything!
 
Versez said:
walt harris, de Castro, mark greene....journeymen in the HW division....not a good look for jones, those are yes men...i don't want to thrash them but none of them is a ciryl gane duplicate.
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There is no one in the HW division close to as talented as him so I don't see how he could help himself by choosing differently.
 
Versez said:
walt harris, de Castro, mark greene....journeymen in the HW division....not a good look for jones, those are yes men...i don't want to thrash them but none of them is a ciryl gane duplicate.
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Part of training camp is building confidence. Mayhe it will pay off, maybe it won't but the training partners of many great fighters aren't "good" fighters.
 
WolverReem said:
Jones was only successful because of Jackson's. This fight is going to be a big eye opener for the guy
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His striking says he's been successful in spite of JW. The camp hasn't been great in many years.
 
Jones is taking this seriously

Im sure he put in work with some kickboxers as well

These heavy guys he brought in were his main sparring partners, mainly to get him used to the weight and strength of HW's. That why they are so big

And if Jones can handle them on the ground he'll cruise through gane
 
avenue94 said:
His striking says he's been successful in spite of JW. The camp hasn't been great in many years.
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No but they managed and cherry picked Jones entire career this is him trying to stick it to them and show he doesn't need them but he does
 
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