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What does that say about the quality of fighters in the UFC? Is the competition that bad, or is Jones just that good?
What does that say about the quality of fighters in the UFC? Is the competition that bad, or is Jones just that good?
Why even make a thread like this, it only goes into a flame war for the haters.
If the LHW's can deal with Jones reach and size, they should go down to MW. Plenty of fighters his size, his reach is another issue.
Muhammad Ali had a 81 inch reach, some people just have that good genetics.
Jones is that good. He might be big for lhw, but he has to abide by the 205 limit like everyone else. It's not like Schilt in K1, who's main advantage is that he weighs nearly 300 pounds and has a 88 inch reach.
The sad thing about it is that Struve doesn't know how to use his reach and could be a much better fighter if he did use it and Struve has the height as well to actually be a real problem at HW.
It would open problems for him inside the pocket if he didnt learn how to fight outside and inside but Struve could do much better utilizing some kind of jon jones approach.
Diabate is a quandry to me, he is a decent fighter but he cant do what Jones is doing in regards to success with his reach/distance striking game and is a much better boxer then Jones.
Cyril is one fighter I would think could at least duplicate Jones success but maybe they arent jones.
You raise an interesting point. Cyril looks brilliant at times and aweful at others, while sharing favourable attributes with Jones. I think Jones just has that X factor. It seems like he has better instincts.
I think he's getting there, his did use his reach pretty well against Miocic.
Jones is that good. He might be big for lhw, but he has to abide by the 205 limit like everyone else. It's not like Schilt in K1, whose main advantage is that he weighs nearly 300 pounds and has a 88 inch reach.
You raise an interesting point. Cyril looks brilliant at times and aweful at others, while sharing favourable attributes with Jones. I think Jones just has that X factor. It seems like he has better instincts.