Agreed. I always noted Ubereem as Jones' worst stylistic matchup - almost the same reach, and devastating in the clinch. Jones is great in the clinch but clinching with Ubereem is NOT where you want to be.He COULD beat the current Reem but it wouldnt be easy for him.
I dont see Jones bullying Reem in the clinch and I dont see him exchaning punches with success either.
But Jones is tough and creative and also has great endurance and could take the Reem to deep waters and beat him then.
The Ubereem that was juiced up and geared up would have bludgeoned any version of Jones. It was just a horrible match up for him. Way too much size, power and skill.
LOL Overeem. He has lost like 20 times..
When Gustafsson does this to you:
Last thing you'll want to do is move up and fight guys like Overeem or Miocic who are bigger and even better strikers.
Jones needs his size reach and leverage to win. He will keep avoing HW.
The problem is that Jones couldn't do football because he couldn't put on weight. That's why they call him "Bones"!Who in hell knows what JJ would look like at HW?
I do think it's pretty funny, though, that some Sherdoggers seem to believe HW Jon Jones would be the same sort of beast as LHW Jon Jones.
Reem is the perfect example for you to have used since, you know, he did fight at LHW for a period in his career. How do you figure the LHW version of Reem would do against Bones at LHW?
Now reverse that and maybe you'll get a picture of why sensible people think it's pretty possible that a HW JJ is one scary dude who could quite possibly be good enough to be the umpteenth fighter to kick Reem's ass.
I'm not a Jon fan, but I think he'd smash Overeem
Who are you talking about...? Overeem? Because he lost to young Shogun, not old man Shogun.Jones got sent to the hospital by a guy who lost to old man Shogun.
Uh what?Overeeem was way better at lhw than jones.
Sure, that's why he starves himself to avoid them and be the champion of the less prestigious division.Jones beats overeem and most HWs anyway he wants.
Punching overeem in the face is a good way to beat him.
Until JJ fights at HW i cant take him seriously as a HW.
Someone like Overeem would snap him like a twig, and Jon dont have the power to put him away.
Yeah. I was unaware that we were supposed to be taking him seriously as a HW. What's the point of this thread?How could anybody take him seriously as a heavyweight when he's never even fought at heavyweight?