Jones Gane physique comparison

[Paolo Delutis]

he benched 315, natty lifter in local gyms can do 3 plates like that, not saying it's not impressive by planet fitness standard. but for a ufc professional fighter who do this for a living this isn't something to brag home about

Lifting weights isnt as important as skills in MMA...

Ur statement is completely false...most fighters dont lift heavy... They lift for reps and conditioning..

So the fact he's hitting those numbers is infact impressive..

The average gym person almost never actually gets in shape....thats why gyms exists as a business...

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Remember this picture from when he was focused too much on bodybuilding between fights?

35 aint 28? Some photoshop touchups?

Naw its called show muscles vs Go muscles...

Anyone with enough dieting and disciplined workouts can carve out a showy body ...

But is that functional strength? ...

Jones looks functionally strong...the deceiving kind of build where dude looks chubs but is a brick shit house

 

[kahiljabroni]

Someone said Jon "Scones" Jones in another thread. I legit lol'd.

Yup that's the winner... you know it when you hear it

 

[BJJ4Tone]

 

[Gamer2k4]

Remember this picture from when he was focused too much on bodybuilding between fights?

35 aint 28? Some photoshop touchups?

I remember that that's the only picture anyone can ever find of him looking like that. He looks like fight day LHW Jones with some extra contrast from lighting adjustments.

 

[eatu4tea]

bro you see powerlifters with arms and legs this skinny please post them

Yes, actually. It all comes down to genetics. Calves don't do much for strength. Look up Powerlifter Larry Wheels who has similarly skinny calves to Jones and yet he holds 3x Powerlifting Total World Records in 3 different weight classes. But skinny calves = weak right?

You can also see Jones Deadlifting >600lbs years ago when he was an active LHW which puts him up as the strongest fighter on the UFC Roster. Heavyweights don't pull those numbers. You can't find a video of a Heavyweight pulling the numbers Jones does.
Jon Jones will be significantly stronger than Gane on fight night.

 

[MMAFanCal]

Yes, actually. It all comes down to genetics. Calves don't do much for strength. Look up Powerlifter Larry Wheels who has similarly skinny calves to Jones and yet he holds 3x Powerlifting Total World Records in 3 different weight classes. But skinny calves = weak right?

You can also see Jones Deadlifting >600lbs years ago when he was an active LHW which puts him up as the strongest fighter on the UFC Roster. Heavyweights don't pull those numbers. You can't find a video of a Heavyweight pulling the numbers Jones does.
Jon Jones will be significantly stronger than Gane on fight night.

Jon Jones has skinny thighs as well. His entire leg is skinny and he is naturally thin boned. Skinny thighs and calves are more vulnerable to attacks through kicks than muscular thighs and calves that can resist them. Muscular thighs form a barrier to protect the bone underneath. I don't buy the hype of his squating strength when his thighs don't look muscular at all either as all of the video footage I have seen of him squatting is doing those half-squats where there are bars that stop his squats half way through with 3 or 4 plates on each side. He also usually does not put the bar across his shoulder, but instead holds the bar in his arms while doing squats. That also reduces the difficulty in going down in squats. Also, having skinny legs makes the center of gravity much higher (as Jon Jones has a pot belly where he a good part of 40 lbs).

While he does not have to worry about being taken down by Gane, Jones is more vulnerable to takedowns at heavyweight by other strong competitors who have really good wrestling. Skinny legs are also easier to get a hold of during a takedown than tree trunk legs that will have more "counter weight" and harder to wrap the arms around.

Put it altogether. Gane weighs the same as Jones at 250 lbs. However, Gane looks a lot bigger and with a completely balanced physique top to bottom. Both have similar height. What does that say? Gane is naturally a bigger competitor with bigger bones and muscular frame. I am not saying Gane is going to beat Jones. Just saying he has the natural advantage has he is the bigger, more muscular and more thick boned competitor.

Look up Powerlifter Larry Wheels who has similarly skinny calves to Jones

Come on! Larry wheels is like Arnold. Tall and has proportionally smaller legs than his upper body, but his legs are still damn huge. No one can call these legs "skinny". Jon Jones has skinny thighs with no muscles or anything on them. Completely different.

 

[Ivancho]

at least he looks better than this guy

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Yeah, there's men named Buvasair Saitiev and Adam Saitiev. Adam, his Lil bro went up in weight to not compete with his brother for Olympic Gold and handled the shit out of Yoel despite being massively outsized.

He doesn't have the arms, pecs and traps of Yoel, but peep those lats.

 

[MeatWagon06]

Gane looks stronger but still he will lose

Stronger because he's more ripped?? Literally means nothing. You don't see strong men walking around with abs.

Jones has been on a bulk, working with coaches to gain strength and muscle. Not cut fat to show off a six-pack.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Remember this picture from when he was focused too much on bodybuilding between fights?

35 aint 28? Some photoshop touchups?

Remy Bonjasky lookin' ass.

 

[nately]

Looks like a guy that used to be an athlete and got called off the couch to fight this weekend. I mean physique isn't everything but Gane actually looks like he belongs at heavyweight while Jones looks like he ate himself up to that weight.

It's looking more and more like Jones is just coming for a paycheck. Jones's net worth is only $3 million, which is nothing for someone with his lifestyle. Jones is set to make 10 million against Gane.

 

[HuskySamoan]

He doesn't have the arms, pecs and traps of Yoel, but peep those lats.

These lats can barely fit in the singlet, oh yeah.

 

[nately]

jones is huge. should be a good fight.

He looks pretty small, actually. Most of his weight seems to be fat too.

 

[Clark Rogers]

Ermagerd his abs aren't as cut the world is over! HWs must have cut abs history shows all the greatest .... dont?

 

[Shilajit]

he benched 315, natty lifter in local gyms can do 3 plates like that, not saying it's not impressive by planet fitness standard. but for a ufc professional fighter who do this for a living this isn't something to brag home about

genetics.

Some people just naturally suck at benching. Relatively speaking.

With his arm length, it's understandable why it would be his worst lift. Given that disadvantage, those are also very good numbers.

The squat and deadlift numbers are going to hold more weight in terms of functional strength for wrestling and MMA.

Not sure what you're trying to argue at this point. His numbers are good. You can tell just by looking at him that he's incredibly dense.

 

[baba2008]

Jon is in his third trimester.

The fetus was just arrested …

 

[Shilajit]

Naw its called show muscles vs Go muscles...

Anyone with enough dieting and disciplined workouts can carve out a showy body ...

But is that functional strength? ...

Jones looks functionally strong...the deceiving kind of build where dude looks chubs but is a brick shit house

Yup

A lot of guys like that in the NFL and wrestling as well

 

[Reach4theSky]

 

[Paolo Delutis]

Stronger because he's more ripped?? Literally means nothing. You don't see strong men walking around with abs.

Jones has been on a bulk, working with coaches to gain strength and muscle. Not cut fat to show off a six-pack.

Abs are made in the kitchen...

Everything else is in the GYM ...

Preach Cuz