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Here's what we know happened before the Cormier fight:
1) Bones decided to move down to ABQ full-time instead of spending his time between camps in New York hanging out -- he was known for having a "pot-belly" at the beginning of camps, talked about how he's matured from when he was younger, and how he looks forward to training year-round (specifically, he mentioned being around his strength and conditioning coach every day and getting his BJJ black belt -- I'd say he should be working on his boxing fundamentals, but that's just me).
2) Jones did cocaine and tested positive for it. I'm relatively sure (not 100% -- there have been about 5,000 stories flying around) that Jones had been told he'd failed the test and knew he was checking into rehab after the fight, win or lose.
There's no way those things aren't related, right? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I hadn't really heard anything about Jones being anything resembling a lazy worker between camps before the lead-up to this fight, although that could just be because he honestly didn't have much time between camps during that first meteoric rise in his career. (I remember after the Bader fight he said "I'm not going to drink tonight, but I am going to have a double cheeseburger," which led me to have a picture of his discipline level in my head that is definitely incorrect.)
Hopefully, this can be his "wake-up call," like BJ losing to GSP was, without the actual loss, and we'll see Jones take his performances to an even higher place going into his next fights -- I know a lot of people don't like the dude's personality, but I hate seeing potential squandered a lot more. (Never mind that BJ went back to being BJ after the Diego fight. I'm using too many parentheticals.)
And since this is a Jones thread, EYEPOKE COCAINE FAKE SOMETHING ABOUT HIS T/E RATIO. That covers everything, right? Oh, SNITCH HIS ARMS ARE CHEATING FEDOR WOULD HAVE CUT OFF HIS FOREARMS IF HIS ARMS WERE THAT LONG.
1) Bones decided to move down to ABQ full-time instead of spending his time between camps in New York hanging out -- he was known for having a "pot-belly" at the beginning of camps, talked about how he's matured from when he was younger, and how he looks forward to training year-round (specifically, he mentioned being around his strength and conditioning coach every day and getting his BJJ black belt -- I'd say he should be working on his boxing fundamentals, but that's just me).
2) Jones did cocaine and tested positive for it. I'm relatively sure (not 100% -- there have been about 5,000 stories flying around) that Jones had been told he'd failed the test and knew he was checking into rehab after the fight, win or lose.
There's no way those things aren't related, right? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I hadn't really heard anything about Jones being anything resembling a lazy worker between camps before the lead-up to this fight, although that could just be because he honestly didn't have much time between camps during that first meteoric rise in his career. (I remember after the Bader fight he said "I'm not going to drink tonight, but I am going to have a double cheeseburger," which led me to have a picture of his discipline level in my head that is definitely incorrect.)
Hopefully, this can be his "wake-up call," like BJ losing to GSP was, without the actual loss, and we'll see Jones take his performances to an even higher place going into his next fights -- I know a lot of people don't like the dude's personality, but I hate seeing potential squandered a lot more. (Never mind that BJ went back to being BJ after the Diego fight. I'm using too many parentheticals.)
And since this is a Jones thread, EYEPOKE COCAINE FAKE SOMETHING ABOUT HIS T/E RATIO. That covers everything, right? Oh, SNITCH HIS ARMS ARE CHEATING FEDOR WOULD HAVE CUT OFF HIS FOREARMS IF HIS ARMS WERE THAT LONG.
