Jones trained without a mouthpiece for Gustafsson

[MMALeBronJames]

Apparently he trained without a mouthpiece and sparred with the likes of Condit, Browne, and Arlovsk to "increase awareness, improve head movement, and not take hits to the face". Do you think this plan worked? I know he lost his mouthpiece and just decided to train without it but do you think he should of trained with a mouthpiece?

 

[joeyjoejoe]

He certainly took those shots to the mouth like a champ. Jenna Jameson would have been proud.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Well, it's a good thing he had one in FOR the fight. As swollen as his mouth was while wearing one, that likely would have equaled half his teeth missing without.

Not sure if training without one really helped. He certainly got clobbered in the mouth repeatedly, as evidenced by his swollen features post-fight.

 

[ShreddinMMA]

That wasn't a good idea if true. He was going to have one in fight night, why not train with it?

 

[Bull Terrier]

Awesome elbows, okay kicks, awful boxing.

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

Well that's an interesting theory I guess

 

[Deleted member 245586]

retarded idea

 

[Rexx]

That spinning elbow was awesome. That's like landing a front kick on Anderson.

 

[Frode Falch]

sounds to strange to be true..

source?

 

[ravifreitas]

sounds to strange to be true..

source?

Haha exactly, why would he do that?

 

[servel20]

That spinning elbow was awesome. That's like landing a front kick on Anderson.

This

 

[faustian]

When I traned UFC I wouldn't even grapple without a mouthpiece forget about standup that's ridiculous

 

[MMALeBronJames]

sounds to strange to be true..

source?

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[EmeliankoFan1]

Apparently he trained without a mouthpiece and sparred with the likes of Condit, Browne, and Arlovsk to "increase awareness, improve head movement, and not take hits to the face". Do you think this plan worked? I know he lost his mouthpiece and just decided to train without it but do you think he should of trained with a mouthpiece?

No, training without a mouth piece is dangerous to your teeth. It possibly has some application but its a dangerous way to train.

Jones looked good in the standup so i would say his training has done him some good. He actually looked competent with Gus on the feet which is something I didnt think would happen.

 

[porcodio]

If mma had just some basic bokinx skills life would be way nicer. How about a very simple right hook there? nope...a silly left with no power at all...

 

[SingleSpeed]

training with a mouth-piece is harder cardiowise. His endurance seemed to fade a little bit in the later rounds though not as bad as Gus.
So I'd say it didn#t work. Makes the last two rounds even more impressive, though.

 

[Nerdslayer]

That spinning elbow was awesome. That's like landing a front kick on Anderson.

How? A front kick is the most basic kick in Karate.

 

[Frode Falch]

so it was true after all. what a strange thing to do..

 

[Reign009]

This

Lol no it's not.

 

[Andzso]

How? A front kick is the most basic kick in Karate.

That elbow didnt land from Gus. Or which one?