Why doesn't Jones make eye contact during face offs?

[real2124]

I remember he explained it once but I forget

 

[glasshouses999]

because he is tall

 

[kibz]

Probably because it would irritate his opponents. It’s disrespectful.

 

[elbowsandwiches]

because your pupils twitch when your turinabol outbreak flares up, dead giveaway

 

[joeyjoejoe]

Fedor wannabe

 

[beachburn2]

Too busy looking for his dealer in the crowd

 

[Lando]

He prefers to make eye contact during the fight

 

[Frank23]

This is something new for him.

 

[EVIL WAR GOD]

Lions don't look deer in the eyes befor they kill them.

 

[Exemplar]

He has. It never made a lick of sense. Even Mr. Miyagi taught Danielson to “always looky eye”.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Bas Rutten and Fedor never made eye contact in face-offs either

Bas said it felt like he was giving his energy to his opponent

 

[boss429]

This is something new for him.

No it's not, he's always avoided eye contact during face off's except for against DC and maybe Rashad if I recall correctly.

 

[Law Dog]

Too busy looking for his dealer in the crowd

Underrated <45>

Hastag - Jones is a beast

 

[Andersons Foot]

Something about how his opponent doesn’t matter, it’s him vs himself.

Some dumb Jon shit.

 

[Law Dog]

He prefers to make eye contact during the fight

Heaters everywhere here... not even joking <45>

 

[Law Dog]

Lions don't look deer in the eyes befor they kill them.

Ok, Cody lite...

 

[Fergelmince]

It's hard to look someone in the eye knowing you will force him within inches of death of permanent disability. Case in point

 

[Frank23]

No it's not, he's always avoided eye contact during face off's except for against DC and maybe Rashad if I recall correctly.

I saw him stare down Stephan Bonnar.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

That’s actually old school. He did that along time ago. In recent fights he actually has made eye contact.

 

[Guy LeDouche]

Idk if this is the reason...
but Bruce Lee and a few other old school traditional martial arts masters used to say that staring down your opponent before fighting uses too much energy and can put you on a bad mental state before the fight.
Jones, a few others, as well as Jose Aldo used to do this quite a bit. Coincidentally...the one time Jose did NOT do it was vs Mcgregor...and Well