[quote]ZEB wrote:
Did it look like Jones backed off after he had Shogun hurt in the first round? Or, am I off on that observation?[/quote]
To follow up what Khaine stated, I think he was fighting the adrenaline dump…he got a little excited when he knew he had Shogun hurt. He didn’t want to fall victim to lactic acidosis…lol. I think it did hit him a little bit towards end of Round 1. [/quote]
Make that two adrenaline dumps! Have you guys ever fought a tournament event? Having more than one fight in a night is draining. Bones subued a theif hours before his fight outside in the park. He was meditating and heard a lady scream for her bag and he gave chase to the guy, leg kicked him got him down and leg locked him until police came. Irrespective of your experience in fighting, that drains you as adrenaline is dumped into your body for a real life dangerous situation. Then against shogun I think this is what affected him more.
SHoguns conditioning has nothing to do with it and I am sure he was fit but are you guys serious? Look at the leverage bones got with the first knee to the right side of his ribs… I reckon he broke something as well as sucked the life out of him then the big kick to the head following it was enough to rattle him good. From then on he was a sitting duck and good on him for having the heart to continue.
I thought the bardosa fight could have gone either way. 1st round bardosa easy, second to Njokuani and third was close and perhaps that spinning kick at the end coupled with a the couple of take downs through the fight might have put him over as he displayed a little more mma than just stand up.
I would have loved to see bardosa continue the same into round 2 and 3 as he did in 1 but oh well.[/quote]
They (Jones, Jackson, and another Coach) saw a guy breaking into a car, so they chased him down. Jones was about to meditate, and it did not involve a lady.[/quote]
How about just watch the vid.
[quote]Liv92 wrote:
Jones vs Silva anyone? [/quote]
That fight would be just as one sided as GSP vs Silva. How does a man giving up such size, reach etc. win? If you look at history that rarely happens when the two fighters are even close in skill.
[quote]Liv92 wrote:
Jones vs Silva anyone? [/quote]
That fight would be just as one sided as GSP vs Silva. How does a man giving up such size, reach etc. win? If you look at history that rarely happens when the two fighters are even close in skill.[/quote]
Yeah.
I imagine if Silva thought he could hold a 205 title that’s where he would be.
[quote]Liv92 wrote:
Jones vs Silva anyone? [/quote]
That fight would be just as one sided as GSP vs Silva. How does a man giving up such size, reach etc. win? If you look at history that rarely happens when the two fighters are even close in skill.[/quote]
I’d expect Jones to be the favorite, but Silva’s ground game and stand up would make it interesting. I’m about 90% sold on Bones right now, how good was Shogun post surgery??? If he tools Rashad then I’ll buy in 100%
Finally saw the fight. Shogun looked in terrible shape. I know he got hurt in the first round, but he had nothing to offer after that. Jones also made a few technical mistakes that Shogun couldn’t capitalize on. Both times he had his back he dropped for leglocks and gave up a good position and ended up on the bottom. Against a better wrestler that could have looked like a Randleman/Fedor slam. Jones was obviously the better fighter on this night so all the props to him though.
I couldn’t decide how this fight was going to go. But how Jones won was how I envisioned him winning. Jones is just a bad matchup for Shogun. A guy who struggles against wrestlers against a guy with one of the best MMA wrestling games. I think Jones beats Rashad as well, by virtue of his size and strength.
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