Daniel Cormier versus Jon Jones

[Warlord]

(07-27-2014 09:23 PM)Decagon Wrote:  Cormier's still got that lingering leg injury, and he's not going to be able to cover range as well once Jones hits a few of those oblique kicks. Don't forget, his kidneys shut down when he tried making 211 in the Olympics. Sure, he's made 205 comfortably since then, but if he couldn't make weight for the biggest event of his life, he might have trouble cutting weight to fight Jones.

Jones: -195
Cormier: +155

I was worried about the knee injury as well, but DC held off on getting surgery on the off-chance that Gus got hurt, and said he was good to go when he accepted the fight.

I'm not sure how much it will limit him, but he had the same injury going into his fight with Hendo, and it didn't look to slow him down there. Granted Hendo is 800 years old, and matched up horribly with DC.

That said, I agree that Jones will continue his cheap tactics, including oblique kicks and pokes to the eyes.

The weight cutting issue was a concern for me when DC first announced he was dropping to 205, but he's done it twice now with no trouble at all, so it's not at the top of my list of worries for DC. I've not even heard that he had trouble making weight at all either time he fought 205, which tells me he's cutting the right way, and not the wrestling way. (By "the wrestling way" I mean cutting a shitload of water weight a day of even hours before the weigh-in.)

Jones will be the betting favorite going into the fight, which means easy money for anyone betting on DC. DC mauls Jones, I think. There isn't a better big man in the UFC right now except for maybe Cain. And make no mistake, DC is a big man, regardless of the division he's in.