We are calling this for Jones in the first. If Jones does this well, that’s all he is gonna need to break Rampage’s will with nary a danger of being taken down.
The whip like action maximizes power the same way snapping maximizes damage in punch-boxing. Side kicking does most damage when deployed like a whip. Jones can deploy his long legs like whips and possibly break a rib or two in the process. He has never done well against fighters who kicked the hell out of him. Go back to Rampage’s record going back to Pride. Jones can deploy his other reach via his legs and just kick the s*it out of Rampage. If Jones doesn’t slip up, he can win UFC 135 any number of ways – but here is one surefire way to do that: CHOP RAMPAGE’S BASE. Is this a harbinger of things to come or are the smiles gonna be reversed come next Saturday night? The psych-out, mini-hazing Rampage gave Jones at this presser coupled with his latest Youtube videoblog below tells us that Rampage is really not feeling this one. The subtleties of Body English: Jon Jones before or after being tongue-fued at the UFC Press Conference in Denver on July 19, 2011. By UFC 121 Cain’s hands had acquired the heavy manners of a classical bare-knuckle pugilist. Throw Cain Velasquez into that wriggly pile too a (Arizona State) collegiate wrestler who by UFC 110 was displaying the precision kicks of a Muai Thai GOAT. We will not belabor the UFC 135 match-up because it is really a non-event Dana’s little side show on the freeway to Jon Jones coronation as the best in class of the new crop of UFC fighters nervy, squeaky clean and thoroughly schooled in the arts of MMA.Ĭase in Point: Jones is a wrestler who took to striking like a fish to water. This was nominally the same Shogun who whupped Rampage to within an inch of his life at Pride Total Elimination, Apin Osaka Japan. Au contraire, it’s all in tale of the tape and the momentum Jones has picked up since whuppin’ Shogun like a little girl. The odds-makers who have made Jones a -500 favorite vs Rampage’s +350 to +375 are not reading tea leaves here. And no, that does not include Rashad Evans, in case you are wondering. UFC 135 will showcase Jon Jones chops until a worthy, yet-to-be-named contender, is found. UFC 135: Freeway billboards are a nice touch but like Harold Camping's, they won't turn what is a virtual non-event into the beginning or end of the world. Jones seems to have no respect for some of these O.G.s.) (Remember the opening flying knee followed by not one, but several Anderson Silva straight ahead kicks. That 11.5 inch differential is a serious, serious weapon in the hands of someone with the explosive ability displayed in the Shogun fight.
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Anyone who thinks that should be a walk in the park should watch the Jones/Shogun fight to see Jones offense at near full tilt. So in order to be a contender, Rampage would have to go past that probe. That makes for a wingspan that can be turned into a serious probe. And that is exactly what you get when you subtract Rampage Jackson’s 73 inches from Jon Jone’s whopping 84.5 inches. The 11.5 inch reach differential is nothing to scoff at. Like good ol’ John Holmes of yore, Jon Jones may very well use his length, strength and reach to whup Rampage into TKO submission before the end of the second round of UFC 135 – and that’s probably an overly generous estimate.
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