Chapter 473: The Tough "Bone" (Part II)
Seeing that Xiang Hero was silent, Luo An said with a smile: "At this time, Jon Jones is not the most mature, but with the increase of games, his growth is very fast, so fast that people can't believe it. You'll see more of his technical characteristics in the next matches. ”
After winning the fight against Ryan Beddle, it was previously rumored that Rashad "Honey" Evans, the number one title challenger and Jon Jones' training partner, might not be able to play in the title bout due to a knee injury, and the UFC light heavyweight champion at the time was Mauricio "The General" Jua. Sure enough, within a few days, the UFC announced that Jon Jones would replace Evans in the UFC Light Heavyweight Title fight! The opponent is none other than Hua. ”
Luo An introduced this, and asked Xiang Yingying with a smile: "Have you watched the 'General' game?" ”
"I've seen it, and 'General' also has a huge fan base in China, and I've seen him fight at UFC 97 where he knocked out the Iceman in the second round." Xiang Yingying replied with a smile.
"Hmmm! The general also got the right to challenge for the championship after defeating the Iceman, which is the UFC 104 General vs Marchota fight, the two of them fought for 5 rounds, but there was still a controversial verdict that Matschda won. The enraged general returned to Brazil to train hard, only to get his revenge in a rematch between UFC 113 and Coach Coach, knocking out Coach in the first round to claim the UFC Welterweight Championship. So far, the general is also the second PRIDE king after Niu Tou to win the gold belt in the UFC. Speaking of this, Roan changed his words and continued: "Unfortunately, his gold band was immediately taken away by Jon Jones, let's take a look at this game!" ”
The title challenge ended with Jon Jones knocking out "The General" Jua at 2:37 of round three. So far, Jon Jones has become the youngest champion in UFC history.
"General" Jua gave everyone the feeling that he was not in a state in this game, and the whole game was like sleepwalking, very passive. Although Jua is desperately persevering, this persistence has instead given Jon Jones more opportunities to perform.
Especially after Jon Jones badly injured Jua with a flying knee in the third round, Jua was overwhelmed throughout the third round, eventually crushing the light heavyweight champion with a head knee back to the top.
After everyone watched this wonderful game, Roan continued: "It can be seen from this game that Jon Jones's skills are becoming more and more mature, and his skills and tactics are also deeply imprinted. After the game, Hu Ah also talked about the main reasons for the defeat in this game. ”
"The injury that came too early during the race was definitely one of the reasons, but the most important thing was that he was struggling with the fight and feeling very tired from not being able to find the right distance to play. Because in the first two rounds, he frequently played out his legs and consumed a lot of physical strength, which is why he didn't play many legs later. And if TD is implemented, there is also a great risk, that is, these combined factors make him lose the belt. ”
Hearing this, Xiang Yingying said with some emotion: "From this game, I also obviously feel his changes, the growth rate is very amazing, too especially some of his offensive methods that are different from others, it is really a headache." ”
"Huh! He's been pretty good in the first few fights, and you'll see why a lot of fighters hate him so much after a few defenses of his title. Luo An said with a smile.
"That's these fighters jealous of him!" Borg said dismissively.
Xiang Yingying looked at Borg with some tears and laughter, he couldn't figure out why Borg liked Jon Jones so much, and he would go to the top team to help him train.
Seeing Xiang Yingying staring at him, Borg said unhappily: "Boy, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Yes, I admire Jon Jones a lot, but I only admire him in the Octagon and he's a jerk in life. ”
Xiang Yingying was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed. Seeing this, Luo An also smiled and said, "We won't talk about Jon Jones in life." Let's take a look at a few of his title defenses! ”
After Luo Ann finished speaking, he clicked on the video and introduced it to everyone while watching: "His first championship defense was supposed to be against his former teammate and former good friend Rashad "Honey" Evans at UFC 133 on August 6, 2011. But at the time, Jon Jones was plagued by a hand injury. At first, he said that he would need surgery for this injury, but after discussing with the doctor, he decided to choose to recuperate. The injury left him with the embarrassment of not being able to play for a whole year. ”
But what everyone didn't expect was that Jon Jones stood on the UFC 135 ring on September 24 of the same year with amazing recovery ability. The opponent is Quinton "Werewolf" Jackson, who is defending his title for the first time. He won by rear-naked choke in the fourth round. ”
After watching this match, Xiang Yingying frowned and said, "He likes rear-naked choke and guillotine choke very much in submissions?" ”
"Hmmm! He does really like both submission techniques, and that's important because of his height and reach, both of which he is most adept at. Roan replied.
Xiang Yingying nodded when he heard this, and continued: "But I watched his two games, and what impressed me the most was indeed his knee kick. It's too shady, it's very difficult to prevent, and it hurts your knees very much. Xiang Yingying said that, his brows furrowed.
"Indeed, this is one of Jon Jones's most famous moves, kicking the knee, and I'll break it down later." Roan said.
"This trick is to analyze it carefully. I remember his next title defense match was against Ryuta Machida, right? Xiang Yingying then asked.
"Yes, it was at UFC 140 where Jon Jones ended up stunting Ryuta Machida with an amazing striking rear-naked choke." Luo An said with some emotion.
"I've seen that fight, and it's really amazing, he put Machida Ryuta on the Circle Wall and stunted him straight away." Xiang Yingying was still very impressed by this game.
After this bout, Jon Jones faced former light heavyweight champion Rashad "Honey" Evans in the main event of UFC 145 the following year, on April 21, 2012. It was a hard-fought match, with Rashad Evans playing very tenacious, and after five rounds of battle, Jon Jones won by points without disputing the dominant position for most of the game. ”