Official UFC 145 Thread

[Funky Fly]

I don't think Rashad has what it takes to win. He'll come close, probably more than once, but I see Jones being able to change up and take control back pretty much anywhere the fight goes.

[Krimzon7]

Originally Posted by Funky Fly I don't think Rashad has what it takes to win. He'll come close, probably more than once, but I see Jones being able to change up and take control back pretty much anywhere the fight goes.

We have never seen JBJ get taken down, we've never seen him off his back, we've never seen him counter fighting, we've never seen him be 'the nail'.

Rashad can put JBJ in all of those positions. Anderson silva, the greatest of all time, has his kryptonite. Jon jones has his too...and who better to expose it than his old sparring partner?

[Funky Fly]

Originally Posted by Krimzon7 We have never seen JBJ get taken down, we've never seen him off his back, we've never seen him counter fighting, we've never seen him be 'the nail'. Rashad can put JBJ in all of those positions. Anderson silva, the greatest of all time, has his kryptonite. Jon jones has his too...and who better to expose it than his old sparring partner?

Everyone has weaknesses, yes. What I'm getting at is that it's not going to come down to whose weaknesses are worse or whose strengths are greater. It's going to come down to who does the best to minimize the impact their weaknesses have on their game. Anderson Silva is kind of a head hunter when he leads on offence. As a result, he'll not engage at all if it doesn't suit him to do so, for example.

On the countering, JBJ popped Rampage quite a few times off missed hooks, so we know he has some ability with it. Rashad is considerably faster than Rampage, so I figure for JBJ it'll be less about countering directly and more about mixing up offence in new ways to make it harder for Rashad to fight in close where he'd be in a much better position to do real damage.

As for the rest of it, we'll see. It's true Rashad has inside knowledge on Bones due to being former camp mates, but it works both ways too.

[Krimzon7]

Originally Posted by Funky Fly Everyone has weaknesses, yes. What I'm getting at is that it's not going to come down to whose weaknesses are worse or whose strengths are greater. It's going to come down to who does the best to minimize the impact their weaknesses have on their game. Anderson Silva is kind of a head hunter when he leads on offence. As a result, he'll not engage at all if it doesn't suit him to do so, for example. On the countering, JBJ popped Rampage quite a few times off missed hooks, so we know he has some ability with it. Rashad is considerably faster than Rampage, so I figure for JBJ it'll be less about countering directly and more about mixing up offence in new ways to make it harder for Rashad to fight in close where he'd be in a much better position to do real damage. As for the rest of it, we'll see. It's true Rashad has inside knowledge on Bones due to being former camp mates, but it works both ways too.

Well, you've got a good point. Minimizing weaknesses will be vital. I'm excited to see how a quick, power double wil be handled by JBJ

[RP]

Originally Posted by Krimzon7 Well, you've got a good point. Minimizing weaknesses will be vital. I'm excited to see how a quick, power double wil be handled by JBJ

Probably with a quick power knee to the face.