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For real!Me too what's with this UFC Sunday night crap??
Saturday is the night for UFC
Sunday..
Vera to capitalize on Jones' ‘inexperience’
MANILA, Philippines – Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight contender Brandon Vera sees only one weakness in Jon “Bones” Jones’ game, and he plans to capitalize on it when they clash in the Octagon on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in UFC Live: Vera vs Jones.
“We've been studying for a while, and his biggest weakness is his inexperience,” said the 32-year-old Filipino American in UFC.com. “That's the only X factor in this game.”
The light heavyweight match, the main header of this weekend’s UFC wars, is set to take place in Broomfield, Colorado.
Vera said Jones’ other weaknesses are only likely to surface at the heat of their match up.
“Everything else, he's almost like a seasoned vet, so we're going to try to look for holes and exploit them,” he said.
Vera, known in the MMA circuit as “The Truth”, already has 11 wins in his belt. He has only suffered 4 losses, 3 of them in very close fights, and 1 in a controversial stoppage.
Jones, on the other hand, has streaked to 9 wins before suffering a loss by disqualification. He was struck out for hitting Matt Hamill at The Ultimate Fighter® Heavyweights FINALE for illegal elbow strikes while on full mount.
Vera said the New York-based Jones would have to watch out for his knees and roundhouse kicks.
“Nobody kicks with the malicious intent that I do and he hasn’t gone against anybody whose Thai clinch is as good as mine. We’re both going to have to find out a lot about each other that night,” he said.
Jones, however, said he’d be using his unpredictability to stun the UFC veteran.
The 23-year-old fighter said he has fought different fights each time he enters the Octagon.
“Guys who study my fights, I try to give them an evolution, and they’ll see a totally different style in every fight,” he said. “So it’s kinda hard right now to predict what I’ll do in my next fight because every fight is very different and I’ll come back a completely different fighter for a completely different opponent.”
For real!Me too what's with this UFC Sunday night crap??
Saturday is the night for UFC
Sunday..
These are tough fights to call. Don't blame me if I get them all wrong.
Jones
JDS
Buentello (I really just want to hear him say it one more time...Don't fear me, fear the consequences!)
Irvin
Guida
I just found out that Versus is back on DirecTV! WOOT!
Damn, apparently Bang got his leg snapped.
Sucky ending, but thats the way it had to be. That was a clean punch, and you cant just call a timeout. If they restarted that and Sakara ended up losing, that would have been some bull . So thats the call that had to be made.
Irvin Stoppage by punch to the eye
Buentello got the beat out of him..
Dos Santos is
For Real!!!!!
Definitely. John Howard ain't too shabby either.
Moment of truth for Brandon Vera,
lets see what he's got??
Probably gonna regret it, but last min change here, I'm taking Vera.. I'm sure he'll lose but what the ??? I like the guy...
Brandon Vera.
I knew i'd regret that one Jones is an animal
Vera never really took that next step in his career..
jones beat the out of him
took two illegal upkicks and still beat his ass
He really did, Rashad is in Jackson's camp with Jones, and must fear this guy. I mean i actually think Jones would wreck Shad right now... He's that scary and talented
JON JONES JON JONES JON JONES....dont ever doubt him people! Great fight for Dos Santos....But back to Jones....that was a nasty elbow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This will sound odd, but watching UFC on Versus and on a Sunday just didn't vibe well with me.
I was not expecting Buentello to be taken down so easily, he ate some NASTY knees to the body and elbows to the ass. I still don't think Kongo will make much noise, but he looked improved.
Dos Santos vs Carwin after Mir wins next weekend!
I fear for the people that fight Jones, he is a scary dude. Not to mention, Vera looked SICK and way too skinny compared to Jones, so I was concerned for his safety. Jones is a tricky son of a gun, I can't imagine whose career the UFC wants him to halt next. Randy?!? LOL, that'd be crew but VERY interesting since even if Randy wins his next fight he doesn't deserve a le shot after the Shad/Rampage winner. Make Jones vs Randy and see if the master of strategy can handle it.
EDIT: This was the first time in a long time where I watched a card and thought, 'Damn, someone could get hurt." It goes back to that weird vibe I noted above, I dunno, like tonight's matches were dangerous for some reason.
Jonny Bones Jones is my new favorite fighter
Jon Jones and his long ass arms are a force to be reckoned with!
Jones Vs. Machida -- make it happen.
Des went 5-0 on this card and a lot of us went 4-1 with our picks
I think Jones could beat Machida or Anderson Silva. Right now.
He's go to be one of the most exciting guys to watch. JDS is pretty f-ing exciting to watch too. The next generation is looking good.
Good thoughts Stringer..
I really don't think Randy could do much with Jones. Heck i don't think Randy in his prime would beat him honestly. And that's not slamming Randy, it's just being real about Jones.. The kid is amazingly athletic and his wrestling is looking sicker every time he fights. He tossed Hammill down like a rag-doll. Vera has good wrestling and he toyed with him.. He is strong, lanky and incredibly explosive. Randy can't strike with him and he is not going to put Jones in the clinch for large portions of rounds and get away with it. I actually think Jones would take Randy out, very confident in saying that.. This dude may be LHW champ for years to come. I said going in if he walks through Vera, he'll be champ real soon
Well he walked through him..
Thoughts on Gonzaga
Damn he is just never gonna take that next step. Every time this guy steps up in class he gets served.. Randy, Carwin, now Dos-Santos. When he steps up in class not only does he lose but he usually gets beat bad.. Lots of talent but he clearly is just not going to be a consistant elite HW..
do you guys think Jones is better for LHW or MW he has done really well at 205 but he looks like he could easily make 185 as well
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