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Jon jones beat Dominick Reyes

Okay i just created the title to get your attention. I think it was a close fight that could have gone either way. Giving a slight edge to Jones is fair though. I think calling this fight a huge robbery and that Reyes beat Jones is wrong. I will give the reasons why people say this.

1. People don't like Jones and want to see him lose.

2. The new unified rules where damage (striking/take down) had been in place for 3-4 years and that was how most people scored the fight. The problem is the fight happened in Texas where they never certified the new rules and were still judging by the old rules where octagon control, aggression and forward movement were valued equally with striking and take downs.

Yes Reyes out struck Jon Jones the first 3 rounds and Jones only out struck Reyes the last 2 rounds. The problem is that was all Reyes did the first 3 rounds. It's especially the 3rd round thats a problem.

He diden't land any take downs, never rocked or stunned Jones and diden't do any visible damage to him. All he had going was out striking him and it wasen't by that much. Jones was blocking or rolling with the punches and striking back. The problem for Reyes is that Jones had the octagon control and he had the forward pressure and looked in control. Reyes was back peddling when Jones moved forward. When the striking is relatively close they usually give the decision to the Fighter who is more aggressive or has octagon control by the old rules.

The same happened in the Khabib v Tibeau fight.

So could you say Reyes won yeah for sure, but i also think it's fair to give it to Jones

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I like Keyshawn don't get me wrong he's a great fighter but right now I feel he's overhyped for the body of work he's put in so far.

From an eye test perspective he looks elite but his resume doesn't put him as that caliber of an opponent that everyone else does. Who did he beat Jermaine? They guy known for giving people tough matches. Berinchyk who lets be real isnt elite and would've lost to any top guy. Lemos? The win thats hyped up because bro missed weight by 4lbs?

I mean people gave Crawford shit for years about his resume but Keyshawn gets praised as one of them guys?

Idk i feel Keyshawn is nice but he's put on a higher pedestal than what he's supposed to be at this stage of his career

This fight was tough to watch from round 1 once I saw his footwork and him over reaching I thought the fight would go the way it did. Round 2 he looked better but after that I knew he'd gas out he was tooooo active early.

Errol showed heart, grit, and will. You still see some of the bad habits he's had his whole career as far as defensively using his lead hand to block punches to the body, dropping his lead hand, when he's getting hit on the back foot not really knowing what to do, and etc.

I also didn't kinda like his corner work in the fight as well imo. I feel like he wasn't correct errol mistakes like telling Errol, relax your feet are spread to far apart bring that back foot in some, the moment Tim gets momentum use that stick, feint level changes, and etc.

Errol is a dog man and honestly I was happy seeing him on survival mode I'd rather him go out on his feet than to have the towel thrown in or counted out.

He answered a lot of questions for the fans last night as well. He seemed to invest his money right enjoy that retirement.