Jon Jones: “I’m not happy that I got hit so hard.”

trustkill · 04-23-2012, 01:35 PM

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After this past weekend’s performance against Rashad Evans at UFC 145, light heavyweight champion Jon Jones had plenty on his plate worth celebrating. The dynamic 24-year old picked up his seventh straight win since suffering a disqualification loss, including four straight against former UFC champions, and emerged victorious in a bout where the personal stakes were as high as the professional ones.
While the 16-1 Jones certainly felt some level of satisfaction in his showing against Evans, only moments removed from his success inside the Octagon the 205-pound king was busy analyzing his effort and looking for areas to improve in.
“It wasn’t necessarily about doing things I didn’t do when we were training (together),” explained a semi-satisfied Jones in an interview from the locker room with UFC cameras. “I just knew that I had grown a lot. I grew a lot. My game’s a lot different than it used to be. I just thought if I went out there, played the game the way I like to play it, be very versatile, that I would be okay.”
“But, he caught me a few good times. The guy hits hard, so can’t be doing that,” Jones continued, switching gears. “I try not to get hit in practice at all and I definitely don’t want to be taking big hits like that. Those things will slow your career down and I’m very young, I have a long time to go, so I’m not happy that I got hit so hard. But it was a learning experience for sure.”
Jones also mentioned he was glad to have finally experienced a full five-round fight as a means of gauging his cardio, though he didn’t necessarily seem sure how to react to the result.
“It was my first five-round fight and it felt like my cardio wasn’t an issue. Maybe it was an issue, I don’t know.”

I was impressed by Rashad landing that head kick on such a taller opponent.

Pasha K · 04-23-2012, 01:59 PM

Well he better train his defense because I think Hendo hits much harder than Rashad.

optimusjoel · 04-23-2012, 02:03 PM

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I was impressed by Rashad landing that head kick on such a taller opponent.

If that kick wasn't partially blocked that could have been it. Rashad never really landed his overhand right clean. But there was a couple times it almost did and did some damage in the process. I think Jones handled himself well for getting hurt, seems like his chin is at the very least decent.

lwbrewer · 04-23-2012, 02:31 PM

It was nice to see Jones go 5 rounds, but a little dissapointed in both fighters. With Jackson coaching and Jones basicaly winning every round no need to get to agressive as I would of liked to have seen. Rashad didn't seem to give it his all to get a take down. Yes he has had a knock out with both his hands and foot, but it's still not his best attribute wrestling put him on the map.

disposableassassin · 04-23-2012, 02:57 PM

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Well he better train his defense because I think Hendo hits much harder than Rashad.

Yeah but hendos speed isn't in the same stratosphere as rashads. Dan is going to get killed. It will look just like the rampage / bones fight.

CtGreat · 04-23-2012, 03:14 PM

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Yeah but hendos speed isn't in the same stratosphere as rashads. Dan is going to get killed. It will look just like the rampage / bones fight.

That's precisely my opinion. Poor footwork and his hand speed isn't anywhere near Rashads. He will get picked apart with front kicks and jabs till he tries to come inside, thus ending up on his back.