UFC 2467 - Jon Jones v Dominic Reyes

#UFC 2467 - Jon Jones v Dominic Reyes and Shevchenko v Chookagian

The UFC main card on their 247th event, was a great fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Katlyn Chookagian and Jon Bones Jones, probably the best light heavyweight we have seen in the UFC against the good Dominic Reyes
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The co-main event fight at #UFC247 was between the ladies. It was an impressive display bv Shevchenko, as she showed off a wide range of strikes, from downward "axe" kicks, side kicks, strikes and an impressive floor display.

She took Chookagian down multiple times and Katyln just couldn't contain her, despite her longer legs and arms which should have enabled her to hook a tight lock around her opponent when on her back. She just couldn't manage it and Shevencko picked her opponent apart bit by bit. Katlyns leg kicks hit mostly thin air, and as Shevchenko tried to narrow the distance her own leg kicks inflicted much more damage to her opponent.

Shevencko managed to split Chookagain's face open early with her strikes and once on the ground, with no bottom defense by Katlyn seeming to work, she opened up a flurry of strikes with elbows and fists and the referee had to stop the match.

Watch the full fight between Shevchenko and Chookagian here

The fight between Jon Jones and Dominick Reyes 

 

The big fight was a five round display of great striking and kicking by both Jon Jones and Dominic Reyes. Jones hit the mat once but it was more of an accident from a caught kick than any strike that floored him.

The fight wen the whole 5 rounds and at the end the referees awarded the fight to the current champion, Jon Bones Jones, however many people were disputing this result, especially one referees decision to give most rounds to Jones when it was clear by the number of significant strikes that Reyes had probably won the first 3 rounds.

However the last 2 rounds are champion rounds, and it was here that Jones was in his element having fought most of his career defending his light heavyweight title. Reyes was visibly struggling, open mouthed and panting for air as Jones upped his strike count, with leg kicks, side kicks and submission attempts as Reyes spend most of the fight just circling Jones in the Octagon, making it hard for his opponent to land consecutive strikes on him accurately.

Watch the Fight Highlights of Jon Jones vs Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 

The Controversy about the result

The referees decision to award the fight to Reyes was discussed by Joe Rogan after the fight and he was upset that the decision had gone to Jones as it was quite clear to people watching that Reyes had won probably the first 3 rounds, plus he had kept upright, not hit the mat, and hadn't been taken down by any of Jon's submission attempts or strikes.

He also had more significant strikes overall than Jones which should have given the fight to him instead of the current champion.The decision of the one referee to give 4 rounds to Jones was just ridiculous in my opinion and it seems Joe Rogan agrees as well.

You can listen to Joe Rogan discuss the fight and the referees decision here in his podcast.

Joe Rogan Discusses the Referees Decision at UFC 247 here

What did you think about the decision, should the title have gone to Reyes and did he win the first 3 rounds?

Please let me know what you thought about the fight and the decision in the comment section below.

UFC 235: Jon Jones and Anthony Smith Octagon

UFC 235: Jon Jones and Anthony Smith Octagon

UFC 235 was last weekend and it was a great night for MMA fans, women who were celebrating International Women's Day can be proud that I turned over for the undercard and saw two women, Marion Reneau and Yana Kunitskaya kicking, punching, and beating the hell out of each other.... or maybe was that supposed to be ironic?

Anyway, the 2nd top fight of the night for me personally was the heavyweight slugfest between Blagoy Ivanov and Ben Rothwell which really was a fight to the death, and to be honest either man could have won that fight as it was fought with balls of steel and no-one wanted to taste defeat.

You can see this fight below, I won't spoil the result if you don't already know it but you may be shocked!

Balgoi Ivanov v Ben Rothwell - Full Fight

Please excuse the Russian commentary but YouTube is YouCensor nowadays so you get what you can!

The main fight was between Derick Lewis v Don Santos and it was a major upset as the in shape Don Santos seemed to pick apart the less fit Derrick Lewis and he hit him with some heavy gut shots that obviously took the wind out of his sails and put him on the back foot.

It was only a matter of time before Don Santos got his TKO when he moved in with a punch, stunned Lewis, and then started hammer fisting him before the referee stepped in.

You can watch the fight highlights between Derick Lewis v Don Santos below.

Derick Lewis V Don Santos - Full Fight

However, the best fight on that night I thought was between Jon Jones and Anthony Smith.

Jones kept his belt and his record as one of the best fighters about and during the match he used all his weaponry from head kicks, spinning back kicks, elbows, grappling and even an axe kick was thrown at one point.

He really was no match for his opponent Anthony Lionheart Smith who could not fight in the way his corner team kept instructing him to.

He was constantly trying to move away, never attacking, and only survived to a points decision by absorbing Jones's attacks somehow and not submitting or being knocked out.

For me, it was the fight of the night, and the post-fight interview showed how much respect Jones had for Smith when he congratulated him for taking so many hard blows from head to toe.

Jon "Bones" Jones v Anthony Smith - Full Fight  

You can watch the post-fight interview can be seen below between Jon Jones and Joe Rogan below.

 

Tell me what you thought of UFC 235?

Who was your best fight between and why did you stay up all night to watch it?