Midnight Mania! Jon Jones analyzes Ciryl Gane, identifies two ‘big holes’ in his game

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Jon Jones has confirmed himself one of the crucial efficient strategists in MMA historical past. Whereas Jones undoubtedly has immense bodily presents and a deep technical recreation, his skill to place all of it collectively and adapt his talent set to varied opponents on the championship stage is admittedly what has elevated “Bones” to greatness.

He’s an athlete that takes technique and preparation severely (more often than not). That’s clearly the case in his upcoming primary occasion reverse Ciryl Gane, which is able to go down this weekend (Sat., March 4, 2023) in Las Vegas, Nevada. His Heavyweight debut may have extra eyes than ever, and Jones has made it clear that watching footage on Gane is an absolute precedence.

In accordance with the previous Gentle Heavyweight champion, it’s been a really fruitful research. He’s been in a position to determine Gane’s habits from each stances, and he’s pinpointed the most important pair of weaknesses within the French fighter’s recreation.

“I respect Ciryl Gane, I actually do, however I research movie always and I simply see numerous patterns,” Jones stated on the UFC 285 pre-fight convention (through MMAJunkie). “When he’s in a single stance, there’s issues he actually likes to do. He goes to the identical nicely so much. When he’s within the reverse stance, he has his tendencies. Exterior of that, I noticed that he doesn’t have a lot wrestling. He depends on evasion, making an attempt to get away. He depends on jiu-jitsu as an alternative of strong takedown protection, and similar with the bottom recreation. I watched Francis Ngannou have the ability to rack up perhaps 5, six minutes of high time in that battle, and Francis is just not a man that’s recognized to manage folks on the highest.

“He does have the putting down. I don’t assume defensively he’s a really sturdy kickboxer. He has a very nice offense. Like I stated, his protection is principally in his footwork, and two different huge holes are jiu-jitsu and wrestling.”

Jones would seem like inserting fairly a little bit of weight on Gane’s sole profession loss to Ngannou. “The Predator” did handle to manage Gane for a good portion of the battle, however he additionally had the benefit of being one of many strongest males to ever grace UFC’s Octagon. Even so, he was unable to land something terribly vital. In any other case, Jones’ critique of Gane utilizing distance as protection stands out, just because that’s been the “Bones” M.O. for years!

Regardless, it feels like Jones intends to implement a wrestling-heavy strategy at UFC 285. Will it work in his favor?

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