Jon Jones ran by Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 like a scorching knife by butter, submitting the larger French heavyweight up towards the fence with a guillotine simply two minutes into their battle. It was a powerful efficiency, and it looks like he has Henry Cejudo to thank for the setup that led to the short end (which you’ll watch proper right here).
New video shared by Cejudo of Jon Jones’ final observe on February twenty third reveals “Triple C” serving to “Bones” along with his grappling. Cejudo places a scholar up towards the wall and recreates a place the place he’s bought the coed’s again and is making an attempt to pull him to the bottom.
“What you don’t wish to do, as a result of he’s a much bigger physique, you don’t wish to overwork a place,” Cejudo mentioned. “That is the place [Volkanovski] was stepping into bother cuz that’s lots of power. Should you’re going to lose the place or no matter, think about you’ve gotten Gane right here? Change place, go to one thing larger.”
Within the video, Cejudo lets go of his scholar’s again and switches to a entrance maintain as a substitute.
“Like, know when you’ve gotten a place misplaced, the very last thing you wish to do, Jon, is blow the watts in your palms and your wrists,” Cejudo continued. “You may be on this place right here. Don’t battle it an excessive amount of, particularly if you understand he’s going to get out. If you understand he’s going to get out, bang, you entrance cowl.”
That’s precisely what Jones did 30 seconds earlier than stopping his opponent. He took Gane’s again towards the fence, after which switched to the entrance cowl, driving “Bon Gamin” right down to the canvas. Quickly after he was over Gane’s knees and locking within the guillotine choke.
“Name me Mystic Triple C ‘trigger I predict deez tings!!!” Cejudo wrote above the video.
Jones spent a number of weeks coaching with Henry Cejudo at Battle Prepared MMA in Arizona. Whereas we didn’t get to see an excessive amount of as a result of Jonny subbed his opponent so shortly, what we did see of his wrestling seemed fairly rattling tight. In earlier movies, Cejudo had praised Jones as a scholar and the way trainable he was.
“Jones is a scholar of the sport,” Cejudo mentioned again in January when the UFC introduced Jones’ battle for the heavyweight title. “You possibly can educate him one factor, he comes again the following day and he nearly turns into flawless. It’s loopy to see, nonetheless, the potential of how nice and the way good Jones might nonetheless turn into.”
“He’s a person who has the God-given means, and if you educate a man who has means, method that has self-discipline like himself, and is keen to be taught? I imply that’s what equals a straight G.O.A.T. standing. That’s what places Jon Jones right into a league of his personal.”
Whereas nothing is official, UFC president Dana White has mentioned Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic is subsequent up for the heavyweight division. It will likely be fascinating to see how Jones fares towards a way more completed wrestler like Miocic, and whether or not Henry Cejudo can as soon as once more present some tweaks that show extraordinarily efficient of their battle.
