Det de flesta ser som Jones största problem mot DC, är Daniel Cormiers brottning – men varken hans tränare eller Jones själv, ser detta som ett problem.
Jones berättar för MMAFighting:
”I think I focus on it so much, I focus on their strengths so much that I almost adapt it, I become so familiar with what they’re good at that I just almost adapt it into my psychology, into my skillset, and then subconsciously it just starts playing out in the fight. Doing what they do.”
”I will try to wrestle Daniel Cormier. I definitely plan on making him work extremely hard for any takedowns he’s going for, and I’m definitely going to be looking for takedowns myself. I’m more than capable of taking him down, and I believe in my top game. So I’ll definitely look to attack Daniel at his strengths, and weaknesses.”
Jones huvudtränare, Greg Jackson, var inte sen på att hålla med att det inte skulle vara ett problem att brottas med DC.
”We’re definitely going to try to wrestle Daniel, there’s no doubt, we’re trying to beat him everywhere. The kind of inception of that mentality started actually way back when I was working with Georges (St-Pierre), and he took down (Josh) Koscheck. Sun Tzu always has this thing where he says ‘always attack your enemies weaknesses.’ But that’s not true. If you have the ability to attack your opponent’s strength, the psychological breaking process is much faster than if you’re just attacking his weaknesses. Fighting is a very scary thing, right? You get in there, people are trying to knock your block off. You have faith in yourself. You have to be like, ‘This is what I go to. When I’m in trouble, here’s what I go to.’ If you, right off the bat, take that safety zone away from somebody, psychologically now this guy’s gone. And that breaking process is accelerated. Not just like you’re going to break like you quit, because that’s not what breaking is at this level. Breaking is accepting. Like, they just can’t figure out a way to get around you now. So it’s important to understand that some fighters, you need to attack their strength, as long as your guy is able to do that. The Sun Tzu maxim doesn’t always hold.”
Och Jones om någon känner sig trygg i sina brottnings-färdigheter:
”I grew up wrestling, I started wrestling when I was 12 years old. I think a lot of people forget that, especially when I’m fighting a guy who’s competed on the Olympic level. They make me seem like I’m just a striker. But you know, my sense of wrestling is very strong. I would say that’s still my base. I have very successful stats in wrestling, pretty high takedown percentage and pretty outstanding takedown defense.”
”I’ve had all types of fights, but I like these ones. The little added motivation, [a guy] telling you you’re going to get your butt kicked and dominated. It just feels good. At the level that I’m at, just being in so many great fights, you need little things to keep that fire going. Not only going, but raging.”
Tror ni Jones har en chans att vinna över Cormier när det kommer till brottning?
