UFC 285 Beforemath: Will Jon Jones Become the Next Georges St. Pierre? UFC285 via BlaineHenryTFL
. After Ngannou failed on his first takedown attempt, the two find themselves in the center of the cage. Gane makes it a point to frame off Ngannou and keep his right hand, the eventual striking hand, free from the grip of “The Predator.” Gane drops down low and, with the hand not corralled, is free to throw the up elbow that lands but not quite enough. These types of strikes can lure Jones into that kickboxing-type fight and allow Gane to avoid the clinch.
However, Gane is no easy fight for Jones. He has that striking pedigree that is beyond anything that has given Jones trouble in the past. Gustafsson had the size, Reyes had the hands and Santos has the kicks. Gane has all three. Jones will not want to play his usual “I’ll beat you at your own game” hand. Instead, he will want to defeat Gane by exposing the glaring hole in his skills: grappling. Jones will want to pull a Roy Jones Jr.
With Jones switching stances so much, it provides a unique opportunity that surfaced in Gane’s fight with
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