RE: The Jon Jones championship controversy (SPOILERS)
Reyes attacked the whole fight, being acitive and constantly moving isn't the same as running. I feel as Jones should of attacked more and that Jones didn't look his usual self, I think Jones will look much better when they eventualy rematch.
Sure Jones had control of the Octagon but what did he do with that control aside from losing the stand up war and get hit with the much harder shots more frequently then he was firing his own?
Here's a poll on a popular MMA forum.
Poll: Who’d you score Jones vs Reyes for?
- Jones (155 Votes)
- Reyes (521 Votes)
Almost 80% voted Rayes, those are some convincing numbers.
https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/poll-who%E2%80%99d-you-score-jones-vs-reyes-for.4078565/
Jones is a much bigger draw and money maker for UFC than Rayes is and Dana publicly saying he thought Jones lost (Everyone who follows MMA knows how much Dana shills his money making stars).
well i guess it just goes to show that you should never leave it in the hands of the judges. This isn't the first time that a champ kept a belt when it was really close. I remember when Hendrix lost to GSP after bashing him for 5 rounds.
I don't think Reyes looked convincing enough but it's ok that we disagree about that :)
Funny enough, I had GSP winning vs. Hendrix but its a fight I want to rewatch.
Different opinions is what makes discussing MMA fun.
Here is another site that is pretty cool that lets you submit your own round by round scorecard - almost 1300 votes in so far and 78% saying Reyes won, as well as similar % of sportswriters scoring for Jones. And NONE of the sportswriters had Jones winning four rounds - that judge who scored it four rounds for Jones had his head in his ass.
http://mmadecisions.com/decision/10877/Jon-Jones-vs-Dominick-Reyes