{"id":4298,"date":"2016-04-26T12:07:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T12:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2016-07-05T19:04:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T19:04:41","slug":"how-to-beat-jon-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2016\/04\/26\/how-to-beat-jon-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Beat Jon Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

I noticed earlier today that a lot of the traffic that comes to my website via Google, does so via the term ‘Jon Jones’ – so I thought I’d better put an article together…<\/p>\n

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Circle<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Not only did Gus circle when just out of range, he tended to jab and circle his towards his own lead leg<\/p>\n

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So rather than stepping into a Jones counter (usually a straight punch or kick), he slid out of the way of it.
\nOSP did a good job of circling too, he’d circle to the left and then explode forwards with a switch-step right cross. \u00a0Something DC also does.<\/p>\n

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Counter the Oblique Kick<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Pretty obvious, but fundamental. \u00a0Something nobody has really worked out yet.
\nFrom what I’ve read, you can point the knee and counter with a roundkick to the leg that’s just tried to attack your knee.<\/p>\n

Or you can slide out of the way and counter. \u00a0That leg is travelling a long way to attack your knee, so a counter is on the cards if you can avoid an impact.<\/p>\n

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You can actually step into, and through the kick, if you time it correctly.<\/p>\n

Low-kick at the end of Punch Combos<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Jones is annoyingly, just inches out of range for many fighters. They throw a combo and come away fruitless. It would be interesting to see somebody apply the ‘Dutch kickboxing’ methodology of ending punch combinations with low kicks to the legs.<\/p>\n

I don’t recall anyone trying to batter Jones’ legs at all with low round-kicks. \u00a0This style could test his leg-conditioning, and try and bridge the range at the same time.<\/p>\n


\nMix up your Rhythm<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Jones is a master at reading and predicting fighters. \u00a0Mix up your speed of attack, mix up your set ups, and throw some stuff in there just to confuse him. \u00a0For example, dummy the takedown even if you have no intention of shooting. \u00a0Feint as if you are going to throw a spinning strike (even if you’re not going to), and throw a high kick just to give him something to think about – get him\u00a0fighting on two fronts.<\/p>\n

See Bruce Lee’s five ways of attack<\/a> for more ideas – and mix up the five methods, drawing, feinting, combinations, single attacks etc.<\/p>\n