J. Jones is (again) UFC champion (Photo: Reproduction Twitter UFC)
Perhaps the greatest fighter of all time, Jon Jones returned to the Octagon after more than a year away in style. “Bones” put on a show in the main fight of UFC 214 this Sunday morning (30), brutally knocking out his arch-rival Daniel Cormier and regained the belt he lost in April 2015 after problems with the North American courts. Very moved, the light heavyweight champion paid tribute to DC and even challenged Brock Lesnar, former Ultimate Heavyweight Champion and currently in WWE (telecatch).
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After the fight, the two had emotional moments. Cormier was unable to hold back his tears while still inside the octagon and was consoled by Jones himself, who praised his achievements as champion.
“Guys, if you have already let your family, your friends, your employers and yourself down, believe that you can turn things around. That's what happened here. Take a good look, Daniel Cormier There's nothing to be ashamed of. He is an example for me. He is an example as a family man, athlete, fighter, teammate, leader and was a role model as a champion. You have nothing to be ashamed of. I aspire to be more like you,” he commented. Jon Jones, who even kissed his rival on the face, and made a formal challenge to Lesnar.
"Brock Lesnar, if you want to find out what it's like to be beaten by a 20 kg guy. unless you just meet me here in the Octagon,” she snapped.
The fight
The first round started with Jon Jones using kicks and being very aggressive in the clinch. Cormier initially had difficulty maintaining control of the fight, but soon began to set his pace, moving forward and punishing Jones with punches to the body and left hooks to his rival's face. The opening round ended with DC in better form, landing a good hook to “Bones’ chin.”
In the second round, Cormier seemed more comfortable and continued walking forward, provoking his opponent and setting a good pace on Jones, who seemed to have some difficulties hitting his opponent's face, even though he had a lot of success with low kicks and stomps on the body. enemy's knee. However, DC had the best moments, again delivering hooks with perfection and hitting Jones in the face on more than one occasion.
The challenger had been investing in low kicks during the first 10 minutes precisely to keep his opponent focused on this blow. After suffering a few more low kicks, Cormier saw his rival turn his hips to launch another blow with his legs and lowered his hands to block the blow. However, Jones showed all his genius by changing the blow at the last moment and hitting DC in the head. Dizzy, the champion was unable to remain standing, fell and was bulldozed by “Bones” with elbows and punches until he blacked out and was “rescued” by referee “Big” John McCarthy.
UFC 214 results:
MAIN CARD
Light Heavyweight: Jon Jones derrotou Daniel Cormier by technical knockout at 3:10 of R3
Welterweight Weight: Tyron woodley won Demian Maia by unanimous decision (50×45, 2x 49-46)
Feather weight: Chris Cyborg defeated Tonya Evinger by technical knockout at 1:53 of R3
Welterweight Weight: Robbie Lawler derrotou Donald Cerrone by decision of the judges (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
Light Heavyweight: Volkan oezdemir defeated Jimi Manuwa by technical knockout at 42 seconds of R1
PRELIMINARY CARD
Featherweight: Ricardo Lamas defeated Jason Knight by TKO at 4:34 of R1
Married weight (63,5kg): aljamain sterling derrotou Renan Barao by unanimous decision of the judges (29×28, 29×27, 30×26)
Feather weight: Brian ortega derrotou Renato Moicano by submission (guillotine) at 2m59s of R3
Feather weight: Calvin kattar derrotou André Fili by unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 30×27, 30×27)
Strawweight: Alexandra Albu defeated Kailin Curran by unanimous decision (29×28, 29×28, 29×28)
Flyweight: Jarred Brooks defeated Eric Shelton via split decision (29×28, 28×29, 29×28)
Lightweight: Drew dober defeated Josh Burkman by knockout at 3:04 of R1
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