Do you really think jones can beat rua?

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  1. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yes
     
    Polymath, Mar 12, 2011
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  2. chimba

    chimba Off the Somali Coast Full Member

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    Although Rua is Godlike, Jones has a 1% chance.
     
    chimba, Mar 12, 2011
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  3. jrow

    jrow Active Member Full Member

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    no way jones will beat rua,he has never faced anyone with the skill set of shogun.the only thing jones has going for him is his length but that wont be enough.he gets finished before the championship rounds and everyone who was on the bones jones band wagon will jump off and truly remember how great shogun really is
     
    jrow, Mar 14, 2011
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  4. Shogun Assassin

    Shogun Assassin Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :deal
     
    Shogun Assassin, Mar 14, 2011
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  5. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :good exactly rua has been in there with the best of the best. Rampage-Machida-noguiera-liddell(past prime)-overeem-randleman-arona etc. This dude is battle tested. Bones isn't and that is why i like rua in this fight. Jones has the talent but he hasn't beat anybody good enough to make me pick him over shogun.
     
    Vitor Belfort, Mar 14, 2011
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  6. HoldMyBeer

    HoldMyBeer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    jones is special and even if he loses to shogun, his time isn't far away.

    what's intimidating about jones is that he's a late starter in MMA - which is probably why he's so unorthodox.

    but this guy has more than natural ability, he really has the 'x' factor, and the way he improvises and is so unpredictable in his fights is a big part of why he'll be a great champ.

    even if jones does lose he's the future of the sport.
     
    HoldMyBeer, Mar 14, 2011
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  7. bigG

    bigG Well-Known Member Full Member

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    this is the guy forest griffin beat we are discussing, yeah??..
     
    bigG, Mar 15, 2011
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  8. SouthpawSlayer

    SouthpawSlayer Im coming for you Full Member

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    :-(
     
    SouthpawSlayer, Mar 15, 2011
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  9. bigG

    bigG Well-Known Member Full Member

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    wasnt being dismissive about rua, he is a great fighter and his achievements obviously overshadow bones jones at this early stage of his carreer, was just amking the point that anyone can be beat on any given night and that although the cards appear stacked in his favour, its not gonna be an easy night at teh office for shogun, cos in mma there is no such thing
     
    bigG, Mar 15, 2011
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  10. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    yea coming off injury. Rua is 100% now and his cardio is better. That's what really made him lose to griffin is his cardio. Dude looks like he was dead tired after the 2nd round.
     
    Vitor Belfort, Mar 15, 2011
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  11. Rob_Floyd

    Rob_Floyd Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Will this still be the case if Rua turns in a Coleman-like performance?
     
    Rob_Floyd, Mar 15, 2011
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  12. CrimsonBeast

    CrimsonBeast Active Member Full Member

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    I don't believe rua can even be 100% anymore :-(
     
    CrimsonBeast, Mar 15, 2011
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  13. AJAX

    AJAX war sonnen! Full Member

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    He has improved quite a bit since the Bonnar fight, and he has beaten quality opponents with ease, in fact he has made it to easy and his only possibly weakness might be how he faces adversity. He has hardly taken a punch, and with his 84" reach and unorthadox stances nobody has been able to get to him. And then his TD's are another weapon which he has put good wrestlers down with ease, and no one has been able to Take him down.

    Rua is the best fighter he has faced so far but I think Jones has the tools to beat him.
     
    AJAX, Mar 15, 2011
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  14. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nah rua will come in in great shape like he did against liddell-machida 1 & 2 and whoop some ass.
     
    Vitor Belfort, Mar 15, 2011
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  15. jrow

    jrow Active Member Full Member

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    :good i cant ****in wait till shogun destroy bones,then we will see all kinds of excuses and people trying to jump back on the RUA WAGON:twisted:
     
    jrow, Mar 15, 2011
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