Who was leading before the DQ in the 1st fight: Jones or Griffin?

Jones had a way of countering so well with his speed that he would make other fighters punch outputs decrease hugely. Griffin did that to Jones at stages of their fight. While not exceptionally quick, he had a deceptive reach(actually used a good jab on Roy), very unorthodox, yet accurate punches, and he placed them very well. Simply using head movement or foot movement wasn't enough to escape a lot of them for Jones.

Griffin was also able to counter Jones at times, because he didn't rely on catching Jones when he was in close(Jones was too fast for that), he rather relied on being within range, so when Jones would throw a shot, he'd counter at the point where Jones originally stood, so Jones wouldn't be able to escape his reach.

Very unorthodox, but slick style. Makes you wonder how, in these mythical P4P H2H matchups, Jones would do against guys like Whitaker, Benitez, etc.

 

Interesting.

 

No.

Griffin's style definitely did give Jones trouble, no way Jones was expecting half of those shots that landed, and was visibly frustrated at times. In the 2nd fight, not only was Jones fully motivated, but Griffin no longer had Eddie Futch(one of the greatest trainers of all time and the mastermind behind the first fight) in his corner.

 

That seems pretty biased. Jones is my 2nd favorite fighter of all time, and I was looking at the fight from his point of view, and still scored it that close. Griffin no question presented a lot of problems, which Jones started to handle late when he adapted.