BUY DESI FIGHTER

BUY DESI FIGHTER

From Combat Power
Brandon Vera takes on Jon Jones this weekend, and while the veteran Vera has notched some solid wins in the division and is a bonafide 205er, rising star Jon Jones is the favorite for this fight. Vera probably has mixed emotions about his role as underdog. On the one hand there’s less pressure, but on the other he is probably wondering why he isn’t the one being favored due to his solid wrestling, striking, BJJ and impressive performance against Randy Couture, albeit by defeat.

But Jones is a hard guy to pick against these days. His last fight, a loss, was probably the best and most dominating loss for the losing fighter, save the DQ loss Anderson Silva had against Yushin Okami, where Silva knocked out Okami from an illegal upkick. Jones in his fight against Matt Hamill was pounding away from mount and really taking out the tough as nails Hamill, but landed the dreadful 12 o’clock to 6 o’clock strike with his elbow which was illegal, and also helped in stopping Hamill from continuing and resulted in a DQ loss for Jones.

In this fight versus Vera, Jones will be the guy I pick. He’s a very explosive, athletic fighter, who has unorthodox striking, great wrestling and just an “it” factor, in addition to tons of momentum, despite losing his last bout. I’ll go with Jones in this bout. Vera is very motivated after his loss to Randy Couture, which was razor close and debated heavily amongst many of the MMA faithful. Vera is hungry, but I think Jones’ skill and confidence right now makes him a bad matchup for almost every 205er in the game. He is arguably the future of the light heavyweight division, and he’ll make a big step into that future on Sunday. Jones by decision.

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