Said it before and I'll say it again, Glover is the only legitimate threat out there right now at LHW for Jon Jones. This guy is a BEAST. He has it all. Power, technical boxing, slick grappling, sturdy chin, cardio.
Jon Jones vs Glover will be a five round war. Count on it.
What on earth did you see that makes you confident that Glover will hang five rounds with Jones?
Anyway, Rampage had a great career his fight with Forrest got me hooked on MMA but the guy's shot, time to call it a career and move onto other ventures.
Aware me on these vastly superior boxers in the LHW division please. Glover just beat Rampage at his own game with ease. Name me the last fighter to stand toe to toe with Rampage Jackson, slipping hooks on the inside with him for the entire fight? The last guy who tried to beat Rampage at his own game got brutalised in the first round (Wanderlei). Standing right in front of Rampage and trading hooks with him is incredibly dangerous, and Glover easily beat him at it, that's highly impressive.
I think it's quite evident that most people have only followed Glover from his brief UFC stint, rather than followed him for most of his MMA career.
Again, I will repeat, Glover is a BEAST. If you can't see the talent this dude has, then keep thinking what ever it is you think he is, because he will prove you wrong.
Glover's lack of a jab is disturbing. He is really predictable with his boxing, so I'm pretty sure Jones would come up with a gameplan to manage that. Jones has the striking ability to keep Teixeira on the outside, and Teixeira isn't fast enough to rush in and hurt Jones.
Gustafsson ( I think Gustafsson is overrated. Teixeira would beat him but Gustafsson still has better boxing ) and Jones have better boxing than Teixeira.
Now that Roflcopter mentioned it though, yeah Teixeira might be one of the top 3 boxers in the LHW division. The best? No.
The lack of good boxers in the LHW division is disturbing.
Edit: I do think Teixeira has immense talent but I don't agree with you saying he is a major threat to Jones. Jones would beat him within the distance.
Glover's lack of a jab is disturbing. He is really predictable with his boxing, so I'm pretty sure Jones would come up with a gameplan to manage that. Jones has the striking ability to keep Teixeira on the outside, and Teixeira isn't fast enough to rush in and hurt Jones.
Gustafsson ( I think Gustafsson is overrated. Teixeira would beat him but Gustafsson still has better boxing ) and Jones have better boxing than Teixeira.
Now that Roflcopter mentioned it though, yeah Teixeira might be one of the top 3 boxers in the LHW division. The best? No.
The lack of good boxers in the LHW division is disturbing.
Edit: I do think Teixeira has immense talent but I don't agree with you saying he is a major threat to Jones. Jones would beat him within the distance.
Glovers lack of a jab? Did you not watch the Rampage fight, he utilised the jab effectively throughout. A good stiff, straight jab every time Rampage tried to close the distance and start swinging. He often uses a straight jab to set up those brutal ripping hooks he likes to land on the inside. Closely watch.
Just because he may appear to be predictable with his style, get in your face and swing brutal hooks, doesn't mean it isn't exremeley effective. Nick Diaz' boxing is very predictable, but not many strikers are able to stop the onslaught. Same kinda thing with Glover, he's so effective with his boxing style.
I also don't think Jones is a better boxer. He's the better over all striker and is much more diverse and unpredictable, but stick the two of them in a boxing ring with boxing rules? I don't think Glover would have much of a problem. Jones uses his kicks as jabs, rather than his punches.
I see Glover having the power, endurance, boxing ability and relentlessly aggressive style as well as his top notch BJJ and wrestling game to easily give Jon the toughest fight of his career.
I was hoping for a finish, but I'm not surprised that it went the distance. The fact that Glover dropped Rampage is impressive to me. He should get the decision win and avenge his mentor Liddell's loss. He utilized everything so well in this fight. His punches, kicks, and take downs looked good. He took some good punches as well so his chin shouldn't be considered suspect anymore. Some may say his stand up became predictable, but I think he limited himself because he knows Rampage hits so hard. Jones at times even ran away from Rampage, so I wouldn't hold it against Glover too much for limiting his stand up.
I don't understand the logic of some people calling for Rampage to retire? :s I hear ALOT of people saying Glover is the last hope to dethrone Jones, yet Rampage goes 3 rounds in a fight that was relatively close with no-one close to a finish and he needs to retire? Just because he isn't where he used to be in the rankings doesn't mean he shouldn't drop to gatekeeper status etc.
The fight really wasn't close at all. Rampage was out classed in every aspect of the fight. He hung in there all right, but hanging in there doesn't make it a close fight. He hung in there for almost four rounds with Jon Jones.
Juss overheard Rampage saying, "I'm a fan," to Glover. Good stuff! He's one of the few fighters who stood toe to toe with em. One other point is that Glover is pretty damn durable cuz he took some hard shots.
How many times did Rogan say Rampage was hurt? I thought Rogan was pretty biased for Glover sans the mandatory "Go watch Rampage's slam of Arona" comment.
Glover is so durable, he took a lot of Rampage's punches with a smile, and Rampage hits extremely hard. I could see Glover getting a title shot in the near future. He probably won't beat Jones, but he's still a legit top 10, if not top 5 yet. He has great hands, power, decent kicks, very good take downs, he took Rampage down easily, and his ground game is solid with good ground and pound and submissions. He's a well rounded guy that should continue to make waves.
Rampage had a great career but damn its disappointing he came out with the same game plan again. He has fell so far since losing the title and has became so one dimensional as a fighter. I though he would turn it on tonight and want to go out on top and hit the free market on a win. I think there is a very good chance that Rampage is back in the UFC for his next fight because his stock to a company like Bellator just took a major hit.
Glover is a beast but it's still a stylistic nightmare...I have no idea how he can even hope to get on the inside of Jones.
His best bet is to maybe take him down but I doubt it. He has a good single leg but his wrestling is still pretty basic....especially compared to a guy like ones.
I think sonnen has a better chance than glover and gustafsson and hendo now that I think about it, he's the only one good enough to stick with a constant gameplan to pursue a takedown and never give up and he also has a good chin, of course he may get obliterated but still sonnen I think has a better chance to make jon most uncomfortable rather than anyone else at 205.
Jones' boxing is pretty mediocre, he just masks his mediocrity with his ridiculous height, reach and eyepoking ability.
Gustaffson might have better boxing. Gustaffson vs Glover would be fun. Gustaffson has better movement but we all know he had suspect takedown defense and submission grappling and Glover could exploit that.
Like most of us, I'm excited about Teixeira. But let's keep things in perspective here folks. For starters, he hasn't beaten anyone of consequence in the UFC yet. Rampage is no longer an elite LHW. He's turned almost purely into a boxer, and his motivation has been questioned for years now. Second, his gas tank worries me a little. Don't get me wrong, it's good. But it's not as good as it's been advertised his past two fights. He clearly slows down considerably after the first round. And last- but certainly not least- when he's having success, he gets overzealous, let's his guard down, and let's his opponent get back into the fight. This happened against Maldonado too and he was murdering him. This is what worries me the most about him. He's well-rounded. He's a threat. But there are holes in his game.
Ah yeah I forgot about Rashad, that would be a great test for Glover depending on if he wants to keep fighting at 205 or go fight Anderson.
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