If every opponent were a bag of sand, MMA would be more fun. Get on it, Dana.
Because if every opponent were a bag of sand, you’d regularly get displays like this one, in which UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and current UFC women’s bantamweight and former world boxing champion Holly Holm take turns obliterating said opponent.
This video of said activities was recently posted to—then, oddly, deleted from—Jones’ Instagram account. But never fear: At least a couple of places, including Canadian sports website theScore, captured the video before the deletion, and it is here submitted for your consideration.
The specific technique in question is a spinning heel kick. Though neither has scored a pro knockout using this sort of spinning stuff, future opponents better watch out—at least if this heavy bag’s reaction is any indication.
No one needs to be told that “in all seriousness” these two are both very dangerous strikers. Despite being only 8-0, Holm has scored five knockouts by kick as a pro. Jones (21-1) has nine knockout wins on his ledger, though not one has come as the direct result of a kick. Based on this fact, is it logical to conclude that Holm is the better striker?
You be the judge.
Holm is only one fight into the UFC portion of her career, taking a close split-decision win over Raquel Pennington on February 28. Though the potency of her spinning heel kicks does not appear to be up for debate, her grappling has been the subject of speculation, as has her overall ability to compete at the highest levels of MMA. And though her UFC debut was short on fireworks, a win is a win—and the future is still bright for Holm.
Jones, as you know, is not only the UFC champ but also the reigning pound-for-pound king. He’ll look for his ninth consecutive successful title defense at UFC 187, where he’ll face knockout artist Anthony Johnson.
Jones and Holm train together at the vaunted Jackson-Winkeljohn camp in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is presumably where this training session took place.
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