Tag: Dominick Reyes

Dominick Reyes Shows Off Nasty Leg Injuries After Jon Jones Fight (Photos)

Dominick ReyesUFC light heavyweight contender Dominick Reyes is still wearing the battle scars from his championship scrap with Jon Jones last week. Reyes and Jones fought to all five rounds in their UFC 247 pay-per-view (PPV) main event from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. After the fight, many believe Reyes did enough to win on […]

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UFC light heavyweight contender Dominick Reyes is still wearing the battle scars from his championship scrap with Jon Jones last week.

Reyes and Jones fought to all five rounds in their UFC 247 pay-per-view (PPV) main event from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. After the fight, many believe Reyes did enough to win on the judges’ scorecards. However, the suspect Texas judging awarded Jones the unanimous decision win, thus retaining his title.

Now, there is some chatter that an immediate rematch could be on the horizon. However, before that can happen, Reyes has some healing up to do. “The Devastator” recently took to his Instagram page to show off his nasty leg injuries after his fight with Jones. The bruising still looks pretty bad. Check out the images below.

“Hey Everyone! I’m doin good, thanks for the tremendous support. MRI came back negative, but have some bruising from blunt force trauma.”

The decision loss resulted in the first defeat of Reyes’ mixed martial arts (MMA) career. With that being said, Reyes was in good spirits after the contest with Jones, knowing he has what it takes to best, arguably, the greatest the sport has ever seen. UFC president Dana White didn’t rule out running things back between the pair next, but the options are still wide open for Jones.

This weekend, Jan Blachowicz and Corey Anderson will headline UFC Rio Rancho, and the winner could very well solidify themself as the next challenger for Jones. Also, Jones has expressed interest in jumping up to the heavyweight division and going after a second division title. However, given the scoring controversy that Jones vs. Reyes saw, it would be a missed opportunity if the UFC didn’t opt to do the rematch next.

What do you make of Reyes’ nasty leg injuries? Do you expect a Reyes and Jones rematch next?

Dominick Reyes Reveals What Jon Jones Said To Him Following UFC 247 Bout

Dominick Reyes has unveiled what Jon Jones told him following their bout at UFC 247. On Feb. 8, Reyes challenged Jones for the UFC light heavyweight championship. The title bout headlined UFC 247 inside the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Jones vs. Re…

Dominick Reyes has unveiled what Jon Jones told him following their bout at UFC 247. On Feb. 8, Reyes challenged Jones for the UFC light heavyweight championship. The title bout headlined UFC 247 inside the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Jones vs. Reyes went the distance and “Bones” was awarded the unanimous decision win. The […]

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Jon Jones Blames Dominick Reyes’ Cardio For UFC 247 Outcome

Jon Jones knows he beat Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 and the main reason he did so was because of the challenger’s cardio. The two fought at UFC 247 where it was a very close fight and one many were split on who had won. “Bones” had turn…

Jon Jones knows he beat Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 and the main reason he did so was because of the challenger’s cardio. The two fought at UFC 247 where it was a very close fight and one many were split on who had won. “Bones” had turned it on in the later rounds, where […]

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Jon Jones Tells Dominick Reyes To Blame Conditioning, Not Judges

Jon JonesUFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones offered some hard truths for Dominick Reyes. Jones successfully defended his title following a closely-fought five-round war with Reyes in the UFC 247 headliner this past weekend. Despite many believing Reyes deserved to win after his performance in the first three rounds, it was “Bones” who came away with […]

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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones offered some hard truths for Dominick Reyes.

Jones successfully defended his title following a closely-fought five-round war with Reyes in the UFC 247 headliner this past weekend.

Despite many believing Reyes deserved to win after his performance in the first three rounds, it was “Bones” who came away with the unanimous decision victory after a strong showing in the latter half of the fight.

“The Devastator” has since claimed he won the fight and that Jones knows it deep down as well. He has also blamed the judges, with one, in particular, controversially giving Jones four rounds.

But for the champion, Reyes only has himself to blame. For one, he believes Reyes only had one good moment in the second round and even then, Jones was doing well defensively.

“Dominic’s absolute best moment in round two, give me those defensive points, I’ll take that,” Jones tweeted on Tuesday.

Jones proceeded to tweet further, telling Reyes to blame his conditioning rather than the judges.

“I love how whenever I have a competitive fight everyone claims the other guy won. Guess it just comes with the territory,” he added.

“Dominic out struck me by literally 12 shots. I scored the take downs, was the aggressor, control the octagon every round, had more significant strikes landed.. Dom completely stopped fighting in the championship rounds and has the audacity to be mad at the judges. ??????

“Don’t be mad at the judges, be mad at Dom’s conditioning guy. man started to give up when the water got deep and is now going around doing interviews talking about being robbed. When will these young boys start taking responsibility ????? that’s what’s wrong with boys these days.”

In the end, Jones was happy to be part of a classic and show his grit and determination in the fight.

“At the end of the day, I got to be a part of another classic. I’m over here in ABQ smiling from ear to ear. Having fights like that tickles my pickle, it makes me feel so alive. Makes me feel like a man. Especially when you display having balls the way I did, nothing but a win.

“And I know my haters are pissed, which also makes me really happy lol. … Fights like those are the ones fans never forget. What a way to make history.”

What do you think of Jones’ tweets?

Anthony Smith: Jon Jones ‘Looked Lost’ Against Dominick Reyes

Anthony Smith feels Jon Jones wasn’t too sure of himself during his bout with Dominick Reyes. This past Saturday night (Feb. 8), Jones defended his UFC light heavyweight championship against Reyes. “Bones” vs. “The Devastator&#8…

Anthony Smith feels Jon Jones wasn’t too sure of himself during his bout with Dominick Reyes. This past Saturday night (Feb. 8), Jones defended his UFC light heavyweight championship against Reyes. “Bones” vs. “The Devastator” served as UFC 247’s headliner. Jones scored the unanimous decision victory after five rounds of action. Smith Weighs In On […]

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Dominick Reyes Explains Why He Slowed Down In Fifth Round At UFC 247

Dominick Reyes has spoken out on that final round of his bout with Jon Jones. Reyes and Jones traded leather in the main event of UFC 247 this past Saturday night (Feb. 8). The bout didn’t end without controversy. Jones was awarded the unanimous …

Dominick Reyes has spoken out on that final round of his bout with Jon Jones. Reyes and Jones traded leather in the main event of UFC 247 this past Saturday night (Feb. 8). The bout didn’t end without controversy. Jones was awarded the unanimous decision victory but many fans and media members had “The Devastator” […]

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