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Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 57 card marked the promotion’s long-awaited return to Louisville, and by the time it was over, the stage was set for some big fights in…
Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 57 card marked the promotion’s long-awaited return to Louisville, and by the time it was over, the stage was set for some big fights in…
Dominick Reyes stormed back into the win column at UFC Louisville, scoring his first victory in more than four…
Dominick Reyes stormed back into the win column at UFC Louisville, scoring his first victory in more than four years.
Stepping inside the Octagon against Dustin Jacoby, things were relatively reserved between the two fighters. 90 seconds into the bout, Jacoby picked up the pace and began walking down Reyes. Pressed against the cage, ‘The Devastator’ uncorked a looping left hand that caught Jacoby.
Jacoby quickly backed up and Reyes began his pursuit, unleashing a flurry of strikes punctuated by a knee up the middle that caught Jacoby. With ‘The Hanyak’ out on his feet, the referee had no choice, but to step in and call for the stoppage at two minutes on the dot.
Official Result: Dominick Reyes def. Dustin Jacoby via TKO (strikes) at 2:00 of Round 1.
DOMINICK REYES IS BACK
@DomReyes gets it done in the FIRST ROUND! #UFCLouisville pic.twitter.com/FUg73U3pGm
— UFC (@ufc) June 9, 2024
DOMINICK REYES GETS IT DONE IN ROUND 1
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) June 9, 2024
Former undisputed light heavyweight title challenger, Dominick Reyes has revealed a planned return to the Octagon at UFC Atlantic…
Former undisputed light heavyweight title challenger, Dominick Reyes has revealed a planned return to the Octagon at UFC Atlantic City against the surging, Carlos Ulberg at the end of March, was shelved as he deals with a series of life-threatening blood clots.
Reyes, a two-time light heavyweight title challenger under the banner of the promotion, has been sidelined since he featured at UFC 281 back in 2022, suffering a thunderous opening round KO loss to Ryan Spann.
The defeat came as Hesperia native, Reyes’ fourth on the bounce, following knockout losses to former titleholders, Jiri Prochazka, and Jan Blachowicz, and a dubious decision defeat to current heavyweight kingpin, Jon Jones in a 2020 title fight.
However, forced from a March return at an Atlantic City event against surging City Kickboxing staple, Ulberg, Reyes revealed that he is “lucky to be alive” as he deals with blood clots – ruling him from a return anytime soon.
“God puts us through some trials, and I’m having another hard go right now,” Dominick Reyes told James Lynch during a recent interview. “Me and Carlos (Ulberg) were slated to fight January 20th. He pulled out, I don’t know why. It’s an injury, obviously, but he’s not going to say what his injury is. And then a week later, I ended up getting blood clots. Deep vein thrombosis. So yeah. I’m out for a minute.”
“I’m lucky to be alive right now, that’s always nice,” Dominick Reyes explained. “We caught it early so it didn’t become a pulmonary embolism, and thank God for that. Which is kind of crazy because I got a massage. My leg was hurting, and I thought I pulled a muscle in my calf, so I got a massage, and that’s the worst thing you can ever do. I’m lucky I didn’t die on that massage table right there.”
Without a victory since 2019, Reyes’ most recent win came in the form of a first round knockout win over former middleweight champion, Chris Weidman in a UFC Fight Night Boston main event clash.
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Former UFC title challenger Dominick Reyes believes Jon Jones’ avoidance of a title unification fight with Tom Aspinall is…
Former UFC title challenger Dominick Reyes believes Jon Jones’ avoidance of a title unification fight with Tom Aspinall is all about “risk management.”
Bones’ returned from a three-year-long layoff last March, walking into a heavyweight title fight with top-ranked contender Ciryl Gane. Jones made quick work of ‘Bon Gamin’ and was slated to defend the strap against consensus GOAT Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 in November. Unfortunately, Jones suffered a torn pectoral weeks before their scheduled scrap.
Instead, fans were treated to an interim heavyweight title fight pitting Tom Aspinall against Sergei Pavlovich. Aspinall came out on top, scoring a 69-second KO against the Russian knockout artist.
Typically, an interim titleholder moves on to fight the undisputed champ upon their return. However, it didn’t take long for Aspinall to realize that a fight with Jones wasn’t in his future. With the UFC determined to rebook Jones vs. Miocic for some time in 2024, it’s becoming more and more apparent that Aspinall will never get his dream match against ‘Bones.’
Speaking with James Lynch in a MiddleEasy exclusive interview, Reyes, a former foe of Jon Jones inside the Octagon, understands why ‘Bones’ is avoiding a fight with Aspinall, likening it to when the two-division champ refused to sign on the dotted line for their own rematch following UFC 247.
“I completely understand where Jon [Jones] is coming from,” Reyes said. “Jon is Jon Jones, say his name anywhere in the world, and people recognize it. Fighting Tom [Aspinall] is a risk management thing. It’s almost the same reason why he didn’t rematch me kind of thing. It’s too dangerous and not enough payoff. Tom is an excellent fighter” (h/t MMA News).
In the eyes of many, Dominick Reyes should have walked away with the light heavyweight title after his five-round war with Jones in 2020.
Dominick Reyes goes right at Jon Jones
— ESPN (@espn) February 9, 2020
Seeing a lot of himself in Aspinall, ‘The Devastator’ believes their potential meeting is a “super dangerous” one that offers minimal upside for ‘Bones’ when it comes to both money and legacy.
“Tom is very similar to myself, but he’s a heavyweight,” Reyes added. “That’s super dangerous. He moves extremely well, he’s very quick, his wrestling is really good, his grappling is good, his power is off the charts. How is that gonna benefit Jon? Beating the most recent champion? Nah, let’s fight the greatest heavyweight of all time, Stipe Miocic…Jon is a great himself, so he’s going to fight another active great.”
Jared Cannonier recently shared some insight into his thoughts on some of his defeats in the Octagon. During a recent appearance on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, Jared Cannonier discussed his UFC 276 loss to then-Middleweight Champion Israel Ades…
Jared Cannonier recently shared some insight into his thoughts on some of his defeats in the Octagon. During a recent appearance on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, Jared Cannonier discussed his UFC 276 loss to then-Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya. “The Killa Gorilla” compared his loss to his unanimous decision defeat against Robert Whittaker at UFC…
Continue Reading Jared Cannonier Reveals Which Loss He Considers “Embarrassing” at MMA News.
UFC 281 did not go according to plan for Dominick Reyes, and now he is sharing his thoughts on his fight with Ryan Spann. After a year and a half away from the Octagon due to injuries, former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Reyes was looking to …
UFC 281 did not go according to plan for Dominick Reyes, and now he is sharing his thoughts on his fight with Ryan Spann. After a year and a half away from the Octagon due to injuries, former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Reyes was looking to get back on track when he faced Spann…
Continue Reading Dominick Reyes Speaks Out Following KO Loss To Ryan Spann At UFC 281 at MMA News.
