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Holly Holm’s coach Mike Winkeljohn says that nobody wants to fight the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion. Holm was last in action in October 2020. In the main event of UFC Fight Island 4, “The Preacher’s Daughter” f…
Holly Holm’s coach Mike Winkeljohn says that nobody wants to fight the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion. Holm was last in action in October 2020. In the main event of UFC Fight Island 4, “The Preacher’s Daughter” faced surging contender Irene Aldana. After a dominant five rounds, the 39-year-old left Abu Dhabi with a unanimous […]
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Coach Mike Winkeljohn thinks it’s time for Jon Jones to move up and take big fights at heavyweight. For years MMA fans have been talking about Jones moving up to heavyweight. Until now the 205lb king has seemed content to beat everyone in front of him at light-heavyweight. In his past two fights Jones has […]
For years MMA fans have been talking about Jones moving up to heavyweight. Until now the 205lb king has seemed content to beat everyone in front of him at light-heavyweight.
In his past two fights Jones has seriously underperformed, edging controversial decisions against Thiago Santos and Dominick Reyes. Long-time coach Winkeljohn thinks Jones needs to move up in weight to become motivated again, speaking to BJPenn.com, he said.
“I want Jon to fight whatever motivates him. When he is up for a fight that motivates him he trains at the highest level. I always wanted him to just continue to clean house at light heavyweight and make his legacy there as opposed to going up to heavyweight. But, at this point, it’s time for Jon Jones to take the big fights [and go up to heavyweight].”
“Jon can definitely fight at heavyweight and destroy a lot of these guys. But, at heavyweight that is a lot of weight and when they swing for the fences and connect stuff happens. We’ve seen it before,” he explained. “It is always a scary thing but the scary situations that motivates Jon Jones.”
Winklejohn believes former heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will be hoping Jones stays at 205lbs. As much as he’d love to see the bitter rivals face off for a third time, Winklejohn expects Cormier to avoid the fight at all costs.
“No, I don’t think Cormier wants any part of Jon Jones. I think Jones is that good and DC is super talented and I like that guy,” Winkeljohn said. “But, when someone has your number it is hard to get that win. I hope I am wrong about it and that fight happens.”
“No, I don’t think Cormier wants any part of Jon Jones. I think Jones is that good and DC is super talented and I like that guy,” Winkeljohn said. “But, when someone has your number it is hard to get that win. I hope I am wrong about it and that fight happens.”
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Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones made headlines when he called out former heavyweight champ and WWE superstar Brock Lesnar after knocking out Daniel Cormier at July 29’s UFC 214 from Anaheim. While the callout left many fight fans and pundits scratching their heads, especially since Lesnar retired after a failed PED test following his fight […]
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Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones made headlines when he called out former heavyweight champ and WWE superstar Brock Lesnar after knocking out Daniel Cormier at July 29’s UFC 214 from Anaheim.
While the callout left many fight fans and pundits scratching their heads, especially since Lesnar retired after a failed PED test following his fight with Mark Hunt at UFC 200, the idea has picked up steam regardless.
Jones coach Mike Winkeljohn discussed the idea of a Jones vs Lesnar super fight, and revealed some of the thought behind it:
“Jon is a light heavyweight, so you can’t ask somebody just to step up and fight the best in the world at heavyweight and forgo the money fight against someone who they think they can beat. Jon said it himself, he thinks a good big man always beats a good smaller man. Jon Jones said that himself in a press conference. Do I think Jon thinks he can beat Stipe? Yeah. Do I think he might have said it? Yes. But I like the Brock Lesnar fight for right now. And we need to work on some skills and get some weight on Jon before he fights with Stipe, because I think that Stipe is a harder fight.”
Miocic has been on an absolute tear since winning the belt from Fabricio Werdum last year. He’s knocked out every title challenger since then, each one in the first round.
Meanwhile, Lesnar’s status as a former champ and rabid wrestling fan base could equate to a big-money fight for Jones.
Clearly Miocic is the more relevant fight if Jones really wants to make a splash in the heavyweight division, but with Lesnar being a far bigger draw than Stipe, the decision to pursue Lesnar makes more sense for the light heavyweight champ at the moment.
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A lot can change in four years’ time. Four years ago, Jon Jones’s coach Mike Winkeljohn was arguing why Stipe Miocic was the hardest fight for Jon Jones to be made in the heavyweight division after Miocic had proven to be “the best in…
A lot can change in four years’ time. Four years ago, Jon Jones’s coach Mike Winkeljohn was arguing why Stipe Miocic was the hardest fight for Jon Jones to be made in the heavyweight division after Miocic had proven to be “the best in the world.” Four years later, he now believes that the two-time […]
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Apparently, Jon Jones went into his rematch with Daniel Cormier with an injury, according to Jones’ coach Mike Winkeljohn. Despite a relatively flawless performance by Jones, capped off by a thunderous head kick, Winkeljohn insists the newly crowned champ was, in fact, nursing an arm injury. In fact, Winkeljohn said the injury was quite serious leading […]
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Apparently, Jon Jones went into his rematch with Daniel Cormier with an injury, according to Jones’ coach Mike Winkeljohn.
Despite a relatively flawless performance by Jones, capped off by a thunderous head kick, Winkeljohn insists the newly crowned champ was, in fact, nursing an arm injury.
In fact, Winkeljohn said the injury was quite serious leading into the biggest fight of “Bones” career:
“A couple of nights before the fight, he couldn’t lift his arm. He had hurt it wrestling,” Winkeljohn said during an recent Submission Radio interview. “He wrestled a little too hard with his partner and maybe from a lack of warm up, I’m not sure, but it was kind scary. It was one of those situations where when I was warming him up I’d ask the coaches and they had agreed, they were ahead of me on this, that we shouldn’t be doing a lot wrestling because I didn’t want Jon to try and have to underhook and lift with his one arm because it could potentially cause it to be hurt again and mess with his mindset. I wanted to keep that out of it and hopefully so that way if it got re-injured in the fight, the adrenaline would take over.”
“So it was kind of scary that nobody knew about it. There was an injury behind the scenes, but Jon is who he is, he’s as tough as they come and like I said, nobody beats Jon Jones but himself. Once he decides he wants to win a fight, he’s going to win.”
Jones clearly triumphed over his longtime nemesis Cormier, becoming the first man to finish DC his entire career at UFC 214 last weekend.
“Bones” called out former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar immediately following his victory over Cormier, which has captured fight fans’ collective imagination ever since.
Given Jones’ past issues making it to fight night, Winkeljohn said there was no way he was pulling out of the fight on such short notice, regardless of the extent of his arm injury.
“He just couldn’t lift it basically over his head and stuff. Of course, it’s definitely concerning,” Winkeljohn said. “You know, in my mind, I’m thinking, ‘Are you going to be able to underhook with that arm? Or if not, you have to use a lot more frames and more downward pressure and circle the opposite direction, so game plan might have to be changed a little bit if it doesn’t get healed.”
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No more fight footage, unless you pay a monthly subscription… Since the takeover of the UFC by WME-IMG in 2016, many changes have taken place. Among some of the more controversial alterations are the dishing out of multiple interim titles, and the unceremonious sacking of Mike Goldberg. After 20 years with the promotion, Goldberg was
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No more fight footage, unless you pay a monthly subscription…
Since the takeover of the UFC by WME-IMG in 2016, many changes have taken place. Among some of the more controversial alterations are the dishing out of multiple interim titles, and the unceremonious sacking of Mike Goldberg. After 20 years with the promotion, Goldberg was canned from the commentary position without even a thank you. Obviously fans were upset, as Goldberg had become part of the MMA landscape. Making things worse, ‘Goldie’ would later reveal he wasn’t even contacted by the UFC regarding his termination.
Purging fighters like Lorenz Larkin and Misha Cirkunov adds to the current feeling of unrest. According to renowned striking coach Brandon ‘Six Gun’ Gibson, the promotion is also tightening the purse strings on fight footage. That’s right, top MMA coaches have been denied access to fight tapes for studying. Since fighting has been a sport, watching and studying fight footage has been an essential part of formulating and planning for coaches.
Taking to Twitter to announce the news, Gibson seems frustrated, pointing out the UFC has suggested coaches use Fight Pass as a source for footage. Paid subscriptions only, of course:
Could you imagine if the NFL told their coaches to just DVR whatever games they want to study? Film study leads to better fights & finishes.
— Brandon Gibson (@SixGunGibson) February 14, 2017
I already have a Fight Pass subscription, the problem is that Fight Pass isn't a good way to study. No slow mode, its a pain to rewind, etc
— Brandon Gibson (@SixGunGibson) February 15, 2017
Seemingly unashamed, the new UFC owners are taking the promotion in a strange direction. Albeit well within their prerogative to do so, it’s nonetheless frustrating, to say the least.
Judging by what Gibson says, Fight Pass is simply not a sufficient source for footage to study. Having trained Cody Garbrandt, Lando Vannata, Jon Jones, Donald Cerrone and Carlos Condit, to name a few, Gibson is rapidly growing in to one of the sport’s most respected coaches. Forming part of the elite Jackson-Wink coaching team, Gibson’s studying of fight tapes forms a huge part of their gameplans.
Hopefully the UFC redacts this restriction, otherwise it could actually impact fighter’s performances in the octagon.
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