Cormier vs. Jones 2 Preview and Predictions. Based on past history and after what happened with UFC 2. Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones actually happening on Saturday, July 2. UFC 2. 14. So keep your fingers crossed that everything we’ve penned below doesn’t become irrelevant later this week. The UFC returns to the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., with three title fights and one of the deepest cards of the year. In addition to the light heavyweight title clash between the aforementioned Cormier and Jones, welterweight kingpin Tyron Woodley puts his belt on the line against Brazilian Demian Maia and a pair of former Invicta FC champions clash for the vacant featherweight title when Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino meets Tonya Evinger. Joining the title tripleheader, former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler meets all- action fighter Donald Cerrone and light heavyweight wrecking machine Jimi Manuwa meets the surging Volkan Oezdemir. The 1. 2- fight card kicks off with three contests streaming live on UFC Fight Pass at 6: 3. ET. Four additional preliminary- card bouts follow at 8 p. ET on FXX, with the five- fight main card airing live on pay- per- view at 1. ET. Combat Press writers Bryan Henderson and Rob Tatum present quite the take on UFC 2. Toe- to- Toe. On four separate occasions in the past, Daniel Cormier has been slated to meet Jon Jones. Three of those bouts fell through. Replicants, superheros, and reboots await you in our Fall Movie Guide. Plan your season and take note of the hotly anticipated indie, foreign, and documentary.![]() AOL Radio is powered by humans! Great radio is all about unexpected connections--the kind that an algorithm can't predict. Pick any station in any of the 30 genres. In an interview with CNET, Inhumans director Roel Reiné revealed that Marvel gave him a challenging filming schedule that’s more akin to a one-off episode of. MMA, UFC, WWE, Live Audio Wrestling (LAW), Boxing | Fight Network | 24-Hour Combat Sports News and TV. The other ended in a frustrating loss for Cormier. Does Cormier finally get his revenge at UFC 2. Henderson: No. With all of these previously scheduled fights, it seems like we’d have a larger sample size of direct competition between Cormier and Jones to make a prediction, but there’s only 2. January night in 2. UFC 1. 82. Yet, I’d say that’s really all the evidence we need. Some fighters have one archrival they just cannot beat. Rich Franklin had Anderson Silva. B. J. Penn had Frankie Edgar. And Cormier has Jones. Jones sports a rare blend of athleticism with a solid skill set, a significant reach and no qualms about throwing in some creative moves. The reach alone — 8. Cormier’s 7. 2. 5 inches — is enough to keep Cormier at bay and make takedowns difficult. ![]() ![]() Full preview and predictions of UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2 which takes place Saturday, July 29 in Anaheim, Calif. Season one of Zoo always kept one foot in the real world. But in season two, which picks up a year after the animal uprising began, the show began to truly embrace. Jones also proved he could take the Olympic wrestler to the mat himself. If Cormier can’t win in the wrestling department against Jones, then he’s all out of options. Jones has the length to keep Cormier from using his underrated striking, and the bad boy doesn’t tend to fade in fights the way Cormier’s other rival, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, did on two occasions. Cormier’s a great fighter. He’s capable of dominating an entire division, but only if that division doesn’t include “Bones” Jones. (Jenna Haze: Pound-for-pound G.O.A.T.) Yes, friends and neighbors, there’s a fighter on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter who has done porn — and not. Tabtight professional, free when you need it, VPN service. GLORY / K-1 / Kickboxing News & Results. News and results for GLORY World Series, K-1, and other kickboxing promotions. When it comes to identifying cars, there’s two very distinct versions of the “what the fuck is that?” feeling. One is the exciting, head-jerking feeling of. Tatum: My colleague pinpointed one of the biggest reasons why Cormier won’t leave Anaheim with the belt: length. Jones is freakishly rangy and yet fast enough to avoid being bullied by stout foes like Cormier. The only fighter to truly test Jones was Alexander Gustafsson, a man with a similar build to Jones and a high- volume striking attack. Cormier is one of the most accomplished wrestlers to ever enter MMA competition, and he’s proven to be one of the sport’s pound- for- pound elite with his accomplishments at both heavyweight and light heavyweight. However, the sole blemish on his resume is courtesy of Jones. During Jones’ escapades over the past two years, Cormier has faced the aforementioned Gustafsson and Rumble Johnson (twice), but despite coming away victorious, there was little evidence to show why he’ll beat Jones on Saturday night. Even though the belt will be around his waist when they enter the cage, Cormier is the one who has something to prove. The wildcard in this fight is the layoff for Jones. This is only his fourth fight in the last four years, and his performance against Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 1. If Jones comes out flat against Cormier, this becomes a much closer contest. But assuming Jones fights to the best of his abilities, he’ll pick Cormier apart on the feet and counter- wrestle enough to recapture the title on the scorecards. Bonus question: Over/under — if Jones wins the title, he holds it for at least two years. Tatum: Under. At this point, how can anyone have faith in Jones? He’s one of the most talented athletes the sport has ever seen, but he can’t get out of his own way. He’s had multiple run- ins with the authorities over his career and he’s tested positive for cocaine and hormone/metabolic modulators in the last two years. It’s not that Jones can’t hold the belt from an in- cage perspective, but his inability to stay out of trouble with the law and the USADA leaves me no choice but to choose the under. Henderson: Not only does Jones have a history of issues outside the cage, but he’s still talking like he doesn’t get it. I’m not confident in anyone who brags about taking a bump one weekend and winning a fight the next as if it’s perfectly fine. That demonstrates that Jones could still be immature enough to make the same mistakes again. I, too, will take the under. The last time Demian Maia challenged for a UFC title, we were forced to witness a horrible middleweight fight between Maia and fellow Brazilian Anderson Silva. How much better will Maia perform when he goes up against welterweight titleholder Tyron Woodley? Henderson: A thousand times better. He’s not facing a legend at the height of that legend’s prime, when fighters were defeated before they even got in the cage. Instead, Maia is taking on Woodley, a solid wrestler but hardly a fighter who strikes fear into the hearts of challengers in the same way Silva did back in the day. The question here is how Maia approaches the contest. He still has to be wary of his opponent’s striking ability — Woodley might not be Silva, but he does have big power and six knockout victories — and find a way to take the fight to the ground. Woodley is a strong wrestler, so Maia might have to get creative. However, Maia has looked like an absolute beast for a while now. He swarmed Neil Magny, Matt Brown and Carlos Condit for submission finishes, and Condit’s no slouch on the ground. I’ve almost talked myself into picking Maia to win this fight, which shows how close the action should be. However, Woodley can get conservative at times, and that might be the proper approach here. He needs to be at the top of his takedown- defense game and turn this into a boxing or kickboxing fight. He’s done it in the past, and he should find a way to make it work against Maia. Eventually, he’ll rock the Brazilian and add to his knockout tally. Tatum: I have to admit, my fellow writer made a compelling case for Maia to pull off a win in this fight. And I completely agree that the Brazilian is going to perform much better in this fight than his past title conquest at middleweight. He’s not going to be flopping on his back and butt- scooting across the Octagon. Maia has looked like a completely different fighter since moving to welterweight, where he’s defeated some very talented grapplers like Jon Fitch, Dong Hyun Kim, Ryan La. Flare and Gunnar Nelson. However, it’s important to note that each of those fighters was willing to engage Maia on the mat. That’s not going to happen with Woodley. Woodley falls into a category of athletic wrestlers with power striking, which has traditionally given Maia fits. His losses, albeit at middleweight, to Chris Weidman and Mark Muñoz are good examples of the problems that Woodley will pose for the Brazilian. Woodley wrestled collegiately at the University of Missouri and has the ability to keep this fight standing for five rounds. He’s a more complete striker than Maia and has a significant speed advantage. Maia’s path to victory in this fight relies on Woodley making a mistake and the fight going to the ground. It’s not out of the question for this to happen, but Woodley has showcased a conservative approach in his most recent title defenses — remember the staring contest with Stephen Thompson at UFC 2. I expect Woodley to remain on the outside and patiently score from range. Maia will push forward and try his best to drag the fight to the canvas, but it won’t be pretty. In fact, I expect it to be a buzzkill over five rounds. Woodley keeps his belt with a decision win, while Maia will be left wondering what might have been yet again. Tonya Evinger has finally made it to the UFC. Her reward? A showdown with one of the sport’s elite, Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, who has rolled through her last 1. Is Evinger the one woman that can give Cyborg a true challenge? Tatum: If there’s a woman in MMA right now that can test Cyborg, it’s Evinger. The Missouri native has a hard- nosed, don’t- give- a- shit fighting style that is unlike many of the fighters that have stepped into the cage with the Brazilian over the past few years. That said, Evinger certainly has her work cut out for her. No one has even come close to defeating Cyborg in recent years. Of her 1. 5 career knockout wins, nine have come inside the first round, including five of her last seven. The power and explosiveness of the Brazilian is something that most fighters cannot handle. Even battle- tested veterans like Leslie Smith and Marloes Coenen have been left a bloody mess by Cyborg’s handiwork. And Coenen is the only fighter to make it into the championship rounds with the world’s best featherweight. Evinger comes from a wrestling background, but it’s the evolution of her skill set in recent years that has really taken her game to another level. Since moving to Houston, Evinger’s submission game has become one of her biggest weapons. She tapped veteran grapplers Ediane Gomes and Cindy Dandois with relative ease inside the Invicta cage. Mix in the eight career wins by strikes and the 3. Cyborg. Where this fight really gets interesting is the clash of styles. Cyborg’s strength comes in her ability to put away opponents quickly and violently. But in 2. 5 career fights, Evinger has never been stopped by strikes. Evinger thrives at pushing the pace and making fights dirty. When was the last time we saw Cyborg on her back?
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