{"id":117451,"date":"2014-11-01T14:52:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T21:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=117451"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:12:51","slug":"machida-picking-jones-over-cormier-weidman-over-belfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/machida-picking-jones-over-cormier-weidman-over-belfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Machida Picking Jones Over Cormier, Weidman Over Belfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/machida-picking-jones-over-cormier-weidman-over-belfort\/lyoto-machida-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117453\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117453\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lyoto-Machida.jpg\" alt=\"Lyoto Machida\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lyoto-Machida.jpg 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lyoto-Machida-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Lyoto-Machida-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWeidman versus Vitor is a tough matchup for both. Vitor has a chance of knocking him out, especially in the beginning of the fight, but I believe time is not on Vitor\u2019s side. It\u2019s common for a striker to lose his power during the fight, something which wrestlers deal with a little better.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think Jones retains his belt. Cormier is a great fighter, but the matchup isn\u2019t very favorable for him, with the reach issue and stuff. Cormier has very solid wrestling, but if you look at the big picture from a technical point of view, I don\u2019t see him winning. I think [Alexander] Gustafsson, who\u2019s taller and has a longer reach, can give Jones a hard time. But then, I see Cormier being a bad matchup for Gustafsson. It\u2019s all about the matchups.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Machida-Believes-Champs-Weidman-Jones-Will-Retain-Titles-Against-Belfort-Cormier-76453\">Sherdog.com<\/a>, Lyoto Machida discussed the upcoming title fights in his two divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Is he right about one, both, or none?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWeidman versus Vitor is a tough matchup for both. Vitor has a chance of knocking him out, especially in the beginning of the fight, but I believe time is not on Vitor\u2019s side. It\u2019s common for a striker to lose his power during the fight, something which wrestlers deal with a little better.&#8221; \u201cI think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":117453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[563,649,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Machida Picking Jones Over Cormier, Weidman Over Belfort | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/machida-picking-jones-over-cormier-weidman-over-belfort\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Machida Picking Jones Over Cormier, Weidman Over Belfort | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cWeidman versus Vitor is a tough matchup for both. 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