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In April of 2016, Jon Jones and Ovince Saint-Preux stepped into the Octagon together to fight for the interim light heavyweight title after light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was forced out of the fight<\/a> on short notice. <\/p>\n

Jones accepted a short notice fight against Saint-Preux, something he admitted he normally wouldn’t have done<\/a>. And proceeded to pick up a lopsided win over the streaking contender. Despite that, many felt as if Jones coasted through the fight, opting to play it safe rather than attempt to finish OSP.<\/p>\n

\"ufc<\/p>\n

Ahead of Jones’ UFC 214 showdown with Daniel Cormier tonight in Anaheim, California, analyst Dan Hardy offered an interesting explanation for Jones’ performance:<\/p>\n

“If you put yourself in Jon Jones\u2019 position, he knows that Daniel Cormier\u2019s sitting in that commentary booth, watching him. Paying attention,\u201d Hardy said. \u201cI\u2019m sure that (Cormier) saw that as an opportunity to study Jon Jones before he actually stepped in there and got the chance to fight him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he felt particularly threatened by OSP. I don\u2019t think there were many things that OSP brings to the table that are really gonna trouble Jon Jones,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo the first thing that stands out, is that it\u2019s a five-round fight. I don\u2019t think Jon Jones would\u2019ve allowed him to get to five rounds, had it been a regular title defense for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were also moments where you kind of feel like Jones could\u2019ve stepped out of third gear, and just pick the pace up a little bit, and OSP would\u2019ve fallen apart. And he just didn\u2019t. He kind of held back a little bit.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Jon<\/p>\n

Hardy also pointed out that Jones resorted to using his normal arsenal of techniques in the fight, rather than presenting different techniques and strikes in the fight for Cormier to potentially study.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 7\/29\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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