{"id":282715,"date":"2018-08-11T10:21:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T17:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282715"},"modified":"2018-08-11T10:22:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T17:22:12","slug":"coach-jon-jones-is-developing-one-strike-ko-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/coach-jon-jones-is-developing-one-strike-ko-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach: Jon Jones is developing one-strike KO power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones holds some of the most impressive victories in MMA history, having finished some of the best light heavyweights on earth in their competitive primes. That said, there aren&#8217;t a lot of one-shot knockouts on his resume. Instead, the former champion has delivered most of his stoppages by TKO or submission.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, that could soon change.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jon Jones&#8217; striking coach Brandon Gibson, the former champion is beginning to develop one-shot striking power.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JrMqlG\">\u201cI think there\u2019s still a lot of growth possible,\u201d Gibson said on The MMA Hour (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/8\/11\/17631022\/brandon-gibson-sees-jon-jones-developing-one-strike-ko-power\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cJon\u2019s in his 30s now, I think he\u2019s really starting to develop the one-strike knockout power, we saw that in the last (Daniel Cormier) fight. Before that, Jon was like a break \u2018em down, break \u2018em down, break \u2018em down, finish, where guys were never just out cold, unconscious. I think now Jon\u2019s really developing a lot of power for 205 and he\u2019s gonna really start putting guys to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gibson also gave an update on Jon Jones&#8217; future. While there has recently been quite a bit of talk about Jones moving up to the heavyweight division, the priority is apparently for Jones to reclaim the UFC light heavyweight belt. Once that&#8217;s accomplished, he might consider a move up to heavyweight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the goal right now when he returns would be to claim back the light heavyweight crown,\u201d Gibson said, \u201cBut Jon has a frame and definitely the technique and the size to compete at heavyweight. And who knows, maybe they make a 225 cruiserweight some day, or 195. I think Jon would have a lot of interest in different weight categories, not just heavyweight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/11\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones holds some of the most impressive victories in MMA history, having finished some of the best light heavyweights on earth in their competitive primes. That said, there aren&#8217;t a lot of one-shot knockouts on his resume. Instead, the former champion has delivered most of his stoppages by TKO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54459,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10091],"tags":[],"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>Coach: Jon Jones is developing one-strike KO power | 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\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/coach-jon-jones-is-developing-one-strike-ko-power\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coach: Jon Jones is developing one-strike KO power | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones holds some of the most impressive victories in MMA history, having finished some of the best light heavyweights on earth in their competitive primes. 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