{"id":300290,"date":"2019-02-01T10:39:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T18:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=300290"},"modified":"2019-02-01T10:39:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T18:39:56","slug":"jon-jones-shares-some-advice-for-aaron-pico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-shares-some-advice-for-aaron-pico\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones shares some advice for Aaron Pico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bellator featherweight contender Aaron Pico is arguably the most hyped prospect in mixed martial arts since reigning UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones was on the come-up. In his last fight, however, Pico found himself face-down on the canvas after getting a little too aggressive against the fearsome Henry Corrales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to MMA Fighting&#8217;s Marc Raimondi after the UFC 235 press conference on Thursday, Jon Jones shared a piece of advance for Aaron Pico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 235&#039;s Jon Jones On Fighting Daniel Cormier at Heavyweight: &#039;Bring Out The Checkbook, Dana&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T3uCPxBlTPc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s the guy with the left hook to the body, right?&#8221; Jones began when asked about Aaron Pico. &#8220;He body shots people. I just saw the highlight of him being knocked out. My advice to him would be keep your head up. Keep your head up, really. Come back to the drawing board. Come back better. It looked like he wasn&#8217;t outclassed, it just looked like he got caught. So keep your confidence in the right place, cause obviously you&#8217;re on the right track, and come back even better.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For what it&#8217;s worth Aaron Pico seems to be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/aaron-pico-opens-up-on-knockout-loss-to-henry-corrales-it-sucks-bad\/\">keeping his head up<\/a> \u2014 just like Jon Jones recommended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s really no excuses to make,\u201d he said at the Bellator 214 post-fight press conference. \u201cI felt good out there. My training camp went well. I hit him. I think I have so much power in my hands, I don\u2019t realize I knock people down. It happened so fast. Obviously I made a mistake by staying in the pocket too long. It\u2019s a 50\/50 chance of somebody getting knocked out. That sucks, it sucks bad. But hey, I\u2019m 22 years old, I don\u2019t have this figured out yet. It\u2019s something that needs to be slowed down for me. I need to use my wrestling a little bit more and we\u2019ll go from there. We\u2019ll go back to the drawing board.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just need to take my time,\u201d he added later. \u201cI haven\u2019t gotten to use my wrestling because I\u2019ve been knocking all these people out, but it\u2019s a learning lesson against these veterans, they\u2019re able to endure the shots and find their spots and weather the storm a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think of Jon Jones&#8217; advice for Aaron Pico?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 2\/1\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellator featherweight contender Aaron Pico is arguably the most hyped prospect in mixed martial arts since reigning UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones was on the come-up. 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