{"id":317401,"date":"2019-06-26T10:54:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T17:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=317401"},"modified":"2019-06-26T10:54:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T17:54:35","slug":"dan-hardy-the-person-that-beats-jon-jones-technically-isnt-in-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dan-hardy-the-person-that-beats-jon-jones-technically-isnt-in-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hardy: The person that beats Jon Jones technically isn&#8217;t in the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC color commentator and analyst Dan Hardy doesn&#8217;t believe anyone in the UFC can beat Jon Jones by being technical.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, Jones has outclassed high-level mixed martial artists. From former champions to legends in the sport, &#8220;Bones&#8221; has made many renowned fighters look average. He&#8217;ll look to continue that trend when he puts his light heavyweight gold on the line against Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on July 6.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy was a guest on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YQflJQmaGxc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;The MMA Hour,&#8221;<\/a> and he explained why he doesn&#8217;t believe a fighter currently on the UFC roster can dethrone Jon Jones by being more technical:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dan Hardy Discusses Potential Return To MMA, BKFC 6, Bellator 223, UFC Greenville Results\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YQflJQmaGxc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a conversation John Gooden and I were having when we were filming &#8216;Inside The Octagon,&#8217; which will be up soon. The person that beats Jon Jones technically isn&#8217;t in the UFC right now. The person that stands in front of Jon Jones and plays kickboxing with him and outwrestles him and out-grapples him, that person is not in the UFC right now. Because when they come into the UFC we&#8217;ll recognize them immediately because they&#8217;ll be special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With that said, Hardy does believe that Jones can be caught with something wild that shuts his lights off from the likes of Johnny Walker, Dominick Reyes, Santos and others:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately we don&#8217;t have the technical guy that&#8217;s gonna beat him I don&#8217;t think right now, but we&#8217;ve got a lot of guys that can really throw a wrench in the works. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re all watching at the moment. Every one of Jon Jones&#8217; fights is which one of these guys can catch him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones has gone 24-1, 1 NC in his career. His lone loss is to Matt Hamill back in Dec. 2009 via disqualification. UFC president Dana White is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-dana-white-attempting-to-get-jon-jones-only-loss-overturned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">working to get that defeat overturned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Dan Hardy?<\/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 6\/26\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC color commentator and analyst Dan Hardy doesn&#8217;t believe anyone in the UFC can beat Jon Jones by being technical. Throughout his career, Jones has outclassed high-level mixed martial artists. From former champions to legends in the sport, &#8220;Bones&#8221; has made many renowned fighters look average. 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