{"id":339541,"date":"2020-01-29T08:35:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=339541"},"modified":"2020-01-29T07:35:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T15:35:02","slug":"dominick-reyes-plans-to-warn-referee-about-jon-jones-eye-pokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dominick-reyes-plans-to-warn-referee-about-jon-jones-eye-pokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominick Reyes plans to warn referee about Jon Jones&#8217; eye pokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dominick Reyes is still a few weeks out from his title fight with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, but he&#8217;s already worried about the illegal \u2014 if inadvertent \u2014 eye pokes that the champ is infamous for.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/1\/29\/21111338\/dominick-reyes-admits-jon-jones-eye-pokes-are-a-serious-problem-plans-to-warn-referee-at-ufc-247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>, Reyes admitted the threat of eye pokes is something he&#8217;s thinking about, and that he intends to remind the referee ahead of time to be vigilant for this potential foul.<\/p>\n<p id=\"sRKkD8\">\u201cIt\u2019s something where it is what it is. Not much I can do about it except give the referee an advanced \u201chey man, please look out for this, he\u2019s notorious for this,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard for me to get in. I\u2019m not going to run my face directly into fingers. It is what it is. It\u2019s just another challenge that he presents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-ad m-ad__dynamic_ad_unit m-ad__desktop_article_body\" data-concert-ads-name=\"desktop_article_body\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-desktop_article_body\" class=\"dynamic-js-slot dfp_ad--rendered dfp_ad--is-filled\" data-google-query-id=\"COeCiY6KqecCFQKuAQodDD4NRQ\">\n<p id=\"Mrlsjk\">\u201cI think more than just the fingers being outstretched is that he stays busy with that lead hand,&#8221; Reyes continued. &#8220;I think that\u2019s what keeps guys at bay, he paws with it and he paws exactly at his range. That\u2019s been a gigantic weapon of his. It sets up the rest of his arsenal. It helps him find his range.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"4dGzbD\">\u201cIt\u2019s a blatant rule break. You can\u2019t do it. It\u2019s in the rules,\u201d Reyes concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s been talked about many times. Either you\u2019re going to do it or you\u2019re not going to do it. It\u2019s up to me on fight night to talk to the ref and make him aware.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dominick Reyes and Jon Jones will fight for gold in the main event of UFC 247, which goes down in Houston, Texas on February 8. Reyes will enter the fight with an undefeated record which he most recently extended with a vicious knockout victory over former UFC middleweight champ Chris Weidman.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think eye pokes will be a factor in his fight with Jon Jones?<\/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 1\/29\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominick Reyes is still a few weeks out from his title fight with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, but he&#8217;s already worried about the illegal \u2014 if inadvertent \u2014 eye pokes that the champ is infamous for. 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