Det är 10 dagar kvar till match på UFC 165, där titelutmanaren Alexander Gustafsson möter mästaren Jon Jones i lätt tungvikt. Gustafsson säger sig ha gjort sin hemläxa och mästaren Jones säger i en telekonferensintervju att han mött de bästa utan att blivit träffad.
Gustafsson säger:
”It’s not always about reach,” he said. ”It’s about footwork. It’s about being fast, getting in and out. I’m really making sure I’ve done my homework there. I’m super motivated.”
”I will win this fight by staying on the outside.” säger han vidare.
Jones vill också nyttja sin räckvidd:
”I just believe that I use my reach better,” he said. ”If you watch my fights and you watch Alexander’s fights, he gets hit a lot with a lot of different punches.
”With me, I’ve gone through some fights where fighters have only punched me once. I mean, I fought (Quinton) ‘Rampage’ Jackson, and he hit me, like, twice in the whole fight. Lyoto Machida was able to touch my face twice in the whole fight.
”(I’m) fighting against the best guys in the world, and a lot of them never even get a chance to punch me in the face throughout the fight. So I just believe I use my timing, my rhythm, my distance a lot better than him. I think the proof is in the pudding.”
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