This is actually the best fight for Jones IMO. He’s widely considered a small HW, while Sergei is a big power puncher. If Jones takes the fight, he immediately gets respect. If he wins, it looks waaaay better than beating old man Stipe. If he loses, well at least he didn’t run from a scary up and comer.
There are zero names at HW for Jones to fight. Pav has a good streak but no name. Old man Stipe is the closest there is & we should all know how that fight goes at this point.
People are saying Overeem got the best of Jon in practice. That is not what I have read or seen. I heard Jones dominated all the heavy weight at Jackson’s including Overeem. Plus Overeem cardio is terrible.
The shot version of Undereem who got mauled by Blaydes? That’s who beat Pavlovich with ease. We have no evidence Pav has gotten any better in that area. We know nothing about him other than he hits hard.
He didn’t get “fucked up”, it was a close fight that Reyes should have edged out.
Where is your evidence Pav can avoid what Jones did to Gane? What are you basing this on?
He got poked in the eye. Then he went on to display he was a well rounded martial artist and the best fighter in the division. Pav hasn’t done that. Again, we know literally nothing about the guy other than he hits hard. His ground game is completely untested and last time we saw it he didn’t look good.
Do you actually know anything about Pavlovich? You haven’t followed his career much have you? Just saw that Overeem fight on wikipedia, watched a clip and called it a day I assume?
Amazing after all this time you’re still so spiteful because I took your pride.