For all his incredible achievements, there is one fight that many believe that the UFC goat should have losing.
In his last fight in light heavyweight before he left the title, Jon Jones narrowly defeated Dominick Reyes in the main event of UFC 247 in 2020.
Even one of the biggest supporters of the champion, Dana White, admitted that he had Jones lose the fight before the score cards were announced.
Reyes was recently booked for a main event that could finally see him come in the title photo, but he thought about his preparations for the biggest fight of his career.
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Dominick Reyes says that Ovince Saint Preux told him how he could combat Jon Jones who extends his fingers
The most important event of UFC 247 is one of the most discussed assessment decisions in the history of UFC after Jon Jones had retained his title.
Despite the fact that Dominick Reyes beat the champion and was not checked for long, the jury members had 'Bones' who won at least three rounds.
Reyes was asked during a recent performance on the Podcast of Pound 4 Pound about with whom he trained for that fight to give Jones so many problems.
He revealed that a hunter with whom he worked briefly was Ovince Saint Preux, who went five rounds with Jones in the main event of UFC 197.
Jones criticized his performance on that night, but as a result of this fight, 'OSP' was able to pass on some advice to Reyes about combating a movement with which referees should warn hunters to reduce the chances of harvests.
'' OSP 'showed up once to help me. He actually showed me the punch the finger thing. That was an 'OSP' special, because Jon acts like this [extending his hands and fingers]. I would be confronted with him and he would literally put his fingers in my face.
“Such as:” I dare to run inside. I challenge you to come in, “so then I hit his fingers and that was from 'Osp'. He was like:” guy, when he tries to put his fingers in your face, just f – pon on them. “
Dominick Reyes reveals the keys to his game plan prior to the Jones fight
When he spoke about his general approach to the fight, Dominick Reyes said he was more focused on what he could do instead of bringing in hunters to simulate Jon Jones.
His main goal was to try to prevent the champion from dictating the fight, which 'bones' had done so well in numerous UFC title fights.
Reyes came in the matchup in search of the opposite of what Jones wanted him to do, and it clearly paid for him, even if he didn't get his hand.
“Don't let Jon do something he wants to do. That's how we did it. If he wants to stand there, attack. If he wants to attack you, move. If he wants to struggle, break the grab, kick him, kick him. Everything, don't let him fight.