Earlier this year, Tyson Fury made a bold statement calling himself the baddest man on the planet. This brought attention to UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones who is one of the most dangerous fighters in the UFC. Following this Jones issued a challenge to the heavyweight boxing champion for a fight. However, Fury declined his offer in order to stick to his own game in boxing. Recently, many fans and big fighters from both boxing and MMA gave their thoughts on this fight. One such fighter is UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya gave his thoughts on Jones vs Fury. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSports.IN
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Israel Adesanya describes why Tyson Fury would lose against Jon Jones in an octagon
Recently, Israel Adesanya appeared on FLAGRANT where the UFC Middleweight Champion talked on multiple topics. While his conversation, he was asked about his thoughts on Tyson Fury vs Jon Jones. He said he spoke to Fury and told him to learn how to sprawl which will keep him up against Jones.
He said, “I saw Tyson and I said, look you should, I think, just learn how to sprawl. You’d be alright. Just learn how to sprawl.”
He further added, “Well, again, it’s Jon Jones. Also, it’s Tyson Fury, he doesn’t know how to sprawl. He doesn’t know jiu-jitsu. And he was like, listen man, you ain’t fcking getting me in a cage or whatever. It’s real life. It’s real life sh*t. It’s like you have to understand the reality of what’s actually happening.” [H/T Middle Easy]
Tyson Fury is a boxer who is aimed at punching his opponent or defending himself. Other than hands, no other body part can be used to hit your opponent in boxing. This is completely different when it comes to MMA, it is not only punching your opponent. MMA is a mixture of fighting, grappling, and sprawling your opponent.
Considering Fury’s weakness, Adesanya gave the right opinion of Tyson Fury. Although this fight is not close to taking place, fans could expect this bout down the line.
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