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UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes

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11.13.2019 | 11:27 PM ET

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UFC 247
  • Saturday 02.08.2020 at 10:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: WME-IMG
  • Venue: Toyota Center
  • Location: Houston, Texas, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Joe Rogan, Dominick Cruz
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $3,549,418
  • Attendance: 17,401
  • PPV Buys / Buyrate: N/A | TV Ratings: 1.49M avg. viewers (ESPN prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 12
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Bout   Info
Jon Jones   defeats   Dominick Reyes   via Decision, Unanimous   5 Rounds, 25:00 Total Bout Page
Valentina Shevchenko   defeats   Katlyn Cerminara   via KO/TKO, Ground and Pound From Crucifix   1:03 Round 3 of 5, 11:03 Total Bout Page
Justin Tafa   defeats   Juan Adams   via KO/TKO, Punches   1:59 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Dan Ige   defeats   Mirsad Bektić   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Derrick Lewis   defeats   Ilir Latifi   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Trevin Giles   defeats   James Krause   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Lauren Murphy   defeats   Andrea Lee   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Khaos Williams   defeats   Alex Morono   via KO/TKO, Punches   0:27 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Mario Bautista   defeats   Miles Johns   via KO/TKO, Flying Knee to Ground and Pound   1:41 Round 2 of 3, 6:41 Total Bout Page
Domingo Pilarte   vs.   Journey Newson   Ends in a No Contest, Overhand Right   0:38 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Andre Ewell   defeats   Jonathan Martinez   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Youssef Zalal   defeats   Austin Lingo   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page

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tepid55
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01.22.2020 | 5:06 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 300 Points   |   Tied for 1478th

I think Jon Jones will be recognized as the greatest fighter in UFC history.
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01.22.2020 | 5:35 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 525th

I think he is and will be recognise as that as he done everything but I think he not motivated anymore and that why I want to see him fight at heavyweight as their be new challenges for him

"Quack quack quack"

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01.23.2020 | 9:58 AM ET

Predictions: 3 of 7 Winners, 0 Perfect, 150 Points   |   Tied for 2805th

Well, Lima’s now out of his fight with Morono due to a neck injury.

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2020.01.23 12:43 PM ET

bout status update

Rivera vs. Vera Changed from Confirmed to Cancelled
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01.23.2020 | 4:17 PM ET

Predictions: 3 of 7 Winners, 0 Perfect, 150 Points   |   Tied for 2805th

Aaaaaannnndddd... Rivera’s out too.

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01.23.2020 | 4:19 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 290 Points   |   Tied for 1669th

ok well this card is dead.
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01.23.2020 | 4:23 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 525th




"Quack quack quack"

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01.24.2020 | 12:35 AM ET

Damn it

Predictions: 4 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 215 Points   |   Tied for 2511th

rivera didn’t want any of that chito smoke dudes been ducking him for years. Now who’s gonna replace the Adams Tafa fight? Hopefully they can find a replacement for Moreno too, I know Tim means has been training for emeev, wouldn’t hate seeing that. Also Niko Price wants to fight. And I want to watch it

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01.24.2020 | 7:34 AM ET

@NickySwaz

Predictions: 3 of 7 Winners, 0 Perfect, 150 Points   |   Tied for 2805th

I’d he shocked if they matched Morono up with Price.
They’ve fought once before and I don’t see them doing a rematch between two unranked guys.
It seems like they save those type of bouts for the upper echelon of the rankings.

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01.26.2020 | 5:45 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 400 Points   |   Tied for 525th

I kinda looked at the card and was thinking this is going to be **** with a good main but actuly looking at it it good  

Great main  and i think Reyes will beat Jones if it was the same one that fought Santos  but Jon is that good it win anyway, 

Boring Comain but has to be their because valintina champ and her division is **** and imagen the nightmare if Kaitlen won

Adams vs Tafa someone probley going to get KTFO with both of them being kinda **** with power and that why it on the main card 

 Who doesnt want to see Ige, Bektic and what i think will be fight of the night 

Derrick Lewis is funny to watch because he Fatass was like **** Jiu Jitsu and just stand up from like side contral Kimoras in his last fight 

And Chito Vera is probley going to find a replacment

"Quack quack quack"

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01.26.2020 | 7:22 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 315 Points   |   Tied for 1334th

It's crazy bones has a 7.5" reach advantage. 

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01.27.2020 | 4:48 AM ET

ImperatorFishrat- you could not be more wrong im afraid

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 818th

ImperatorFishrat are you serious? im not sure if your post about reyes winnning is a joke or not but i will humour you and take it as a serious comment, Jon Jones is legit bored of beating people the conventional way using his strengths against his oppenents weakness and makes no secret that he takes pleasure from beating someone in their considered strength just to prove he is better... hence why he chose to stand with santos (santos`s considered strength) and disregarded takedowns and utilising any ground work and submission attempts... that fight would have been a lot more one sided and had a strong chance of being stopped had he utilised his full arsenal and just simply fought to beat him instead of chosing to beat him in his opponents favoured area. saying jones looked s*** against smith, have you seen the statistics? jones outstruck his over 5 times what smith landed and got 3 takedowns and ultimately submitted him, what more do you want?

As for reyes, granted i actually rate reyes and he is a decent fighter in the light heavyweight division but he simply has not proved himself against worthy enough competition for anyone to claim hes the guy to dethrone Jones.... his most accomplished victory was an extremely controversial win against volkan ozedemir whos ranked 8th, in my opinion oezdemir won that fight but even so that is still reyes`s best victory in terms of rankings... and other than that all his wins have come against oppenents outside of the top 15....and against people that are way past their best. O.S.P a good name to have a W over but he is and was way past his best when reyes beat him, chris weidman`s chin is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard, land one punch on him and youve got him doing the chicken dance so again the name sounds good but again in reality isnt great. reyes is definitely up their in the rankings but at this point in his carear with the current names on his resume, he is definitely not proven enough to be spoken about as theguy whos going to beat Jon Jones, had reyes came in to this with a couple more victorys over some recent top contenders such as the likes of gustafsson and smith i would be a little more open to this being a challenge for jones but right now, this is only going one way,


Jon Jones taking reyes`s undefeated record in comfortable fashion.

#AndStill #GOAT
Chessum1995
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01.27.2020 | 5:36 AM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 6 of 12 Winners, 2 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 818th

Jones vs. Reyes
Jon Jones, TKO, R3
#AndStill #GOAT

Lewis vs. Latifi
Derrick Lewis, TKO, R1
Latifi has power but is small for lightheavy weight so going to heavyweight and taking on derrick lewis is honestly a very silly move, granted Latifi has good takedowns but lewis is coming off a win over ivanov whos bigger, stronger and better at takedowns than latifi so i can only see this going one way, latifi`s head being removed from his body from the power of the black beasts fists, and it will be fast. dont blink.

* Edited at 01.27.2020, 5:39 AM ET *

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01.27.2020 | 10:41 AM ET

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 415 Points   |   Tied for 432nd

@Chessum
Don't worry, Fishy doesn't actually believe Jones will lose. He only said Jon looked like poop over Santos. 
I don't think Fishrat has ever thought about what it would be like getting hit by a guy like Marreta.
Anyway I know fish will go with Jones because he's a bigger fan of him (He chose RDA over Chiesa for the same reason!) .
Everybody in the entire world knows Reye's only chance is to TKO/KO Jon Jones....he is not winning a decision without any knockdowns 🤣
The only thing Reyes has going for him is his size/strength(and rawness).
Jones is gonna use steroids for this guy like he has for everybody else.
Why root for the undefeated guy who shoulda lost to Volkan? 
Almost seems clear that they want to use him as a nice name on Jones resume.

* Edited at 01.27.2020, 10:52 AM ET *

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01.27.2020 | 1:04 PM ET

Predictions: 6 of 11 Winners, 3 Perfect, 375 Points   |   Tied for 690th

I doubth Jones because he strugled againts long arm Gustafson in the 1st fight but Jones show us the adjustement when he destroy him in the second fight. Reyes is a legit top 5 here but the only guy that can beat Jones right now is Santos.

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johnnyonthespot
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01.27.2020 | 1:42 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 315 Points   |   Tied for 1334th

I don't have any built up love for jon jones myself, lots do. IMO Reyes is smart and unafraid,the odds are similar to Glover fight, Gustafson was cheaper. I hope, bones gets staggered by Reyes  power and eats it like Tyson against Buster Douglas. 

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01.27.2020 | 1:47 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 4 of 12 Winners, 0 Perfect, 215 Points   |   Tied for 2511th

Jones vs. Reyes
Jon Jones, DEC
Jon Jones will once again prove his is the greatest of all time. I haven't liked Dominick Reyes since he robbed a victory from Volkan Oezdemir. i am 100% confident we will hear Bruce Buffer shout AND STILLLLLLLLL

Tafa vs. Adams
Juan Adams, TKO, R2
Neither of these men are ever going to be title contenders so this match is just a slug fest. And i'm taking the taller Juan Adams, i feel his height and reach will be a problem for Tafa who got dropped hard in his last fight. I see this being a very boring fight until someone gets KO'd and that person to be KO'd is Justin Tafa.

Lewis vs. Latifi
Derrick Lewis, TKO, R1
Ilir Latifi was never any good at light heavyweight and he is going to be even worse at heavyweight. He is actually lucky he has been given Derrick Lewis as there are some people in the heavyweight division that would absolutely clean the octagon floor with Latifi. I still think Lewis will win this by KO in the first round however Latifi should count his blessings his first heavyweight match up wasn't against the likes of Ciryl Gane or Sergey Pavlovich who would retire him.

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01.27.2020 | 3:23 PM ET

@Chessum1995

Predictions: 3 of 7 Winners, 0 Perfect, 150 Points   |   Tied for 2805th

Even though you brought up some valid points, you completely lost me when you said Jones submitted Smith.

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01.27.2020 | 4:43 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 290 Points   |   Tied for 1669th

@Chessum lemme tell you about the time I met the loch ness monster.

Me and the little lady was out on this boat you see, all alone late at night, when all of a sudden this huge creature, this giant crustacean from the paleolithic era comes out of the water. It jumped up out of the water and stood dere looking down at us with it's big red eyes and I yelled 'whaddaya want from us monster! And de monster bent down and say ...'I need 'bout Tree Fiddy'. Three dollars, fifty cent. And I say 'I ain't givin you Tree Fiddy you godddamn Loch Ness monster! Get your own Goddamn money! 

* Edited at 01.27.2020, 4:50 PM ET *

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01.27.2020 | 5:15 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 315 Points   |   Tied for 1334th

Johns line is interesting, down considerably from -170, it seems like most on tap like him, 5d consensus, the other way

Bautista has no shame in losing to Sandhagen (corey was -570) and he beat Jin Soon Son ( I need to watch this fight) that went the distance with Yan,

both with solid affiliations

Bautista is a lil bigger and boy is he a finisher if he is better than you

* Edited at 01.27.2020, 5:19 PM ET *

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01.27.2020 | 5:31 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 12 Winners, 1 Perfect, 315 Points   |   Tied for 1334th

Giles off 2 submission losses, later in the fights and Arroyo being wrestled to death in an ugly fight that he almost knocked dude out randomly end of round 1

Its a dangerous fight for both and I think it will be action packed.

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