5 Times UFC fights went the distance

These UFC fights went the distance and featured pure technical brilliance
These UFC fights went the distance and featured pure technical brilliance

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Jon Jones went the distance with DC at UFC 182
Jon Jones went the distance with DC at UFC 182

AT UFC 182, UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones defended his title against Daniel Cormier. The bitter rivals engaged in a significant amount of trash talk leading up to the fight, and when that Octagon door slam shut, their fight delivered a considerable amount of technical brilliance.

Jones managed to briefly out-grapple DC, however, the latter caught Jones with a few beautiful uppercuts from the clinch. In the end, Jones' huge reach advantage proved to be his biggest asset against the much smaller Cormier with 'Bones' keeping his foe at the end of a barrage of kicks over the course of their five-round fight.

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After five rounds of action, Jones was declared the winner by way of Unanimous Decision. However, something that stood out about the fight, was how Jones' disciplined attack on DC's body softened the latter up, resultantly sapping Cormier's cardio and slowing him down.

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Edited by Vignesh Ananthasubramanian
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