Jon Jones
"Bones"
Cuts the cage, changes levels, drowns opponents in control time.
How much we trust this read
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Fight Plan: Jon Jones
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Occasional inactivity/low volume in recent decision wins
- Testing the limits of officiating (eye pokes and cage grabbing)
- Adapting to opponents who can match his length/height
- Drill takedown defense and wall scrambles
- Constant lateral movement to break their rhythm
- Underhook battles and posture work off the bottom
Sub-Score Breakdown
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What Changed?
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Tactical Patterns
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Tactical Memory
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Fighter fingerprint
MMA attribute profile — only skills that matter in this sport are scored, and any axis we cannot evidence is left blank rather than scored as zero.
Fight IQ and Wrestling are the highest scored axes; expect the game plan to lean on this.
- Striking94
- Wrestling99
- Grappling98
- Cardio90
- Fight IQ100
- Distance Control97
Strategic breakdown
Style fingerprint derived from the attribute ratings and finish rates on file. Each row is labelled with how Fight Blueprint reached it — none of these are measured from footage.
Fight Timeline
How Jon Jones has evolved year-by-year — milestones, camp changes, style shifts, and notable results.
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Observations & evidence
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Video Evidence Ledger
Timestamped tactical observations that back the analysis. Each item cites the fight, round, and moment.
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Prep for camp: Jon Jones
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- Uses significant reach advantage to establish range with oblique kicks and long jabs
- Exceptional use of clinch work, utilizing brutal elbows and knees
- Highly creative offensive striking including spinning back elbows and varied kicks
- Drill reactive sprawls — bait the shot off your right hand
- Pad work on cutting off their right-side exits
- Match their pace early, then turn the screws late
- Win exchanges with volume, not single shots — they walk through power
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Chain-wrestling partner
- High-output striker with heavy leg kicks
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
- Marathon partner — hard rounds, minimal rest
Timestamped breakdowns
Curated moments from Jones's tape — each clip annotated with the technique on display.
How this fighter is changing
Computed only from individual fight results on file — earlier half of the recorded fights compared with the most recent half.
100% in the last 3 fights vs 100% before.
Share of fights ended inside the distance across 5 results on file.
How often recent fights reach the judges.
Similar Fighters
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See it on film
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Status / Injuries
Fighter has disclosed issues with arthritis and a recent mention of needing hip surgery.
Checked 6/23/2026
Recent Form
- W2024-11-16vs Stipe MiocicTKO · R3 · UFC 309
- W2023-03-04vs Ciryl GaneSubmission (Guillotine Choke) · R1 · UFC 285
- W2020-02-08vs Dominick ReyesDecision (Unanimous) · R5 · UFC 247
- W2019-07-06vs Thiago SantosDecision (Split) · R5 · UFC 239
- W2019-03-02vs Anthony SmithDecision (Unanimous) · R5 · UFC 235
Availability
Sources indicate he will not be making a comeback anytime soon following his last bout due to lingering injury requirements.
Scouting Summary
Jon 'Bones' Jones is a professional MMA fighter currently competing in the Heavyweight division and a former Light Heavyweight champion. Widely considered one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time, he holds the record for most title defenses in UFC history. He current
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- Uses significant reach advantage to establish range with oblique kicks and long jabs
- Exceptional use of clinch work, utilizing brutal elbows and knees
- Highly creative offensive striking including spinning back elbows and varied kicks
- Dominant wrestling base used for both defensive stuffing and offensive takedowns
- Improvisational grappling that hunts for opportunistic submissions
Signature Moves
- Oblique kick
- Spinning back elbow
- Standing guillotine choke
- Crank/Short choke
- Hellbows (Ground and pound)
Weaknesses
- Occasional inactivity/low volume in recent decision wins
- Testing the limits of officiating (eye pokes and cage grabbing)
- Adapting to opponents who can match his length/height
Biography & Camp
Jon 'Bones' Jones is a professional MMA fighter currently competing in the Heavyweight division and a former Light Heavyweight champion. Widely considered one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time, he holds the record for most title defenses in UFC history. He currently trains out of Albuquerque, New Mexico with Jackson Wink MMA Academy.