Wikipedia: Jon JonesJon Jones
"Bones"
Cuts the cage, changes levels, drowns opponents in control time.
Fight Plan: Jon Jones
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Slow starter
- Susceptible to leg kicks early
- Drill takedown defense and cage-wall scrambles
- Constant lateral movement to break their rhythm
- Underhook battles and posture work off the back
Fighter fingerprint
Six-axis profile — the shape tells you the style at a glance.
Fight IQ and Distance Control are the standout edges; opponents should expect their game plan to lean on these.
- Aggression79
- Cardio90
- Wrestling94
- Fight IQ99
- Distance Control99
- Finishing63
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 oblique kicks to disrupt forward pressure
- Mixes elbows from collar tie into hip throws
- Switches stance to load up spinning attacks
- Drill reactive sprawls — bait the shot off your right hand
- Pad work on cutting their right-side cage exits
- Match their pace through round 2, then turn the screws in 3
- Win exchanges with volume, not single shots — they walk through power
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Chain-wrestling D1 partner
- High-output kickboxer with heavy leg kicks
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
- Marathon partner — 5x5 hard rounds, no rest
See it on film
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Entries, cage control, scrambles, submissions
Last 3 performances, full rounds and post-fight breakdowns
Coaches: official clip embeds per fighter are coming next — for now, deep links open searches pre-filtered to Jon Jones.
How Jon has changed
Trend lines across the last three years of tape.
Synthesized from recent fight tape · refresh to recompute
Stylistic neighbors
Closest matches across attributes, finish profile, and discipline — useful for sparring partner selection.
Status / Injuries
No recent injury or status information found.
Recent Form
- W2024-11-16vs Stipe MiocicKO/TKO · R3 · UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic
- W2023-03-04vs Ciryl GaneSubmission (Guillotine) · R1 · UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane
- W2020-02-08vs Dominick ReyesU-DEC · R5 · UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes
- W2019-07-06vs Thiago SantosS-DEC · R5 · UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
- W2018-12-29vs Alexander GustafssonKO/TKO · R3 · UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2
Availability
Record
Attribute Profile
Scouting Summary
Generational problem-solver. Range, length, and creativity allow him to dictate distance, while elite clinch wrestling closes out rounds against any style.
Tendencies
- Uses oblique kicks to disrupt forward pressure
- Mixes elbows from collar tie into hip throws
- Switches stance to load up spinning attacks
Signature Moves
- Oblique kick
- Spinning elbow
- Standing guillotine
Weaknesses
- Slow starter
- Susceptible to leg kicks early