UFC 214 BETTING PREVIEW AND ODDS: CORMIER VS. JONES

Ahead of every UFC battle card, Jay Primetown of MMAOddsBreaker.com takes a look at some of the key competitions at each event. In the most recent installment, we look at UFC 214’s blockbuster main event as Jon Jones returns to the Octagon to confront Daniel Cormier at a bitter grudge match for the light heavyweight championship.
Daniel Cormier (Record: 19-1, +235 Underdog, Power Ranking: A+)
The 38-year-old Olympic wrestler turned MMA fighter has turned into among the very best light heavyweights of all time. Of his 20 bouts, the only time that he watched defeat was to Jones in the very first meeting. Since that blow in 2015, Cormier has won four straight bouts, with successes over Alexander Gustafsson, Anthony Johnson (twice) and Anderson Silva.
Being undersized hasn’t been a problem for Cormier in MMA. He really made a name for himself in Strikeforce, beating the likes of Josh Barnett and Antonio Silva are the last heavyweight champion from the business before it was acquired by the UFC. After in the UFC, Cormier quickly transitioned to light heavyweight and has come to be a Hall of Fame-caliber fighter. Despite being under six feet tall with merely a 72.5-inch reach, Cormier has rarely had an issue with competitions even giving around a foot in reach and six inches in height.
Cormier is strong. He lands 3.78 significant strikes per minute despite consuming just 2.07. He secures almost two takedowns a 15 minutes from the cage with an astonishing 42 percent success rate on takedowns. Cormier has very good footwork for the weight class and does nicely to shut distance and force opponents to fight at close range. He does not possess the knockout power to put quality competitions away early, but he has an excellent chin, forcing opponents into a physical, energy draining bout. He is proven to be among the most difficult fighters to deal with in a cage within 25 minutes.
Jon Jones (Record: 22-1, -255 Favorite, Power Ranking: A++)
The 30-year-old Endicott, New York native is among the greatest mixed martial artists of all-time. In 23 fights, his hand was raised in all but one of those matches. The only time it was not increased was due to a disqualification in a fight he was winning decisively. Jones returns to action for the first time since an April 2016 conclusion win over Ovince Saint Preux, This fight will clean out any applicable contenders in his weight class.
The Jackson’s MMA merchandise is the very best fighter in the world for many reasons. To begin, physically he is very talented in that his 84.5-inch reach is right near the surface of the game. Jones uses his span very well, as he lands a whopping 2.25 more important strikes a minute than he absorbs. That places him right near the very top of the UFC in that class too. He combines that with 94 percent takedown defense, making him hard to hit and difficult to take to the mat.
Jones combines that defensive art with a creative striking game by means of a lot of unorthodox kicks. On the ground, Jones has as barbarous of ground-and-pound as anybody in MMA. He delivers barbarous elbows in prime controller and is capable of completing in any fight from that position. Jones has invested a great deal of time on the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu mats in his time off from MMA and it is certainly possible he incorporates a considerable submission grappling focus to his own MMA prowess.
Matchup
At the most expected MMA bout of 2017, the former champion Jones returns to reclaim his light heavyweight championship against the current champ Cormier. In their first bout, the fight was rather even after two rounds, but Jones’ body work really started to pay dividends in the next round, since he actually began to out-land Cormier to win a decision. What’s more, Jones even out-grappled Cormier, procuring three takedowns compared to the one that his opponent had in the bout.

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