Jon Jones defends title against Vitor Belfort – UFC News
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones stepped in the ring against the most vicious opponent of his career Vitor Belfort past Saturday at UFC 152 in Toronto. Jones was near submission just when he drove out of it. His long reach and his legendary elbow
strikes assisted him in defeating the jujitsu master Belfort. Jones was able to make Belfort tap out, something that the latter is not used to.
At UFC 152, Jones went the extra mile to prove his worth as champion. Unlike his previous title defence fights, the American mixed martial artist gave his heart and soul to score a victory over Belfort, a Brazilian fighter.
The first round kicked off with an armbar by Belfort to Jones. According to Jones, it was the most wicked submission he has ever been in. In the post fight press conference, Jones asserted that his arm was about to break but he was not ready to give up.
“I've never had my arm popped like that before. I felt it, but I worked too hard to give up. I honestly was waiting for it to break,” said Jones.
Later on, Jones’ arm was not in the same condition. He was using his right elbow but not with will.
“It just felt numb. My brain is trained to throw it, so I threw it, but it didn't feel powerful at all,” Jones added.
Belfort soon realised that he will not be able to knockout Jones and so he kept going for submissions. Unfortunately, his submissions were not enough to make the champion submit. A sharp elbow from Jones in the first round caused a wicked cut on Belfort’s
forehead. During the third round, Jones was able to shoot a sidekick that hurt Belfort’s ribs. This was the strike that substantially weakened Belfort and he could never recover from it.
As always, during the post-fight conference, Belfort revealed that he had injured the same area during training prior to the fight, which is why he felt badly hurt.
“He caught me with a kick in the rib," Belfort said. "I already had an injury in training. I was trying to work my jiu-jitsu and catch my breath but he was long and his pace was pretty well. That's why he's the champion.”
During the fourth round, Belfort submitted to Jones at 54 seconds.
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