Shocking Coincidence Between Two Controversial Title Defenses of Jon Jones

Jon Jones is widely considered the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. There are not many opponents who have been able to push Jones to the limit inside the UFC octagon. Jones has defeated legends and elite contenders over multiple generations. However, there were times when Jones did not look invincible.

The very first time when fans in the arena thought that Jones lost the fight when he took on Alexander Gustafsson back in UFC 165. Gustafsson was the underdog coming into the fight. But he fought his heart out and pushed Jones beyond his limit. Though the decision went in favor of Jones many fans believe that Gustafsson won the fight.

Recently, at UFC 247 we saw yet another grueling battle of Jon Jones when he took on Dominick Reyes. Jones showed the championship mettle and won the round 4 and 5 convincingly. But he was outclassed in the first two rounds by Reyes. The third round was a close one. But in the end, Jones got another close decision in his favor.

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MMA reporter Shaheen Al-Shatti noticed a striking coincidence between the result of Jones’ fight with Reyes and Gustafsson. Shockingly, the decision by the judges in Reyes vs Jones was similar to the decision for Jones vs Gustafsson 1.

On both occasions, Jones won the fight via unanimous decision(48-47, 48-47, 49-46). It’s also to be noted that Chris Lee was one of the judges in both the fights.

According to Chris Lee, Jones won round 3,4,5 against Reyes. As per judge, Marcos Rosales, Jones won round 2,4,5. And Joe Soliz scored round 2,3,4,5 in favor of the champion.

Jones won the first Gustafsson fight in a very similar fashion according to the scorecard.

Well, the scorecards are not the only thing that are similar on both ocassions. Many fans thought Gustafsson won the fight against Jones. And at UFC 247, fans showered their frustration when Jones was announced the winner. We already had a rematch between Jones and Gustafsson. It’s needless to say that the rematch between Reyes and Jones has to booked next before Jones makes his move to heavyweight or fight Israel Adesanya in a super fight.