Chartier: I think the most logical path to victory for Jones is to wrestle — mix in some wrestling, get him tired. Ngannou was able to out-wrestle him with bad knees, so what’s Jones going to be able to do?
For Gane, it’s touch, move, touch, move, and defend the takedown. You’ve got to defend early and hope that Jones bails on it. He’s got to come out early, stay low and long, not over-commit on anything, and touch, touch, touch until you get a little more into the fight.
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Marshall: For Gane, it’s very obvious: pick and pull on Jon Jones. Pick and pull, (a thousand cuts), and if the knockout presents itself, take it, but we’ve never seen Jon Jones in any sort of trouble like that, so it’s hard to say that that is a path to victory, right? No one has ever been able to do it.
He’s got to be very disciplined, be on his horse a lot; touch and not be too overly aggressive.
And then Jon Jones, I’m going with the same answer I gave with Shevchenko — however he wants. He’s gonna stay long, he’s gonna touch, and he’s gonna put forward pressure on. If he wants the takedown, he’s gonna get it, and he could finish this on the ground.
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Kyte: If there were one thing that was going to significantly impact how this fight plays out — that swings it in one direction or the other — what would it be?
