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UFC World Reacts as Ciryl Gane Gets Jon Jones’ “Most Lethal Move” Neutralized Days Ahead of UFC 285

Published 03/01/2023, 2:00 PM EST

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After the super fight between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski, the UFC community is now eagerly awaiting the next super fight. The fans already can’t keep calm for UFC 285. The strongest Jon Jones and the mightiest Ciryl Gane will come face to face for the vacant heavyweight title. Jones‘ record of 26 victories and a single loss and Gane‘s record of 11-1 make it highly difficult for fans to predict the winner.

The most interesting part of the fight is that ‘Bones’ is returning to the octagon after three long years in a division completely new to him. There are many who think Gane won’t be able to escape the secret moves of the former light heavyweight champion. Nonetheless, the fans saw ‘Bon Gamin’ prepare himself to neutralize the most lethal weapon of Jones.

Fans react to Ciryl Gane’s training to avoid the lethal eye pokes of Jon Jones

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Jon Jones was continuously under scrutiny for trying to eye pokes on his opponents. This tactic of Jones has often dealt the biggest blows to fighters who face him. The retired UFC two-division champion, Daniel Cormier, has also accused ‘Bones’ of using illegal moves. Nonetheless, in a new viral video of Gane, he is making it clear that the former light heavyweight champion’s most dangerous move won’t work on him.

The 11-1 record holder has already proved that he has the power to outperform Jones‘ ground game. In the viral video, Gane is seen taking training to escape ‘Bone’s eye pokes.

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The retired UFC fighter and MMA analyst Chael Sonnen retweeted the video uploaded by MMA Haven and wrote, “I can’t quit watching. This is AMAZING.” Fans were quick to react to ‘The American Gangster’s tweet.

Here is how fans reacted to the viral video of Gane‘s training

One of the biggest advantages Jones has over his opponents is his long arms. Hence, one of the fans tweeted that Gane should use longer elastic.

After watching the video, one of the fans said that Gane‘s moves can neutralize Jones’ most dangerous weapon, which is illegally poking the eyes of the opponent.

 

One of the fans seemed doubtful about the effectiveness of Gane‘s training strategy.

Another fan suggested Gane focus more on wrestling.

One of the fans had a very precise idea of how the fight was going to go.

A fan pointed out how Israel Adesanya tried the same thing.

A Twitter user said that ‘Bones’ is the GOAT, but Gane is no less.

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In the 2016 MMA documentary ‘The Hurt Business,’ ‘Bones’ himself admitted that he does eye poking, which is illegal. Jones said, “So, Daniel Cormier is saying before the fight that I’ll end up poking him in the eyes at some point. And the reason why he says that is because I do poke people in the eyes. And it’s very illegal, but I do it.”

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