Jon Jones won the UFC 235 -event to the main event in the Anthony smith’s.
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in Las Vegas on Saturday held the UFC 235 -main event of the evening in the faced lower heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Anthony Smith .
the favorite of the match left Jones, 31, dominated events since the beginning, but a year younger compatriot Smith fight until the end. Jones got the fourth two-point deduction against the rules to knee hit, but the win despite the match clearly. All three judges ranked Jones to win by a score of 48-44.
the Victory was Jones for 15. consecutive. Him longer winning streak has reached only a Anderson Silva , who won the best 16 matches in a row.
Hats off to Anthony. Now I know why they call him the lion heart, Jones said after the match, according to the BBC.
I’ve never heard anyone my opponent is talking to me at the same time when I hit him. This guy is really persistent. He did a great job.
Jones hinted before the match, a possible hyppäyksestä a higher weight class, but after the match I was planning to stay in the future in the current weight class, which offers a number of good, young challengers.
– I Will now enjoy this victory and then return to the design table to come back better. The UFC has a lot of young promises. It is a big challenge in itself.
doping history
Jones has a colorful past, which is also associated with doping cases. He was released from the most recent non-compete late last year and returned to the ring in December at the end of the Swedish Alexander gustafsson by . Jones rose that match a second time the lower heavyweight champion.
the first time Jones won the championship back in march 2011, but the UFC took the belt more than four years later, when he was arrested in a serious criminal case. In April 2016, Jones won the so-called interim title but was later caught in a doping test and received a one-year competition ban.
in July 2017, Jones won again the official title of Daniel cormier from but fried at the time of doping. The match result was annulled and the title returned to Cormierille.
Jon Jones is a UFC champion, which is quite dubious doping history. ZUMAWIRE / MVPHOTOS
