INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Excuse me for not rushing to praise Jon Jones today.
Yeah, the once-again UFC light heavyweight champion is still one of the finest pure talents we’ve ever seen in mixed martial arts. No one disputes what he can do when he steps into the cage and the door is shut.
His bout with Alexander Gustafsson on Saturday night at The Forum demonstrated his high fight IQ. Jones never left Gustafsson get untracked in the main event of UFC 232, punishing his opponent with leg kicks and drilling him with sharp strikes when he tried to close the distance before finishing him with ruthless precision in the third.