Jones vs Reyes

Who won Jones vs Reyes?

Jon Jones beat Dominick Reyes by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 247, on Saturday 8th February 2020 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jon Jones.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Light Heavyweight championship.

Jones vs Reyes stats

Jon Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Dominick Reyes made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Jon Jones' 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008. Dominick Reyes marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Jon Jones' UFC record stood at 22-1-0, while Dominick Reyes' came in at 9-4-0.

The stats suggested Jones had a massive power advantage over Reyes, boasting a 40% knock out percentage over Reyes' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jones had a large advantage over Reyes, boasting a 24% submission rate over Reyes' 0%.

Jon Jones was the older man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Jones had a 8-inch reach advantage.

Jones was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 26 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 6 years and 7 months earlier than Reyes, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 54 more professional rounds, 86 to Reyes' 32.

Jones vs Reyes form

Jones had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Dominick Reyes had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Dustin Jacoby at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov on 8th June 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ryan Spann at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jiri Prochazka at UFC Vegas 25 on 1st May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Before that, he had been defeated by Jan Blachowicz at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Dominick Reyes had been fighting more than Jon Jones.

Going to this contest, Jon Jones had last fought 2 years, 2 months and 25 days ago, while Dominick Reyes' last outing had been 11 months and 21 days ago.

Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 5 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Reyes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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