Tom Aspinall wonders if Jon Jones ’ physical attributes will give him the same advantages at heavyweight. Former light heavyweight champion Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) dominated his division and entered most of his fights with a whopping reach advantage – which Aspinall says helped him not only with striking, but his wrestling. But now that Jones is making his heavyweight debut against Ciryl Gane (11-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) for the vacant heavyweight title at UFC 285 on March 4, Aspinall isn’t sure if he’ll be able to implement his wrestling as effectively – even though he’ll have a 3.5-inch reach advantage over the Frenchman. “Jon Jones is an amazing wrestler,” Aspinall said in an interview with Jamal Niaz. “The massive advantage he has amongst the light heavyweights is he’s got a massive reach advantage. So he gets a lot of his takedowns with the length of his arms and the leverage that he gets behind his takedowns
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