"Why have a Thai match against someone who may be better than me at it?" was the answer of Jon "Bones" Jones when he was asked on why he had focused more on his striking that had made him score a first-round TKO over Brandon "The Truth" Vera.
Both, Jones and Vera, were both coming off losses and looking to become reestablished as contenders in the light heavyweight division.
When the round opened, Jones scored an early hip toss take-down but Vera scrambled back to his feet. The fighters exchanged strikes and Jones scored with a double leg take-down. From his back Vera landed an illegal up-kick to the face of Jones that seemed to hurt Jones. The referee took a penalty point from Vera and the fight resumed on the ground with Jones in the guard of Vera.
Jones postured up and landed a strong elbow that hurt Vera. Jones followed with several punches that made Vera roll away to escape the strikes and Jones landed more punches until the referee stopped the bout giving the TKO win to Jon Jones at 3:19 of round one.
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