Greg Jackson: Jon Jones Would Have Defeated Daniel Cormier at UFC 197

Greg Jackson admits that Jon Jones’ performance against Ovince St. Preux at UFC 197 left plenty of room for improvement. That said, the respected trainer is still confident that the version of Jones who stepped into the Octagon last weekend would have found a way to defeat Daniel Cormier had their rematch taken place that night. “Jon’s one of those guys that fights to the level of his competition,” Jackson said during an appearance on the Sherdog Radio Network’s ”The Neutral Corner” show with Yves Edwards. “When the going gets tough he gets going for sure. I’m very confident he would have won that night because he would step up to that level. He’s one of those guys if you push him really hard he will push back. “For me, we’d done so much work for Daniel, I think he still would have won that night. If you push him hard, that almost wakes him up.” Cormier, of course, had a much different opinion. The current light heavyweight champion served as a guest analyst for the UFC 197 headliner, and at its conclusion, he was left to wonder what might have been had he remained healthy throughout his fight camp. “He got the job done. A lot of times most guys don’t have their best performance, they lose. They don’t get it done. That just shows how special Jon is,” Cormier said that night. “That being said, I’m very disappointed I didn’t get to compete tonight because I do believe if he showed up in the form he did tonight, if this is the new Jon Jones, there is no way he can beat …

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