That's the truth. He really seems to have this underrated ability to sense how he could fight in the moment to make it a exciting battle. His striking & his "put it all on the line" sorta approach to his fights don't get talked about enough compared to his wrestling.
I think it has a lot to do with his height and reach. He can’t sit back in Coast, he has to press the action which makes for good fights, even against guys who are trying to coast.
And for his build too it’s insane. The only way you’d deplete his gas tank was with body shots like Stipe did in the second fight. Then again that’s with most fighters. But DC’s cardio for how he was built was just scary. Imagine having a small bear relentlessly come at you and try to maul you all the while you’re just playing the long game and waiting till it gets tired but it doesn’t get tired and it just keeps in coming. That’s what I’d imagine fighting a prime DC was like. His cardio isn’t Covington/Ferguson level but it’s still top notch and scary as hell due to how relentless he can be.
@@toxicgoat341 I have a feeling that the champs now are better than before and in the next ten years they will be far greater than before 2010. Remember UFC’s been out only in the 90’s. Still a lot of evolution we see even in bjj today
Gus in his prime was about as good as they come but DC is the elite of the elite. He holds legendary status, winning 2 belts in two different divisions. He’s also beaten a whos who of MMA. Younger, prime DC was so damn great.
This fight was unbelievable, up there with Jones vs Gustafsson 1 for me. I remember watching it live and shortly after it happened and I've always believed it to be closer than the referees scored it Haven't' seen it in a while tho
If DC had diet discipline he could’ve fought at 185 instead, which was his wrestling weight back in the day. His coaches even admitted it but they said he loves food too much lol
He fought ppl that weighed the same or out weighed them usually. He’s a big dude himself and powerful, tall doesn’t mean big I’m 6’1 270 just not delusional 😂 why you think gus got picked up and ragged dolled on that slam
DC has such underrated striking and approach to fighting and his way of thanking GUS because he looks at it with a great perspective. Even tuff battles r a gift u learn from
Imagine how different things would be if the judges had scored Jones vs Gustafson for Alex....maybe the confidence from that win would've changed his entire career. He proved that he belonged in there with the best in the world with that fight and this one.
You know it's funny I love both of these guys and this video showing a different side of them. I am forgetful and that's a good thing because it's like watching this fight all over again because I don't remember who won honestly
Amazing Larone, thank you very much. Gus is certainly the best to never win a belt IMO. Colby, I feel, was winning fight 1 but was decisively stopped and at the minimum drew if not won against Usman in fight 2, while Dustin, often titled one of the best to never win a belt, was definitively stopped in both his title attempts. While Gus was stopped by Jones in the 2nd fight, you can make a very, very compelling argument that Gus won against Jones and DC. To me, the DC fight pushed in DC's favour because of DC's clinch success coupled with Gus running away a lot. In a razor thin fight like that, the appearance of Gus doing his signature sprint probably convinced the judges.
I thought gus won the first Jones fight now that I watched it back alot of times I think the judges got it right , this was a way more competitive fight
The takedown rules are so damn janky. Gus launched DC to the floor from fully standing and laid flat onto his belly on all 4's yet it isn't counted as a takedown because Gus didn't then 'establish an attack', which, whether it's control, ground and pound or a sub attempt, is SEPARATE from the takedown. Weirdest rule.
DC is a guy in ashamed to admit I didn’t truly appreciate until he beat Stipe. Looking back it’s a shame that people like myself, and I own my major error, in not appreciating just how damn good DC is because of the Bones fiasco. DC genuinely deserves to be in the talk as one of the greatest of all time in the sport, a lock in the top five. If he wasn’t in the Bones era and retired when he hoped to he probably would be in many of those talks. Only lost to the the arguable GOAT of the entire sport and the largely accepted GOATof the HW class and even in those losses he made his presence felt.
Cormier could have ran through heavyweights instead just like he did before moving down and we’d probably be talking about the greates heavyweight of all Time. Because let’s face it, as a Natural Heavyweight DC was on paper and skill wise the most Talented
Wish gus had gone to a top us gym, im sure the all star gym or whatever its called has good coaches but gotta wonder if he could've made that extra step if he trained smwhere else
alex had a bloodied nose bridge, got completely flipped and ran away a lot DC had a bloodied eye, got really tired and almost knocked out this match was bordering on a draw for me
This fight was a robbery. Gus won 2 3 and 4. Only reason he lost by split decision was, a judge gave round 3 to cormier and it is not make sense for me. Even though some people will say oo "dc was dominating him whole round 3 until that shot" No, dc lost first 2 minutes of round and then came strong but still was back and forth and gus hit biggest shot of round, dropped him, almost finished him. İf that sequence cant steal a close round, i dont know what could.
Dude you need to hit that pipe some more cuz I don't know what you were watching. I just watched GUS eat fists and takedowns like it was thanksgiving dinner.
wtf are you talking about lol, youre acting like this fight wasnt a war and like one of the judges didnt give the win to gustafsson. whats embarassing is that gus managed to get more takedowns than olympic wrestler dc
Khabib went running because he knew he wouldnt hold the lightweight belt for long. Beat a lightweight division packed with overrated stand up strikers and dipped.
All these comments yet I don’t see anybody claiming it’s a robbery 👀 Gus fans are clowns, this fight was a spilt decision, If there’s any robbery you should be crying about it should be THIS fight not the first Jones fight where he lost 4-1.
Two things I loved about DCs title fights were: you are either getting a finish or you were getting one hell of a back and forth fight.
That's the truth. He really seems to have this underrated ability to sense how he could fight in the moment to make it a exciting battle. His striking & his "put it all on the line" sorta approach to his fights don't get talked about enough compared to his wrestling.
@@benmcreynolds8581 IMO that’s what cost him in the stipe 2 fight he was fighting so recklessly it made no sense to me.
I think it has a lot to do with his height and reach. He can’t sit back in Coast, he has to press the action which makes for good fights, even against guys who are trying to coast.
@@brunomgpinto isn’t that a finish
@@tolliSTFU You are absolutely right! 🤣
I read that wrong, sorry bruh! 🤣
(Deleting)
DC's cardio and speed is underrated
Imagine if he was in Olympic shape too that’s the shocking part. His age
And for his build too it’s insane. The only way you’d deplete his gas tank was with body shots like Stipe did in the second fight. Then again that’s with most fighters. But DC’s cardio for how he was built was just scary. Imagine having a small bear relentlessly come at you and try to maul you all the while you’re just playing the long game and waiting till it gets tired but it doesn’t get tired and it just keeps in coming. That’s what I’d imagine fighting a prime DC was like. His cardio isn’t Covington/Ferguson level but it’s still top notch and scary as hell due to how relentless he can be.
Daniel cormier is yoel Romero with ridiculous cardio and better mma grappling
That’s that Dagestani bear milk
Gus really got unlucky being around at the same time as Jones and DC. In any other era, including now, he's the champion easily.
You forgot about Rumble Johnson.
@@yusuke502 One TKO loss to AJ in his prime doesn't disqualify what I said. Gus beats every LHW champ the UFC has had not named Jones or Cormier.
Yeah I can see Prime Gustaffson giving Jiri a really hard time to be fair
@@astonblanche137 i see rumble knocking him out too jiri ain't that good just really quick and explosive his td defence is terrible
@@toxicgoat341 I have a feeling that the champs now are better than before and in the next ten years they will be far greater than before 2010. Remember UFC’s been out only in the 90’s. Still a lot of evolution we see even in bjj today
Gus in his prime was about as good as they come but DC is the elite of the elite. He holds legendary status, winning 2 belts in two different divisions. He’s also beaten a whos who of MMA. Younger, prime DC was so damn great.
And most important, he was bully beat down :)
*Jon bone jones has entered the chat😖💀
@@alanrunner6397 DC was never roided out...so Jon Jones can leave the chat
@@andrewbourdeau3563 beat him after a weekend of cocaine and hookers 💀💀😖
@@andrewbourdeau3563 he definitely was lol
One of the most underrated fights of all time.
I thought this fight has the highest significant strikes thrown/absorbed in a LHW title fight.
Alexander is arguably the greatest light heavyweight to never have the belt.
RUMBLE JOHNSON WOUD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU
@@weeeek1933 rumble Johnson lost to Dc twice . Finished . 0 arguments
Rumble Johnson got carried by a headbutt to Gus's head. He got exposed by DC not once but twice lol and a random nobody almost beat him recently.
@@borklaser7291 yet he destroyed Gus in 1 round, KO'd him, Glover and much more others
@@weeeek1933 just a one punch trick pony like derrick Lewis. Not elite
Even though it’s midnight you can never miss a new Larone upload when you see it
This fight was unbelievable, up there with Jones vs Gustafsson 1 for me.
I remember watching it live and shortly after it happened and I've always believed it to be closer than the referees scored it
Haven't' seen it in a while tho
Anthony Johnson putting belt on DC is the best
DC never gets credit for always fighting the bigger man
He actually gets credit every fight when they introduce the fighters
If DC had diet discipline he could’ve fought at 185 instead, which was his wrestling weight back in the day. His coaches even admitted it but they said he loves food too much lol
He fought ppl that weighed the same or out weighed them usually. He’s a big dude himself and powerful, tall doesn’t mean big I’m 6’1 270 just not delusional 😂 why you think gus got picked up and ragged dolled on that slam
DC has such underrated striking and approach to fighting and his way of thanking GUS because he looks at it with a great perspective. Even tuff battles r a gift u learn from
Hardly anyone will admit it, but DC was a beast and one of the best 100%!
Prime DC was fueling on popeyes chiken and was knocking poeple out.
He never knocked anybody out. He always sucked.
@@carter3369 He knocked Stipe, the heavyweight GOAT, out.
@@managingarkreactors9339 Stipe isn’t the Heavyweight GOAT lol
@@managingarkreactors9339 after a bad eye poke that caused stipe to have eye surgery
@@carter3369 you are a bad troll
All that height, reach yet DC out struck him!
This fight is so weird lol DC outstruck gus and gus outwrestled DC
Dc took the bigger shots
DC is a legend, dude had height and reach disadvantage is most of his fights
All of his fights lol
But he has weight advantage in all of them 😂
"What a stud, I love that guy"
DC about Gustafsson after the fight, pretty lol but also wholesome that fighters have that respect for eachother
Thank you for all these bro. Love from Canada 🇨🇦
You have the best content I love you so much thank you for making me smile
Cormier speaks comments so well he could just take over the commentary and speak for both what a talent
Imagine how different things would be if the judges had scored Jones vs Gustafson for Alex....maybe the confidence from that win would've changed his entire career. He proved that he belonged in there with the best in the world with that fight and this one.
You know it's funny I love both of these guys and this video showing a different side of them. I am forgetful and that's a good thing because it's like watching this fight all over again because I don't remember who won honestly
the title fight for the division is the most pivotal fight for the division.
thanks joe
DC Became light heavyweight and heavyweight champ while being like 5'9
Let that marinate
And 250lb
Amazing Larone, thank you very much. Gus is certainly the best to never win a belt IMO. Colby, I feel, was winning fight 1 but was decisively stopped and at the minimum drew if not won against Usman in fight 2, while Dustin, often titled one of the best to never win a belt, was definitively stopped in both his title attempts. While Gus was stopped by Jones in the 2nd fight, you can make a very, very compelling argument that Gus won against Jones and DC. To me, the DC fight pushed in DC's favour because of DC's clinch success coupled with Gus running away a lot. In a razor thin fight like that, the appearance of Gus doing his signature sprint probably convinced the judges.
I've always thought this fight was better than Jones vs Gus 1.
No way
I thought gus won the first Jones fight now that I watched it back alot of times I think the judges got it right , this was a way more competitive fight
I love DC’s way of thinking lmao::
“Well he thinks this…Good… believe that”
Gustafsson probably the most unlucky fighter of all time. Nearly beat Jon and DC, and he holds wins over Teixeira and Blachowicz
Include shogun*
Crazy that jones and DC both beat Gus by only a harrowing split decision. After those two grueling defeats gus was never the same
If Gus still wants to compete, he should go for a more wrestling heavy approach. No other way around it. His speed is just not there anymore.
The takedown rules are so damn janky. Gus launched DC to the floor from fully standing and laid flat onto his belly on all 4's yet it isn't counted as a takedown because Gus didn't then 'establish an attack', which, whether it's control, ground and pound or a sub attempt, is SEPARATE from the takedown. Weirdest rule.
Larone when are you going to reupload jones vs Belford again?
DC is a guy in ashamed to admit I didn’t truly appreciate until he beat Stipe. Looking back it’s a shame that people like myself, and I own my major error, in not appreciating just how damn good DC is because of the Bones fiasco. DC genuinely deserves to be in the talk as one of the greatest of all time in the sport, a lock in the top five. If he wasn’t in the Bones era and retired when he hoped to he probably would be in many of those talks. Only lost to the the arguable GOAT of the entire sport and the largely accepted GOATof the HW class and even in those losses he made his presence felt.
Cormier could be in the greatest of all time discussion that just shows how special Jon Jones is
Cormier could have ran through heavyweights instead just like he did before moving down and we’d probably be talking about the greates heavyweight of all Time. Because let’s face it, as a Natural Heavyweight DC was on paper and skill wise the most Talented
Dc a good dude
yess the reupload
I fuckin love DC
DC is a beast.
No
Alex is a bad man but his shot spread on that target was rough🤣
15:38 Still can’t believe that the russian guy in the corner is now the new pound for pound the bes fighter in the world rn
That was adorable.
Wish gus had gone to a top us gym, im sure the all star gym or whatever its called has good coaches but gotta wonder if he could've made that extra step if he trained smwhere else
He trained with Aliance I believe in America or Extreme Coture if I'm not mistaken
But not full time, I agree he should've came to America full time
That one Conor interacting was clearly a highlight lol
Larone ftw!
DC is one of the GOATs imo
DC is Jones'property
@@destroyerarmor2846 jon steroids jones is still crying on court and headbutting police cars
It’s not an Opinion it’s a FACT. DC is easily top 10.
@@hakr4751do you even know what a steroid is lmao
Am I the only one who thinks that this was better than Jones vs Gus 1?
Yes because Jones vs gus 1 was one of the best fights ever
This fight was still great
You actually did a power slap vid? lol we out !
Triple H finna recruit DC to WWE when he see this shit
20:09
I guess he did
When your mom catches you watching porn 20:09
I love these get dropped on anniversaries
Gus' prime is top 5 lhw. Probably the most talented prime to not get the belt
alex had a bloodied nose bridge, got completely flipped and ran away a lot
DC had a bloodied eye, got really tired and almost knocked out
this match was bordering on a draw for me
Gustafson outwrestling dc and jones is ridiculous
On 4:42 who’s the dark skin fighter?
Feel bad for gus the two out of his 3 title shots were such close fights
Prime gus was a Beast
Gustafsson won that damn fight
This fight was a robbery. Gus won 2 3 and 4. Only reason he lost by split decision was, a judge gave round 3 to cormier and it is not make sense for me. Even though some people will say oo "dc was dominating him whole round 3 until that shot" No, dc lost first 2 minutes of round and then came strong but still was back and forth and gus hit biggest shot of round, dropped him, almost finished him. İf that sequence cant steal a close round, i dont know what could.
Dude you need to hit that pipe some more cuz I don't know what you were watching. I just watched GUS eat fists and takedowns like it was thanksgiving dinner.
@@BrunoCasas.M yeah only takedown dc landed happened in first round and gus lost first round. This is not point.
j3zus dude. this us war not some game. stop analyzing it as such. kill or be killed.
"hE wAS wInNiNg 2 m1nUtEs"
@@BrunoCasas.Mgus was the one taking him down
Not gone lie I slick feel like Gustafson won this one
Gus got screwed. Again.
2 punshing bags
How good is Jones
Natty Goat
You must not know what his testosterone levels were 😂
your will never beat JJ never
What the fook 😂
@@berlin4103 Jon Jones is the GOAT 🐐
The amount of running from Gustafson was embarrassing 😂 crazy how DC managed to kick Gustafson's ass in his own game.
It was a decently close fight though but I has it 3-2 Cormier just like Dana. Damn prime DC was different
Yeah but Gus would have finished him if he didn’t sniff crotch
wtf are you talking about lol, youre acting like this fight wasnt a war and like one of the judges didnt give the win to gustafsson. whats embarassing is that gus managed to get more takedowns than olympic wrestler dc
@@MrStruggle i literally said it was a close fight 💀
Jones beat both of them 😂
Jones is 1-1 against gus
While being juiced
@@risottonero4501 jones clearly won the first fight
@@risottonero4501 cry more😂
@@yourboy4005 that’s the second fight bro
@@risottonero4501 Jones tkod his ass in the 2nd fight
First 😮
I think I could out wrestle Danny Cormier. The only one I can’t out wrestle is The Eagle.
Khabib went running because he knew he wouldnt hold the lightweight belt for long. Beat a lightweight division packed with overrated stand up strikers and dipped.
I think I can knockout Ngannou. The only one I can't knockout is Hasbullah.
You're kidding right, lil bro?
Bro. Really? I spit water out my nose when i read your comment. All jokes aside. Daniel will smash khabob. He el capiton for a reason.
@@gregshubert1785he’s also a he’s a heavyweight genius
All these comments yet I don’t see anybody claiming it’s a robbery 👀 Gus fans are clowns, this fight was a spilt decision, If there’s any robbery you should be crying about it should be THIS fight not the first Jones fight where he lost 4-1.
Mmmmm. Megan with long hair.
Fat by lost that fight
The famous aka aka the American kickboxing academy.
Gustaffson foi garfado ai viu !