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 Post subject: Marcus Jones MMA Career Short and not so sweet
PostPosted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:31 pm 
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Marcus Jones has retired from MMA

http://mmafrenzy.com/12587/marcus-jones ... nale-loss/

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Marcus “Big Baby” Jones, a former NFL player and semifinalist on The Ultimate Fighter 10, has retired from mixed martial arts following his loss to Matt Mitrione on December 5 at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale, according to Around the Octagon.

Jones took out fellow heavyweights Mike Wessel and Darrill Schoonover to advance to the TUF 10 semis, but next suffered a first-round knockout at the hands of Brendan Schaub. Jones returned to action earlier this month, but was knocked out by Mitrione in the second-round.

Jones ends his MMA career with a 4-2 record

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 Post subject: Re: Marcus Jones MMA Career Short and not so sweet
PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:51 am 
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Surprisingly weak chin for such a massive fellow!

Well at least he did a decent job, it could have been worse.

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 Post subject: Re: Marcus Jones MMA Career Short and not so sweet
PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:32 pm 
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He was a nice guy and as I mentioned a while back, he did not seem to have the killer instinct for MMA.
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 Post subject: Re: Marcus Jones MMA Career Short and not so sweet
PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:43 pm 
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Too bad. I really like the guy and I hoped we'd see more from him.

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 Post subject: Re: Marcus Jones MMA Career Short and not so sweet
PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:43 pm 
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I am sure he could take out Bob Sapp....but his striking was so weak....I was so surprised by his ground game. He was really good on the microphone too, when I saw him on MMA Live (on ESPN) I was really surprised how smooth he was on the microphone...I'm sure he picked this up from being an NFL player.

After Wes Shivers went down, he was the NFL player I was hoping for. I am sure he doesn't need the money, and doesn't want to fight in backyard shows around the states. He was pretty entertaining...but after his lose to Mitrone, this is what I expected.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:40 am 
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Saw this coming. Unfortunately, his chin is too glassy to have a long career in the UFC. However, he's big and powerful enough that with some solid striking defense training and more experience, he could have probably worked around his glass jaw. After all, they have to hit it if they want to put him down.

If he had started 10 years ago, he would have been a BEAST. His ground skills and his GnP are devastating.

I hope to see him at ADCC and Grappler's Quest in the future. It's a shame, too. He would have been a real asset against the nay-sayers of the sport. He's just such a great guy.

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