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They're different circumstances, obviously; since Moses was a 21 year old, losing to an elite fighter, while Gable was a 26 year old, losing to a jobber.
Gable Steveson and Moses Itauma proved a lot of people right
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In the UFC it's part of a broader trend of upsets this year, (Strickland, Gaethje, etc), Gable is pretty bad at striking and closed his eyes as well as framed his arm on his opponent like Jones while having a short reach.
I honestly did not expect the upset to happen since Gable eating a spinning back kick to the head against a can previously and not reacting gave me the impression that he had a great chin.
I wanted the Itauma fight with Hrgovic to happen because of the possibility of an outcome similar to what happened, he would have the chin to bear Itauma's overrated power.
By the way, look at Gable's corner during the fight.
Jon Jones reaction
I honestly did not expect the upset to happen since Gable eating a spinning back kick to the head against a can previously and not reacting gave me the impression that he had a great chin.
I wanted the Itauma fight with Hrgovic to happen because of the possibility of an outcome similar to what happened, he would have the chin to bear Itauma's overrated power.
By the way, look at Gable's corner during the fight.
Jon Jones reaction
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