Lightweight: JaCobi Jones Vs. Daniel James Allen
Tale of the Tape
27-years-old
5’9″
Denver, Colorado, US
FactoryX Muay Thai
6-1
2 KO/TKOs, 2 Submissions
Combined opponent’s record: 13-3
30-years-old
6’1″
San Jose, California, US
AKA
4-0
2 KO/TKOs
Combined opponent’s record: 5-8
Pros and Cons
JaCobi Jones
Pros
- Solid wrestling
- Good ground and pound
- Aggressive
- Good elbows
- Hits hard
- Submission threat
Cons
- Poor cardio
- TDD needs work
Daniel James Allen
Pros
- Good wrestling
- Fast hands
- Smooth transitions
- Physically strong
- Knockout power
- Good ground and pound
- Heavy top position
Cons
- N/A
Who has the advantage?
Striking: Even
Speed: Jones
Output/Volume: Jones
Kickboxing: Even
Striking defense: Allen
Footwork/movement: Allen
Wrestling: Even
Grappling: Jones
Gas tank: Allen
Prediction: This is a tough fight to call. Jones is obviously the favorite and rightfully so. Jones has fought the much better competition and is the LFA lightweight champion. Allen is a product of AKA and has been very dominant in his MMA career. So dominant he’s shown no weaknesses at all. He’s doing all that fighting subpar competition though.
Both are wrestlers so we may see more of a striking fight in this one. Jones is decent on the feet. He has some upside but defensively, he gets hit too much. Allen has a knockout win but it only lasted 17 seconds. Allen looks sharp but there are only seconds of fight footage of him on his feet.
I say it lightly but I’ve been more impressed with Allen. Jones gets hit a lot, gets taken down, is caught in submissions, and slows down. Allen has only been in control not facing any adversity. I’m picking Allen because I think he may be better everywhere and he is also the bigger fighter which could come into play big time.
