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Jon Jones is considered one of the best fighters in UFC history. He's only 28. The interim light heavyweight champion, who only lost his belt for out-of-the-Octagon reasons is ready to get back the real thing on Saturday.

Jones, coming off of arguably his worst performance in the octagon in a unanimous decision win over Ovince Saint Preux in April, is still the heavy betting favorite to beat Daniel Cormier for the second time. Here are three reasons why he gets it done on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

1. Mental edge. It's a tough obstacle to overcome, but Jones has done it. Going back to January 2015, Jones has played mind games with Cormier both in and out of the Octagon. He won a convincing unanimous decision over Cormier in their first meeting and continued to remind him at each point what happened in that fight. Jones may not be as good at selling his fights with his mouth as Conor McGregor, but he knows how to get under his opponents' skin.

2. Endurance and experience. Jones has been the guy in UFC circles for the last six years. Nobody has been able to figure him out. He may not possess that ultimate knockout power, but Jones is such a smart fighter that his strategy tends to pay dividends. He has also fought in championship-style fights (consisting of five rounds) since 2011. His last four fights have all gone the distance with Jones winning each by unanimous decision.

While Cormier is a good fighter and a great wrestler, I'm skeptical he will still be fresh in those fourth and fifth rounds if the fight goes that far. In the two fights he has been in that go deep, Cormier is 1-1 with a loss to Jones and a split decision win over Alexander Gustafsson.

3. Simply a better fighter. Look, Jones didn't get this far in his career for nothing. I understand the doubt coming for him that he might not be the same fighter since going through rehab, but Jones is still ranked as the best pound-for-pound fighter in UFC for a reason.

The man has never lost to an opponent in the octagon. His lone loss I argue he beat himself by not thinking properly about the rules when he dropped a 12-6 elbow on Matt Hamill in 'The Ultimate Fighter' finale. Jones out-thinks opponents in the octagon and seemingly invents strikes on the fly. Just when you think he's out of ideas, an uppercut elbow catches you in the jaw.

The ring rust was real against Saint Preux and, again, he didn't look his best. But he shouldn't have a problem with Cormier on Saturday.