How Does Jon Jones Fair Against The Current Top 10 Heavyweights?

[ChosenMMA]

Still hoping Jones makes the move up to heavyweight before he begins the physical slide, but if he's wanting to take Cormier, Rumble and Gus first, it could be a few years if ever.

But how does Jones size up to the current division at heavyweight? Stipe is now the champion, Velasquez and Werdum are still there but aren't getting any younger.

 

[20falarVerdades]

He would maul Stipe. Tough fights against Cain, Werdum and The Reem though

 

[Rum]

Is he allowed to block all that estrogen or nah?

 

[ChosenMMA]

Is he allowed to block all that estrogen or nah?

Damn right, PED's are legal and ok to society in forums

 

[7th]

They should offer him 10 mil to fight some heavyweights, if he won't move up. Would love to see a one-off fight against Overeem or Cain. Can't doubt Jones, he might beat them all. Cormier was a legit HW and Jones handled him pretty easily.

 

[wilKO]

Against guys who are 6'4 plus with 30lbs plus on him and massive knockout power? He'd lose.

Werdum
JDS
Stipe
Overeem
Rothwell
Browne
Cain
Barnett

Would all beat him or be very tough for him

 

[cheesus]

He could beat some fringe top 10-15 guys like Nelson, maybe Hunt, Lewis, Struve, probably doesn't get past Browne or anyone ranked above him.

 

[UL]

He'd lose to Ben Rothwell

I've been saying this seriously for years

 

[thobra]

Champion : Stipe Miocic
1 Fabricio Werdum
2 Cain Velasquez
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Junior Dos Santos
5 Ben Rothwell
6 Andrei Arlovski
7 Travis Browne
8 Mark Hunt
9 Josh Barnett
10 Derrick Lewis
11 Roy Nelson
12 Ruslan Magomedov
13 Stefan Struve
14 Francis Ngannou
15 Antonio Silva

Jon is great, and no doubt the best LHW in the world, but I think he would lose to all top ten HWs, but probably be pretty competitive with Mark Hunt. Outside the top ten there are smaller guys he can beat, like Roy.

HW is different, and Jon has always struggled most against bigger guys (even if veeery few of them actually made him struggle much at all).

 

[Streeter]

Feed him Brock as punishment

 

[cyrusthevyrus]

Dude, are you serios? He cannot take guys bigger than him. He finishes middleweights, yet. Real lightweights? Decisions. Heavyweights? He would get KOed/.

 

[Which Doctor]

Post USADA he's got no chance.

 

[KillerIsBack V2]

a dev of old men being bullied by a guy called stipe... he'd fuck them all up. DC was a dominant HW.