Jon Jones title run in retrospect

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Hi sherdog,

I was thinking about how Jon Jones is probably the best fighter of all time. Then I started considering his run and the guys he beat and I was kind of shocked to find that really he has beaten 3 prime good opponents.

Lets look at the careers of all his opponents within 3 years of title contention. I am not going beyond 3 years because then prime is a consideration I want the fighters to be comparable to the guys he fought.

Shogun.
Record prior: 19-4
Record next 3 years: 3-3 losses to gus and Henderson, chael. Beat Forrest, James T Huna, and Vera...

Rampage.
Record Prior: 32-8
Record next 3 years: 2-2 losses to Bader and Texiera, wins over Mpumbu and Beltran...

Machida.
Record prior: 17-2
Record next 3 years: 4-2 Machida was still good in this fight and its a good win He beat Henderson and Bader and probably got robbed by Davis if you watched that fight. then went on to get to a title shot at MW to lose to Weidman.

Rashad:
Record prior: 17-1-1
Record next 3 years: 2-1 Rashad arguably lost to Dan but he beat him and chael after losing to old lil nog. He then fell off a cliff.

Vitor:
Record prior: 21-9
Record next 3 years: 3-1 wait a minute...

wait... nevermind.. Jones is one of if not the greatest of all time. seriously... these guys were all still good after he beat them... I just turned from a hater to a maybe kind of fan... wow.
 
He still happens to be a finely tuned athletic machine
 
Jon Jones is the GOAT. Most talented MMA fighter ever.

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Juice-Head Jones title ruin in retrospect =

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Usually these threads end with:

"And that's why fighter X was a bum and cleared his division of cans only."

Not sure what happened here...
 
Usually these threads end with:

"And that's why fighter X was a bum and cleared his division of cans only."

Not sure what happened here...

guy who didn't read post said what?
 
Jones is good, real good,...on Mount Rushmore of MMA,....but not the GOAT.;)
 
Jon Jones hater here.


Jones is talented and a great fighter BUT....

I believe that his legacy is tarnished. Jones is a scumbag POS.
 
Thanks for letting us all know you just started watching mma.

Retrospect Jones nuts straight into your esophagus.
 
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