Media Anthony Smith: Jon Jones is very beatable

[KazDibiase]

Jon Jones is beatable, very beatable,” Smith told Morning Kombat. “He’s not that good. Not individually. If you take his individual skill sets and you take them away, each one of those things are not a problem. It’s when you put them together, and he puts it into the full package it’s the problem. His fight IQ is not crazy high. He’s well-coached and he does what he’s told, very, very well. And that’s a credit to him. I’m not saying it as a negative, I don’t think it’s a negative. He’s a dog for sure.


“But if you take his boxing, if Jon and I were to just box, I don’t think he’s the G.O.A.T. Like I think we have a very competitive striking match. If we’re just doing no-gi jiu-jitsu, like I don’t think Jon Jones beats me in a jiu-jitsu match. Wrestling, he probably wins that. But it’s not the individual skill set that he has, it’s the way he puts it together.”

 

[MMABr]

Anthony is a bit delusional himself. Someone should remind him of all his losses. His skill set is vastly inferior to Jon's.

 

[2004 account]

Anthony is a good guy and I usually like and support good guys











Usually

 

[Crazy Librarian]

“But if you take his boxing, if Jon and I were to just box, I don’t think he’s the G.O.A.T. Like I think we have a very competitive striking match. If we’re just doing no-gi jiu-jitsu, like I don’t think Jon Jones beats me in a jiu-jitsu match. Wrestling, he probably wins that. But it’s not the individual skill set that he has, it’s the way he puts it together.”

No shit Sherlock, it's MMA

 

[cheesus]

Yeah sure now that he is 35+ years old and has been fighting at an elite level 10+ years

 

[BigOlJeet]

Matt Hammill is living proof. Couldn't cheat using his elbows so he chose eyepokes instead.

 

[7 others]

Bet the house on Ngannou confirmed

 

[Nightgunner05]

He’s right. Jones is very beatable. So was GSP. Yeah he had decent wrestling, but his striking and bjj were average. Anderson was also very beatable. Good striking, but his wrestling sucked. Khabib was also extremely easy to beat. None of these guys are all that good.

 

[HHJ]

Anthony is a good guy and I usually like and support good guys











Usually

I like him,but when I heard him talk so dismissive about Ankalev,I was like bro what are you smoking?? this is one of the best and most dangerous guys in the div.

 

[StonedLemur]

Jon Jones is beatable, very beatable,” Smith told Morning Kombat. “He’s not that good. Not individually. If you take his individual skill sets and you take them away, each one of those things are not a problem. It’s when you put them together, and he puts it into the full package it’s the problem. His fight IQ is not crazy high. He’s well-coached and he does what he’s told, very, very well. And that’s a credit to him. I’m not saying it as a negative, I don’t think it’s a negative. He’s a dog for sure.


“But if you take his boxing, if Jon and I were to just box, I don’t think he’s the G.O.A.T. Like I think we have a very competitive striking match. If we’re just doing no-gi jiu-jitsu, like I don’t think Jon Jones beats me in a jiu-jitsu match. Wrestling, he probably wins that. But it’s not the individual skill set that he has, it’s the way he puts it together.”

Then why did Anthony get dog walked when he fought em?

 

[Vogg]

Anthony Smith might be the worst fighter to ever challenge for the 205 belt and he says seriously stupid shit

 

[Bork Neslar]

Good and interesting take. And he's probably right, the reason for Jones' success is the way he puts everything together.


And juice.

 

[horseshoe_pass man]

"he's not that good" "he's very beatable"

he did absolutely nothing against jon so why is he talking like he has some kind of handle on him. he clearly wasnt very beatable for you anthony since you barely touched him lol

 

[chiefwiggum]

Smith was so outgunned and had no answer he gamed the ridiculous unified rules and sat on has covering up as it was the safest spot to fight in.

Watching that fight shows how absurd the rules are and we see it in tons of fights but not gamed like that

 

[Question]

I dislike Jones immensely, but he's not very beatable at all.
Even in his out of prime years he gives tough outings to pretty much anyone who stepped in there with him(I did think Reyes won tho).

Also I don't get his point about Jones not being good in certain skillsets according to his standard, it's MMA dude. Jones doesn't need to be an expert boxer to beat most of his opponents or even outstrike them, he's shown time and time again that in MMA he's one of the most well-rounded guys to ever compete.
I do agree that Jones boxing is probably one of the weaker areas of his game, but again that doesn't matter since this is MMA.

“But if you take his boxing, if Jon and I were to just box, I don’t think he’s the G.O.A.T. Like I think we have a very competitive striking match.”

Again, no one said he's a GOAT striker. People claim he's the GOAT for MMA and the LHW division because of his resume on how well-rounded he is.

If we’re just doing no-gi jiu-jitsu, like I don’t think Jon Jones beats me in a jiu-jitsu match.”

I disagree.

“Wrestling, he probably wins that. But it’s not the individual skill set that he has, it’s the way he puts it together.”

I mean of course, however there's no point in wondering with these "what ifs?" in other combats sports competition since neither him or Jones compete in them. Jones and Smith are MMA fighters, that's where they both made they're careers so I don't understand thinking about these unlikely scenarios in these other sports.

I like Anthony, but with all due respect he can have some really odd takes when it comes to talking about other fighters in MMA(Ankalaev is another example).

 

[Reign009]

Anthony Smith is mostly right here.

People shouldn't even be upset, he's just stating the obvious.

I don't agree with every detail, but the main premise is correct.

 

[TJ177]

What if Jones broke into Anthony's house though

 

[Viva]

Holy shit what an insane amount of cope.

 

[Laheys'Liquorland]

Jon is beatable because age and milage caught up.



Genuis take Anthony.

 

[Poirierfan]

Then why did Anthony get dog walked when he fought em?

Leave Anthony alone, you fucking noob.