Dana White at Press Conference on Jon Jones: Probably the best EVER.

Guardian MMA said:
Jon's opponents have all been champions or an undefeated olympian. Are you high? His opponents were far and away better.
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please take into account who he fought and when he did.

Aldo's been #1 p4p since Werdum beat Fedor.
 
Meathead Jock said:
For me the DC win gave him the top spot, but a more decisive win over Gus in a rematch and it'd take away any doubt I have about making the claim.

Aldo still has a pretty legit claim at it, especially if he goes through with a superfight vs Pettis and beats him.
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I think Jones is the best ever already. His skills (amazing wrestling/clinch/submissions/GNP/creative striking/cardio) combined with his physical advantages (height, massive reach, extremely point elbows for cuts, strength, chin) and his dirty tactics (fingers in opponents face/eyes) pretty much makes him almost impossible to beat.

Unlike GSP (chin and couldn't finish anyone), Anderson (wrestling), Fedor (wreckless style) ... Jones doesn't have a legit weaknesses for anyone to take advantage of.

Like Machida did well against Jones for one round but one mistake he got taken down and one elbow later he is cut and dazed.

Or you fight him like Rashad and Rampage from the outside but you can't do anything since you can't reach him from there.

Or you go in like Cormier, Sonnen, Glover and get beat up in the clinch and/or taken down.

And even if you can stand with him from a distance like Gus .... eventually his threat of takedown and creative striking will catch you like that fake duck takedown into the spinning elbow that won Jon the 4th round vs Gus and the normal takedown that won Jon the 5th round against Gus.

He pretty much is dominant and or a huge threat in all areas a fight can take place and there isn't a solid gameplan that you know can work against him.
 
OmegaRugal said:
I think Jones is the best ever already. His skills (amazing wrestling/clinch/submissions/GNP/creative striking/cardio) combined with his physical advantages (height, massive reach, extremely point elbows for cuts, strength, chin) and his dirty tactics (fingers in opponents face/eyes) pretty much makes him almost impossible to beat.

Unlike GSP (chin and couldn't finish anyone), Anderson (wrestling), Fedor (wreckless style) ... Jones doesn't have a legit weaknesses for anyone to take advantage of.

Like Machida did well against Jones for one round but one mistake he got taken down and one elbow later he is cut and dazed.

Or you fight him like Rashad and Rampage from the outside but you can't do anything since you can't reach him from there.

Or you go in like Cormier, Sonnen, Glover and get beat up in the clinch and/or taken down.

And even if you can stand with him from a distance like Gus .... eventually his threat of takedown and creative striking will catch you like that fake duck takedown into the spinning elbow that won Jon the 4th round vs Gus and the normal takedown that won Jon the 5th round against Gus.

He pretty much is dominant and or a huge threat in all areas a fight can take place and there isn't a solid gameplan that you know can work against him.
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Gsps chin, really? He lost one fight by tko in 26 fights. You lost any credibility you had with that statement.

Proof belt colors on sherdog mean absolutely nothing
 
CinemaKingdom said:
Jones is a good fighter and mixes things up well. So even if he was 6'1 and had a normal reach for that size I still think he would be a top 10 guy, just not as dominate as he is knowing how to use his crazy long reach. I do think he would have lost a number of fights by now without his size.
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If he was 6'1" and had normal reach he would not be fighting at LHW, per Jones he does not struggle at all making weight so if you cut off 3 inches of height and give him a normal reach more than likely he would be a Large WW or a reg MW.
 
arguably he is already the Goat. His fight resume surpasses anyone elses including Fedor. BUT Fedor was undefeated for 10 years in an era where not alot of testing was going down.
 
psyops said:
Gsps chin, really? He lost one fight by tko in 26 fights. You lost any credibility you had with that statement.

Proof belt colors on sherdog mean absolutely nothing
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GSP was the most dominant WW ever so this is not really a big ding on him, but he did get wobbled several times from shots that did not look especially brutal.

Condit and Hendricks both got GSP into real trouble during their fights and even during his mauling of Diaz he seemed to get hurt easily during their striking exchanges.

Sera by itself wouldn't mean anything because anyone can get caught, but it's not the only time he got hurt.
 
psyops said:
Gsps chin, really? He lost one fight by tko in 26 fights. You lost any credibility you had with that statement.

Proof belt colors on sherdog mean absolutely nothing
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One TKo in 26 fights = no chin on Sherdog. Is normal.

Funny how Hendricks and Condit couldn't KO a guy with "no chin".
 
After his career is over, he probably will be the best EVER. LHW had some of the best fighters there and he fought almost them all. Anderson had great fighters at MW but they weren't highly regarded as the LHW fighters. But then again, Anderson had many highlight reel finishes which is what made him to be the GOAT until he lost.
 
My god what a surprise! From Dana? That's it folks, shows over..it's settled.

till Jones loses and Aldo keeps winning. Or after Weidman beats Vitor, or if Cain beats Werdum who actually beat the greatest ever.
 
Toxxus said:
GSP was the most dominant WW ever so this is not really a big ding on him, but he did get wobbled several times from shots that did not look especially brutal.

Condit and Hendricks both got GSP into real trouble during their fights and even during his mauling of Diaz he seemed to get hurt easily during their striking exchanges.

Sera by itself wouldn't mean anything because anyone can get caught, but it's not the only time he got hurt.
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Dunno what you think you were watching but gsp has rarely ever been hurt. There's a difference between taking shots and having a weak chin and I'm quite certain you don't know the difference.

The fact that your referencing the Condit headkick and gnp as evidence of a weak chin proves your argument lacks any real substance.

Nick Diaz has been hurt wobbled and dropped more times than gsp by about 30x. His chin must suck too.

Nah your argument just sucks and when you think about it, your argument doesn't even make sense.
 
Freddy Mercury said:
Nope! The first GOAT but then Jon Jones came after and replaced him.
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Sorry the GOAT can't be someone who fights at 205. The king belt is the heavyweight belt, and thus the GOAT is the greatest heavyweight fighter of all time Fedor
 
bangard said:
Get your facts straight.

When has Bader, Glover, Gus been a champion?

Edgar alone is a better win than most on Jones resume. The featherweight division has a deeper talent pool than LHW. Deal with it
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Edgar is good but hes also 3-3 in his last 6 fights. Aldo doesn't have a win over someone as good as Cormier on his resume. I know the trend after Jones beats them "well they were no good in the first place". But Cormier was a former Olympian, hadn't lost a round in MMA, was undefeated at HW and arguably the #2 HW in the world.
 
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