That's just more desperate dodging and recycle,mas expected. Nothing new. Bring new evidence, don't go over the same points I've already addressed...
> DQ loss (already addressed)
> Picogram (already addressed, USADA cleared JJ as it concluded no advantage was granted. It was a clean win)
> Protected by the UFC — he got suspended more than one, 15 months for one time. He came back and won all fights still.
Even when many champions fell post USADA, Jon Jones beat DC 1, Gus, Smith, Santos, Reyes, Cyril Gane and Miocic... DC was undefeated and elite, Gus was elite too, Smith after he got beaten by JJ, guess who he defeated? Gustafsson. And how old is Gus? Same age as JJ. So Smith defeated Gus right after he took a beating and lost all 5 rounds from JJ in a totally non competitive bout. The Santos he defeated was coming off a TKO win over Jan Blachowicz. It was a fair win. Close # invalid. He had 1.5x better accuracy, 1 minute of control time, 2 takedowns...
He beat Reyes who was younger and undefeated. He struggled and got tested but still won... Getting close # winning. Rounds 2 and 3 were swing rounds, not clear Reyes' wins. Again, judging criteria aren't just about # of significant strikes, it's effective striking based on impact and damage first and foremost. Reyes threw volume, but many were glancing shots, arm punches, jabs while retreating in a straight line, punches without snapping Jones' head back — Jones absorbed them clean, kept pressuring forward. Jones' counters like his body kick and elbow in rounds 2 and 3 drew more visible effect, as Reyes was staggered when you check the 3:45 of round 2. Round 3 Reyes also had more volume, but Jones teeps, low kicks disrupted Reyes' pace, made him circle outside many times, Reyes never wobbled Jones... Jones had better accuracy in round 2 and round 3 was even, but Reyes' movements were affected visually, like Jones's jab snapping Reyes head, Jones leg kicks slowing Reyes visibly... Impact wise, Jon Jones had better visuals despite less volume. Jones absorbed Reyes' shots without any signs of wobbliness, or losing balance, etc. So, round 1 was Reyes'. Rounds 2 and 3 were swing rounds based on the UFC criteria (impact > volume). Rounds 4 and 5 were clearly JJ's due to more volume AND impact. So... 3-2 JJ is the most fair judging, whether you like it or not. More recently, Reyes was at peace with the outcome. Post JJ retirement, he even said "I didn't win, I got close to beating the greatest to ever do it". He recently admitted he got close.
Post usada, while many champions fell, JJ beat Gus 2, Smith, Santos (who had just KO's Jan Blackowski) and Reyes (who was undefeated by then). Then he beat Gane, now a #1 ranked HW, who by then had defeated every HW except Ngannou, to whom he got a close decision loss, it was a close and thought fight for Ngannou... And then Stipe Miocic, who himself after the fight said he was in a better shape in that fight than he was vs DC and Ngannou 2 due to time off to heal his body and focusing on a final fight that as Stipe said, meant a lot to him... Even Tom Aspinall in his lab channel on TNT said "Stipe didn't look old to me, rather, the fact he still kept going and fighting that way until round 3 after those brutal ground and pound elbows in round 1 was shocking, it showed his conditioning was very good... Stipe looked just as good as always to me, I was more so surprised with Jon Jones' skill set in controlling the octagon, his precise kicks and his set up takedown which is unreal to apply that with such precision". Tom said that...
JJ defeated Shogun, Machida, Rampage, DC, Stipe, Glover Teixeira... All hall of famers and former champions. And in two categories. So in accolades,that already best Fedor. He defended his belt 13x vs Fedor 9x , while JJ did that vs a tougher UFC competition and deeper talent pool — Fedor lost to Ryan Badder who was an up and comer undefeated who JJ heated easily by a ninja choke in round 2... He beat Ryan Badder, DC, Reyes, all who were undefeated until fighting JJ. He beat up guys who were up and comers and who had retired already while he was still fighting. He has gone through 3 generations, never losing in a fight other than a DQ loss, instead of a defeat by being outperformed, in 2 divisions... Fedor's resume is not the same, he lost many fights later on, he defended his titles less times than JJ did, JJ beat up more champions and hall of famers, went through 3 generations fighting all of them (except maybe Stipe) in their prime (DC said he was at his absolute best in both fights he lost to JJ...) ... He beat up up and comers undefeated like Reyes, up and comers like Gus (he was an up comers when JJ beat him despite same age), and Gane, both who had like 12 wins and 1 loss...
Recognized by all GOAT candidates that fans list as the true goat (Khabib, GSP, Anderson Silva, Jose Aldo all say JJ... Fedor was never asked as far as I'm aware).
You don't have a point. All of the above are facts. It's effortless to make a response because all I need is to stick up to facts while you need to reach hard... That's the difference between whoever isn't moved by bias from whoever is... I can just list up straight facts and you can't deny that but be on recycle mode. Keep coping and I can keep posting facts only. Want another lesson? You're lucky it's for free haha
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