Did Jon Jones escape Jan Blachowitz's reign?

[milenss]

He's absolutely in shape, but he just opted to not compete anymore.
Weird is, Jan confronted him after he demolished Dominick Reyes, who had a close fight with Jones.
Jan looked like he's not intimidated by Jones in any ways, but JOnes made a smile and since then... he hasn't been active, ever since.
It just looks weird to me. Does Jones know something we don't?

 

[TheBulge]

No. This is Bisping and Anderson Silva situation in the 2011s all over again. In Silva's prime Bisping wasn't even good enough to make it to a titleshot and wouldn't have stood a chance. Same thing with Jan and Jones, except Jones would still beat Jan now.

 

[GOATtalks]

I would favour Jan to beat Jones right now. Jon would probably agree with me, that’s way he’s nowhere to be found

 

[Madeline Chelsea]

I would favour Jan to beat Jones right now. Jon would probably agree with me, that’s way he’s nowhere to be found

As it turns out, your best chance at beating Jon is convincing him you’re not a threat. I think he takes Jan way more seriously than he took his last 2 opponents.

 

[Frank McEdgar]

Jon vacated his title to go fight in the family members division

 

[iLiv4JeCh2]

jan has got nothing for jones

people forget how dominant jones is

despite his crap personality he is on top of goat mountain

 

[Luckyme]

Jon has been declining and was on his way to a loss. His last 3 fights:

- decisioned Anthony Smith
- split decisioned a one-legged Thiago Santos
- unofficially lost to Reyes

He’s got a lot of fight miles on him and the Reyes fight shows he wasn’t able to hang with the newer generation.

 

[GOATtalks]

As it turns out, your best chance at beating Jon is convincing him you’re not a threat. I think he takes Jan way more seriously than he took his last 2 opponents.

Maybe

 

[GOATtalks]

Jon has been declining and was on his way to a loss. His last 3 fights:

- decisioned Anthony Smith
- split decisioned a one-legged Thiago Santos
- unofficially lost to Reyes

He’s got a lot of fight miles on him and the Reyes fight shows he wasn’t able to hang with the newer generation.

Smith and Santos aren’t really younger, nor do they have less mileage than Jon though

 

[sherdogwantedtonamemekiki]

Jon vacated his title to go fight in the family members division

Champ Champ shit.

 

[G10]

jan has got nothing for jones

people forget how dominant jones is

despite his crap personality he is on top of goat mountain

This. I like Jan a lot, but he's the type of fighter that Jones has feasted on his entire career.

In his last couple of fights, Jones struggled with fighters who were on par with him physically and athletically like Santos and Reyes. However, when it comes to slow footed tacticians like Jan, Jones just kicks them in their knees and pokes their eyes out over 25 minutes. Jan isn't knocking him out or submitting him, either.

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

Jon would have like -900 odds. Really bad fight for Jan

 

[KazDibiase]

Jones looked beatable in his last two so maybe

 

[KazDibiase]

Jon has been declining and was on his way to a loss. His last 3 fights:

- decisioned Anthony Smith
- split decisioned a one-legged Thiago Santos
- unofficially lost to Reyes

He’s got a lot of fight miles on him and the Reyes fight shows he wasn’t able to hang with the newer generation.

Couldn't finish an one arm OSP on late notice too...

 

[Boxingfan998]

All I can say is that it's too bad the fight did not happen. Jan is underrated af.

 

[ferrisjso]

You realize Jan was a gatekeeper during Jones reign if that?

Jan only got to the front of the line cause everyone in front of him except Glover left.

 

[ferrisjso]

Jon has been declining and was on his way to a loss. His last 3 fights:

- decisioned Anthony Smith
- split decisioned a one-legged Thiago Santos
- unofficially lost to Reyes

He’s got a lot of fight miles on him and the Reyes fight shows he wasn’t able to hang with the newer generation.

That wasn't really a split decision one of the judges had too much to drink. 4-1 Jones unless you give Santos brownie points for fighting injured.

Jones beat Reyes 3-2 and while it's not out of the question to say Reyes won if you gave him the first 3 it was not clear at all he won the first 3 and was not a robbery.

 

[jitzmonkey]

That wasn't really a split decision one of the judges had too much to drink. 4-1 Jones unless you give Santos brownie points for fighting injured.

Jones beat Reyes 3-2 and while it's not out of the question to say Reyes won if you gave him the first 3 it was not clear at all he won the first 3 and was not a robbery.

MMA scoring with all the 10-9s doesn't work for 3 & 5 round fights; but that's the way it is.


Re OP: JBJ's a basket case. In all seriousness, does anyone want to see his his crazy ass fight fighting at the highest level right now?

Why not put Mike Perry (I know he's gone,) or Mayhem against top 10 competition, too?

 

[milenss]

You realize Jan was a gatekeeper during Jones reign if that?

Jan only got to the front of the line cause everyone in front of him except Glover left.

You realize Jon was perfectly fit and ready to fight, but all of a sudden he quit UFC exactly when Jan took out Reyes (became a contender) and challenged him in front of the crowd.
Jon was fookin available when that happened.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

That wasn't really a split decision one of the judges had too much to drink. 4-1 Jones unless you give Santos brownie points for fighting injured.

Jones beat Reyes 3-2 and while it's not out of the question to say Reyes won if you gave him the first 3 it was not clear at all he won the first 3 and was not a robbery.

Santos won that fight, homie

All 3 judges gave Santos round 1

1 judge also gave Santos 2 and 4
1 judge also gave Santos 4
1 judge also gave Santos round 5

So it wasn't '1 drunk judge'
They couldn't agree on what rounds to give him, so he won 1 2 4 and 5 on at least 1 scorecard, that's how close the rounds were