Does Jon Jones have the highest fight IQ of any UFC fighter?

[Juice]

His frame

Dumbest excuse ever.

 

[2GunTommy]

His sociopathic tendencies give him the ability to have less emotion in the cage which allows him to stay calm,follow a good game plan and make adjustments accordingly.

Uncontrolled emotions cause fighters to abandon game plans and fight IQ to go way down.
Sociopathic Jon does not have this issue.

 

[Nerdslayer]

Dumbest excuse ever.

? Excuse? He's one of my favorite fighters to watch, why would I be making excuses for him?

His frame is ludicrously large, that's a fact. You can see him next to bigger guys and he doesn't look out of place...that's because his frame is huge.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

Fedor Emelianenko,
Conor McGregor
Demetrius Johnson
Georges St Pierre

They have the highest fight IQ in the game

Fedor is my favorite fighter but his fight IQ wasn't his strongest suit. He basically went to the ground with prime Nog and stood up with prime Crocop. Always goes for the kill too. Not really signs of good fight IQ.

 

[Juice]

? Excuse? He's one of my favorite fighters to watch, why would I be making excuses for him?

His frame is ludicrously large, that's a fact. You can see him next to bigger guys and he doesn't look out of place...that's because his frame is huge.

His Frame is long and lanky, not big or massive. Jones is tall not big, people exaggerate the hell out of Jones tall skinny frame.

 

[TrueFightFan]

Hes very smart and is always one step ahead. I watch fight breakdowns in detail on youtube and jones is literally playing chess in the octagon. Fight IQ of a GOAT.

Subscribe to TheWeasle on youtube he breaks down mma fights and knows what he is talking about, he might already have one about about this fight.

His high IQ is the reason he is smart enough to cut weight and avoid fighting guys that are his size or bigger. Really smart guy.

 

[BrazilianDude]

Yes, by far.
Sadly, he has a tendency to sabotage himself out of the cage.

 

[rockylion]

Def the worst driver if that helps

 

[tenniswhiz]

Jones is up there.

I think KZ is pretty high on the fight IQ list too.
Awkward, plodding fighter. Somehow notices patterns in his opponents' movement, and finds a way to beat far superior athletes.
He's just happened to time certain techniques on various opponents (both striking and grappling) too many times for me to think he got lucky. He's a tricky SOB.

 

[IntelligenceQuo]

Yes

 

[libben]

No, Jones has the sized and reach advantage. And is also fighting like a coward.

Eyepokes, side kick to the knees. Fence grabbing, shorts grabbing.
I don't see smart fight IQ. I see a bigger guy dominating smaller guys and also fights cowardly.

But, if you don't get points taken and everything he does doesn't matter in the end, I understand why he does it.

I would never do it. But I'm not fighting for money in shows.

 

[Rondas Pillow]

Tell me about his "highly effective gameplan" for dealing with Gus?

GTFO

 

[ermac88]

Tell me about his "highly effective gameplan" for dealing with Gus?

GTFO

evidently this was Jones game plan against Gus

Jones won though
Likely finishes Gus brutally if Gus gets a 3rd crack

 

[MMA__Analyst]

Among the best, theres a strong argument it's number 1. IMO he does have the best fight IQ, but there are some other contenders that are equally worthy of that title. That includes GSP, Dominick Cruz, and Mighty Mouse.

 

[randomalias]

Yes

When high IQ meets heart meets skill you get Jon Jones

The way he led DC into that kick was a thing of beauty

People talking about who was winning what round when Jones wasn't even point fighting, he was setting up his finish.

Yup. He was setting up that kick from the opening bell.

 

[libben]

Where is the fight IQ?

Being the one with most advantages gives you fight IQ?

I do concur that he wins over great fighters, but is it really fight IQ.

He's to scared to move up to heavyweight, where he dont have his size really working for him in the same way.

 

[J180]

Where is the fight IQ?

Being the one with most advantages gives you fight IQ?

I do concur that he wins over great fighters, but is it really fight IQ.

He's to scared to move up to heavyweight, where he dont have his size really working for him in the same way.

Rashad grabbing his hands which is stopping Jones offense, turns that into this

Fight IQ

All Low IQ Fighter Rashad has to do what stop reaching for his hands, but that did not click in his mind till it was to late.

Machida countering Jones in the first round just about every time he throws a low kick

Drops Machida by feinting the low kick into a superman Punch

Fight IQ

Has Glover's arm in a position you see all the time, what does Jones do with it? Cranks away, something most had not seen someone do. It does not even cross the minds of 99.9% of fighters to that that.

Fight IQ


Jones vs DC 1
DC is landing a bunch of uppercuts on Jones in the clinch
Jones adjust with time, like this:

Fight IQ

Just some examples, put this way you are not going to beat Jones spamming the same crap throughout the fight like it can be done on many fighters in MMA. Even someone like Conor who people are mentioning in here for having Good Fight IQ loss before he could finally fully adjust to Diaz. He could not do it mid fight.

 

[Aegon Spengler]

When he welcomes and accepts clinch uppercuts to his jaw, I wonder about his fight IQ and if it's a matter of time before he mimicks Chuck Liddell.

He was fighting a world class opponent, the 2nd best LHW of all time. It is unreasonable to expect him to be able to completely shut DC down and stifle all offense. What he was able to do, set up that high kick, was not easy. Nobody else can beat DC. Let alone finish him.

Even Georges ate shots when he fought the best of the best. Everyone takes damage in fights against top level opponents, except in very rare scenario's like Anderon's kick on Belfort or Conor's KO of Aldo.

 

[tenniswhiz]

evidently this was Jones game plan against Gus

Jones won though
Likely finishes Gus brutally if Gus gets a 3rd crack

Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Gus should get a 2nd crack before we start talking about a 3rd crack.

 

[12ga.]

Results speak for themselves. He's not exactly gifted as in KO power super fast etc but undefeated. . he's just awesome everywhere and uses it well. I wish he fought AJ so you could see AJ wrestle fucked worse than DC did to him.