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Media Heavyweight Jon Jones Fight week picture

People laughed at Tyson Fury, and also Fedor, oh and also Cormier, oh and Cain, I can go on..

He looks great and ready. can't wait for saturday. Glad he is not ripped, he would just fold after a few shots. Looks great
 
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lsa said:
LOL
For years people claimed JBJ was avoiding his real weight class HW and was a huge LHW.
I guess we can put that to rest
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I would say by modern standards Jones isnt really THAT big a LHW, it was moreso that I think he was the first big guy at LHW without significant flaws(unlike say Reem and Forrest) and was able to greatly outsize people like Machida, Rashad and Shogun plus of course fighting Sonnen and Vitor.
 
Jonesisnatural said:
I mean what did you expect, spartan abs and a Francis ngannou like physique?
I love the argument against Jones for goat or p4p (I personally have st Pierre as goat) because he failed drug tests
Okay let's assume he's still using (most likely, he said he was benching teh 502 or something for a one rep max, nobody is pushing 500 pounds naturally, I don't care who you are lol) what does that say about gane, Francis and all the others coming out like bodybuilders?
Do you fools realize how hard it is for pure bodybuilders to even look like that? Let alone adding in a full mma training schedule that isn't remotely focused on bodybuilding?
The word rhymes with noose
everyone is on gear legalize gear 2k23
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I’m in for this. Legalize gear. The best looking spartan fighters competing at their best. From a viewer stand point it will be the best product.
 
If you wanna be at your strongest you gotta go full bloatmax.
 
That's about what I'd expect. He's been competently working his strength up, without bodybuilding. The added fat is probably where his body feels best, while carrying added muscle.
 
HI SCOTT NEWMAN said:
People laughed at Tyson Fury, and also Fedor, oh and also Cormier, oh and Cain, I can go on..

He looks great and ready. can't wait for saturday. Glad he is not ripped, he would just fold after a few shots. Looks great
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Exactly. Many of the greatest heavyweights of all time have a bit of body fat. Too many noobs forget that this is MMA not mens fitness magazine photo shoots.
 
Jonesisnatural said:
I mean what did you expect, spartan abs and a Francis ngannou like physique?
I love the argument against Jones for goat or p4p (I personally have st Pierre as goat) because he failed drug tests
Okay let's assume he's still using (most likely, he said he was benching teh 502 or something for a one rep max, nobody is pushing 500 pounds naturally, I don't care who you are lol) what does that say about gane, Francis and all the others coming out like bodybuilders?
Do you fools realize how hard it is for pure bodybuilders to even look like that? Let alone adding in a full mma training schedule that isn't remotely focused on bodybuilding?
The word rhymes with noose
everyone is on gear legalize gear 2k23
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Wow the everyone is on steroids argument? Never thought I'd see that.
 
He's not even flexing his core in the new pictures, I think he quite enjoys looking like Fedor/DC and still most likely being unbeatable. It's a new fun thing for bored Jones. People who still think guys like Costa and Ngannou are natty are sure to be mad if he cleans up the HW division looking like this.
 
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Robbocop said:
Exactly. Many of the greatest heavyweights of all time have a bit of body fat. Too many noobs forget that this is MMA not mens fitness magazine photo shoots.
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Very true, exactly. Well said!. The best HW ever in MMA was Fedor and he has quite a bit of body fat, and the best HW in boxing right now Fury has a lot of body fat. The ripped guys never do well at HW, Ngannou might be ripped but he has 1 title defense, a decision win. He has done very little.

I was at UFC 159, I went too that event when Roy Nelson fought Cheick Kongo, and Kongo was probably the most ripped HW ever in UFC, he had like 0% body fat and a much better 8 pac than Ngannou, and fat Nelson just laid Kongo out so easily in the 1st round. It wasn't even competitive.

Its all about the skills and talent, and then other factors such as chin and fight IQ are very important.
 
JustOnce said:
It doesn't. We will see how he looks inside the cage, it's just that THREE years of bulking up.
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Sounds you and most people have an inaccurate perception of what being is combat shape looks like. Having a little fat is actually a good thing. Jon also managed to to put on 20-30 lbs with majority of it being muscle.

He’s is also bulking up, so of course he is not going to look as big or ripped as someone like Gane who is a natural HW. Regardless Jon still looks good, he looks strong.
 
Jonesisnatural said:
Use your brain sherbro.
I'll break it down for you
What does muscle mass take? Blood. What does blood do? flow.
What does blood flow take? Oxygen
What does fat take?
Absolutely nothing, it's dead weight.
Look at Cain.
Look at DC
Both had phenomenal cardio
They didn't need to fuel unnecessary muscle mass that didn't benefit their fight style. Yet they carried fat that was used as a tool to impose weight on their opponent.
Doubt either were natural, but for the sake of devil's advocate, let's say they were.
Jones style is very flowly. He's constantly in motion. He also needs to be able to engage in grueling grappling with fast timing to counter all the fast twitch gane presents.
Tldr
It makes no sense for Jones to go full picto and become a body builder at this weight class.
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No one knows how well will Jones fare. You could be right but the dad body for sure raises a little more doubt against him.
 
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