you do realize gustafson and texeira alone whose not even in your top 10 are better fighters than hughes shields and the jon fitch in the world right?
thats crazy how jones competition was better
even brandon vera was way more complete fighter than hughes
Did I forget to mention Glover? My bad
You do realize that Khabib alone is considered far better than anyone of JBJ wins and is not a complete fighters.
Well roundedness is more impressive IMO but there is no denying that elite grappling and mma wrestling in particular is one of the most difficult challenges to overcome. The best wrestler Jones fought was DC and he makes DC look like a midget. Huge size difference. Hughes and GSP were roughly the same size. Hughes is the #2 WW GOAT. GSP murked him twice after losing to him.
JBJ had to cheat to beat DC who he towers over.
Glover is equivalent to Shields IMO. Glover hit harder, obviously cuz hes bigger but Shields career was far more impressive. Fitch career is far more impressive than Gustafson too. He was on an insane run and was perennial #2 for far longer than hot/cold Gus.
Hughes and GSP were roughly the same size btw.
If Jones was about the same size as DC then his 1 "legit"* win over him would be the equivalent of GSPs wins over Hughes. Though GSP finished Hughes twice
And if you're gonna count tapping to strikes as some big knock then you have to count all the failed drug tests as a knock on Jones.
He didn't fail once or even twice... I lost count how many times he failed and hid from testers.
Meanwhile GSP has no wins overturned