How do you think Jon would have changed as a fighter if he lost to DC?

[ShaggyDoyle]

The two back in the day hated each other with Jon Jones insulting DC height and claiming he would kill him if he spit in his face. In addition, they had an incident where they fought at a press meeting.



Now imagine for a second DC had beaten Jon Jones. Do you think that would have humbled him and made him less self destructive when it comes to drugs,alchol, and domestic violence?

 

[Feaser]

Jon is absolutely the type to have a meltdown and get himself arrested. But he does that either way. Eventually he’d get it together and rally for the rematch, which he’d probably win. He’d be mostly the same, with slightly less ego.

 

[Bret 'The Hitman' Hart]

Mental breakdown and retirement

 

[Mammothman]

He would have turned into a bigger train wreck that he always have been.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Considering just a few months later after winning, he was in a hit and run with a pregnant lady, if he lost then the pregnant lady he hit wouldn't have been in a car this time.

 

[BowserJr]

He either goes off the deep end or he gets super disciplined for 2 fights and reverts back

 

[Skarsgard]

I think being undefeated in his head is the only thing keeping him from completely snapping and being another "Former UFC champion Jon Jones found in hotel room..."

 

[Hank Grill]

Dude would have went to Thailand to get finger extending surgery like any decent God fearing Christian man.

 

[goOb]

Albuquerque New Mexico would have been in immediate danger. Just IMO...

 

[GrantB13]

He's a fake humble guy so probably not well. It would've eaten at him.

 

[felmmando]

I think he would have shopped around for a more potent chemical cocktail and booked a rematch.

 

[Bob Gray]

These "what if Jon Jones had lost" threads are getting kind weird. Theres this weird, self indulgent fantasy element to it where people just start spinning these yarns about how a loss would make Jones deteriorate into irrelevancy somehow or just fade into obscurity. As opposed to he just loses and moves on and keeps fighting, like the overwhelming majority of fighters.

 

[Captain Herb]

It's pretty crazy that a failed drug test after a fight is only an NC not a loss. Doesn't make a lot of sense. I'd say that he did lose that fight just like he legit lost the Hammil fight also for cheating but that's just me

 

[kingmob6]

More steroids. More picograms. More gay dates.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

He'd be in jail or dead

 

[HP_Nut]

I think Jones ego wouldn’t be able to take a loss. I think he viewed DC as the biggest threat. Of the 3 times he tested positive, once was while in camp to face DC & once was for the actual fight vs DC. The 3rd was preparing for Gus rematch, a guy whom Jones must’ve saw as a huge threat as Gus arguably beat him in the 1st fight (I thought Jones won the 1st fight but it was a very controversial decision). I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the 3 times he tested positive were vs the 2 he most viewed as a threat. Jones himself said that DC is relatively on his level & thus he wouldn’t fight DC at HW as DC is relatively on his level but would have a size edge at HW

 

[m249viking]

Jon would have responded by increasing juice, coke and eye pokes.

 

[pick999]

Impossible he has judges on his side

 

[DesiredUserName]

"How do you think Jon would have changed as a fighter if he lost to DC?" ... you mean if he hadn't been a coward and fought DC at HW?

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Jon is absolutely the type to have a meltdown and get himself arrested. But he does that either way. Eventually he’d get it together and rally for the rematch, which he’d probably win. He’d be mostly the same, with slightly less ego.

He'd be ducking Tom even harder