Media Islam Makhachev Attacks Jon Jones For Ducking Tom Aspinall

[Kwic]

He burnt him better than Sherdoggers, damn.
He could be one of us. If he grew a bit in size first that is, but maybe we could make an exception.

 

[chinarice]

The fighters know. Everyone knows.

Jon Jones is just hurting his legacy at this point with the most blatant ducking ever witnessed in combat sports.

Definitely not the most blatant. Other people literally relinquished their title instead of having to fight the #1 contender.

 

[Ser das Trevas]

Islam just wants Jones to fight Tom so he loses, so Khabib becomes the new goat.

 

[Lawrence]

I don't think so , it doesn't do anything for Jon to fight this young hungry dangerous guy at this point of his career

Bok bok

 

[Ser das Trevas]

Hold on a second, you're gonna criticize Islam for going life and death with Poirier, a fight he finished by submission. Poirier who's seen as among the greatest LWs ever. But keep your mouth shut on Jon going life and death with Gustaffson and Reyes and winning a split decision over Santos??

Islam did that, he beat Olivera who was a defending champion on a great run and he beat Poirier. How many MWs did Jon beat BTW?? Santos, Smith, Rashad, Machida, Sonnen, Vitor, that's half his defenses buddy.

I think it's time to STFU.

Alexander Gustafsson and Reyes were the best in their category at the time as was Poirier, what are you talking about?

 

[Ser das Trevas]

Dudes beat Dustin , Charles and a FW twice.

Bones has the greatest resume ever clearing out the LHW division when it was deep with legends. It's his last fight he can fight who he wants . ISLAM STFU!

 

[Steve Fox]

He should've used Aldo or someone still active. BJ Penn is a meh of a comparison.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Jon used to be Jordan, now he's more Lebron but tbh, quite less than Lebron. If you can't beat the best, you're not the best. He had the greatest run of all time but he has been mediocre af and a giant pussy for half a decade, and this is ALL during his prime. That doesn't cut it in the greatest of all time pantheon. It just doesn't tick the box. GOAT careers are flawless and this guy is running for the hills with his bare ass showing for the whole world to see. He is embarrassng the shit out of himself for the whole world to see, in a very dragged out, public way. Sorry but people still calling this guy goat are living way in the past. The book ain't closed until you retire when you want to be held in that strata and he has been steering into the ravine for a long time now. This latest gaslighting like Aspinall isn't the single baddest man in the UFC right now is just more frosting on the cake. No one besides casuals and fools are biting on the bullshit.

This has to be one of the most delusional posts i've ever seen on sherdog, Im not even a jones fan but this is just absolutely derranged.

 

[balkanbomber85]

Wait, he is saying that a BJ Penn who hasnt fought since 5,5 years and who ended his career with 1-1-8 in his last 10 is the same challenge as Stipe, who fought 3,5 years ago against Sherdogs personal Jesus and who is 8-2 in his last 10????

What kind of legacy fight should have GSP been to Kabib???

Beeps wanted to cement his legacy by fighting a retiried GSP, who had exactly 1 fight in 8 years at the time they tried to make the fight!

I cannot remember that Islame was talking shit to his Bradda back then, or am I wrong!?!?

 

[muaythaibeast]

Ya keep going

At what point do you think Jones deserved a title shot? You would be looking around the DC fight for the stage he accomplished what Aspinall has already. If you want to look at top 10 finishes, Jones didn't match Aspinall until the Gane win. The man has 6 top 10 finishes, all in round 1. It took Jones and GSP over a decade to get 6 top 10 finishes. Khabib and Volvanovski never got there at all.
No other fighter in the history of MMA, and most likely in the history of combat sports has ever done what Aspinall has prior to their first title shot.
If he hasn't earned it at this stage, no fighter ever did.

 

[muaythaibeast]

He should've used Aldo or someone still active. BJ Penn is a meh of a comparison.

Thats the point, that would be someone active. Stipe is not active, he's retired and hasn't won a fight in 4 years.
Faber or Cruz would have been a reasonable comparison

 

[Enigma87]

I don't think so , it doesn't do anything for Jon to fight this young hungry dangerous guy at this point of his career

Then why the fuck is he champ? In that case no champs should fight number contenders and just fight washed up legends.

Time for Hendo vs DDP

 

[Steve Fox]

Thats the point, that would be someone active. Stipe is not active, he's retired and hasn't won a fight in 4 years.
Faber or Cruz would have been a reasonable comparison

Stipe is active. Not an active fighter.
Still on the roster but agree, Faber or Cruz would've been better.

 

[AdamWarlock]

Islam is a bum compared to Jones. Goes life and death with Poirier and he thinks he can compare himself to the GOAT?

Wake me up when Islam as a champion beats someone who wasn’t a FW.

jones went life and death with mw santos

tf are you talking about

 

[Brigfa2]

Jones Jones: Goes to upper weight class and fights against an old GOAT.
Khabib: Ducks 40 years old GSP and wants to fight him at LW. He was so scared, he refused to fulfill his father's biggest wish. Fighting for legacy my ass.

So the difference is, one fights against an old goat the other ducks him. At least Jones fought against Gane, Khabib was scared af of every WW.
Islam should attack his big bro instead of JJ

 

[13Seconds]

He should've used Aldo or someone still active. BJ Penn is a meh of a comparison.

Stipe has been out for longer than Cejudo was retired. Why in the world should've Islam use someone still active when Jones didn't?

 

[whocares]

This has to be one of the most delusional posts i've ever seen on sherdog, Im not even a jones fan but this is just absolutely derranged.

Well 5 people agreed with me while you couldn't even articulate what you're talking about, so it has more teeth than you'd like to believe. Care to explain how Jones hasn't taken a career marring shit all over his goat legacy with this fiasco (we're including him ducking NGannou here as well as that's also a part of his HW "dominance")? Or how this part of his career isn't always going to be a major part of any conversation about Jon Jones in the future?

It seems 80% of the fanbase and media are seeing this very clearly while there's this 20% fringe who have some kind of bath salts induced version of events. I'm sorry if I'm not interested in entertaining those takes at face value (Tom Aspinall = Johnny Walker....thats what they're smoking on today, Jones included). Closest one to one comp for Jones as GOAT is Bonds (or Lance, who nobody gaf about), and I don't hear many people calling Bonds the goat despite the fact that his skills and personal accolades are miles beyond his contemporaries, like Jones. Except Bonds was never scared to face anybody in any situation. He didn't spend years in his prime with a list of pitchers he refused to face for fear of it impacting his numbers. If he did, he'd forever be a laughing stock, as any other athlete would. But I guess it shows where MMA is on the scale of public credibility in the sporting world at this point that we're actually having this conversation.

Delusional is putting Jones and Jordan in the same breath. THAT is peak delusion. Maybe this board should steer away from making cross sports references if they're going to be that uninformed.

 

[JKS]

Alexander Gustafsson and Reyes were the best in their category at the time as was Poirier, what are you talking about?

What does that have to do with anything??

My point was that Jones went life and death with them and almost lost just like Islam and Poirier. My post was in response to someone criticizing Islam for a tough fight with Poirer, but ignoring Jones had tough fights too

 

[MEAN357]

And that's exactly what they'll say about Stipe sir.

They're already saying it lol

 

[MEAN357]

Jones is a bum compared to Islam. Goes life and death with Gustafsson and he thinks he can compare himself to one of the GOATS. Busted for PEDS. Cormier drops down to face him TWICE. Jones wouldn't move up to face him ONCE. Blatantly makes excuses and DUCKS the (real) interim HW champion. Wake me up when Jones as a champion convincingly beats someone whole hes not using peds, and who wasn't old and battleworn, practically retired and coming off a brutal loss, drained from weight-cutting while also being much shorter and having a shorter reach.

Just to play devil advocate Islam went life and death with Poirier and Volkanovski and also popped for PEDs. Islam was also KTFO'd by a cab driver.

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