Jon Jones had an overrated legacy.

[Mystic Mac Miller]

For real

• Fought washed-up LHWs he had a significant size advantage on
• Debated he lost to the first LHW that was his own size (Gus)
• Lost to Reyes and arguably even Santos

It is no mystery he is too scared to fight at HW and ran away from the UFC after the Reyes fight. Too scared to fight at HW his whole career when he had the size for it because the Gus fight exposed that he cut weight for the size advantage, would have gotten eaten alive at HW.

The most overrated MMA fighter of all time.

 

[TIMELESS TRUTH]

This thread is worse.

 

[TIMELESS TRUTH]

Just a negative thread hating for no reason?

 

[TCE]

No. He really doesn't have an overrated legacy.

He beat top 5 fighters in their primes and destroyed them.

 

[mirko>anyone]

He’s sort of underrated because of shit like this. He’s a genuinely disgusting person and a cheater, I won’t debate that, but in a sport historically littered with PEDs, he’s still visibly the best fighter we’ve seen to date. Especially when he was young. Depending on who you ask, he could be #1 or disqualified altogether, and neither is wrong. Ultimately, he only has himself to blame for tarnishing his legacy.

 

[BigGucci]

He has good wins, but the thing is he would have probably ran up 6 or 8 losses without the steroids. It's really hard to compare someone who's steroided to the gills vs clean opponents. For instance, if he ever fought DC clean that's a sure loss.

 

[DS66]

If he did, then so did every single other good fighter in history. You can easily discredit anyone's legacy with a few blanket statement talking points if you want to, it's not hard. It's dumb and pointless, but not hard.

 

[Kb7]

100 posts

 

[Sweater of AV]

 

[Sweater of AV]

100 posts

I'll take the over if it isn't sent into the stratosphere.

 

[Steve Fox]

You know what is real? Jones doesn't give a f* about your opinion and the earth keeps spinning.

 

[TIMELESS TRUTH]

Is Mystic Mac the most overhyped fighter of all time???

 

[TCE]

You know what is real? Jones doesn't give a f* about your opinion and the earth keeps spinning.

 

[Steve Fox]

Ok.. it doesn't spin for Eddie Bravo.

 

[Prologue]

 

[Brutus.......]

It’s quite the opposite. No one has a fight record like Jones. He destroyed so many former champs. Several in spectacular fashion.

It’s the chemical enhancement that tarnishes his legacy.

 

[XThe GreatestX]

 

[BlueCat]

He’s undefeated & he has like 13 title defenses. He’s the GOAT by a long shot

 

[gracie_barra_samurai]

USADA is a bitch

If only Dana cheapskated on drug testing instead of fighter pay.

 

[dog y]

Very poor thread, TS. But as I'm blitzed and exhausted...
You also forgot Thiago Santos was a 170er at a point. And then Chael, shale. And MW viTRT. And all his blatant eye poking without ever having a point deducted. And Machida who came in at 198 and 202 for LHW bouts. Then dropped to MW.
Then again, you could've given this more thought. Sod off.