Put your money up then boy. Oh wait Jones doesnt want the smoke so the fight won't happen
Has more to do with money and the name value of his opponent than anything.
There's no money behind finding Tom.
At the end of the day, this is prize fighting.
If he had some accolades behind him, a name with which to build a fight with, then this would all look very different.
But he doesn't.
The reason Jones moved to HW to begin with is big fights, money fights, because he wasn't as motivated just fighting the next guy in line.
Some of his worst performances have been because the motivation he would have against a DC simply wasn't there.
Jones himself said butterflies are a gift, you make them fly in formation.
When you've been in the sport for so long and you've fought everyone, you want someone who's gonna get you up for a fight.
GSP said he has fear before every fight, and the one where he didn't, he got upset by serra.
When Jones didn't have that fear, those were his most mediocre performances. OSP, gus, Santos, Reyes, Smith.
Compare those fights to when he fought DC. Who he basically came at with every tool in his kit from the first second.
Thats what this comes down to bro. Has nothing to do with fear.
The guy has been in the sport for so long that he needs a name, a big fight, something to get him up running in the morning.
And this is a story as old as time.
Again, if Tom had something behind him. A name, hype, something to build a fight and create motivation, it would be a different scenario.
But he doesn't. He's just the next guy in line.
People are just deluded into believing Tom is more special a fighter than he actually is.
When in reality, the entire HW division isn't anything special, certainly when compared with who he's already fought.
I've said it for a long time, his toughest fights were at LHW.
At HW, you're essentially betting on a punchers chance, against one of the least hit, best defensive fighters in the history of the sport.