Damn, Jones is 31 and looks like he's in his late 40s. He looks terrible.
I wonder if he's going to start performing like a badly aged fighter when he eventually returns
There's a study that fighters who start out young usually start to fade in their 30s
Shogun was a beast at 23 and by 30 was heavily faded. Its now been 8 years since Jones "had his year" at 23.
Jones has been fighting pro for 11 years now.
Jones is way past that mark and is due for a hard and fast decline in performance
All fighters like Jones who had a quick rise at a very young age, fade fast and hard once they hit their 30s/hit the 10 year mark as a pro etc
Jones is going to end up being a lot more like Shogun then he realizes. Both were "champs" at 23. Now Jones is due to hit his expiration date. Jones used to talk a lot of shit about Shogun, let's see if Jones is still fighting well at 35/36, if at all - if he's still even fighting then