Media Jon Jones thoughts on this Saturday’s main event

[campbecc]

Didn't Jon say he wouldn't go up to HW to fight DC? Or did you forget that little fact? He wanted to make DC starve and dehydrate himself because deep down Jon is mentally weak and unstable.

yeah he said fighting DC at HW would be harder.

 

[jk7707]

Honestly at this point I think he'd get destroyed by both of them. His reach, size, and speed, his best advantages at LHW would be gone at HW.

 

[eighterumg5]

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2019/05/jon-jones-will-not-fight-daniel-cormier-at-heavyweight

Damn you're quick

 

[HHJ]

Damn you're quick

 

[alex21cms]

Gane is not only bigger but also better than both these guys

Jon is more versatile than anybody Gane has ever faced

 

[storeybuckle]

At this stage of Jon's career, with how mediocre he looked in his last few fights, and how slow he looks after bulking up "naturally", he'll lose to both of them

Also Gane is an A level athlete, while Jon is a C level

The good old American athlete measuring tool for fighters. The slam dunk! Lol

 

[icemun]

Didn't Jon say he wouldn't go up to HW to fight DC? Or did you forget that little fact? He wanted to make DC starve and dehydrate himself because deep down Jon is mentally weak and unstable.

That's a bizarre conclusion, the best fighter in the planet is weak.... weak?
sounds like you have degrees in psychology

DC chose to go down to LHW (where he said he was in the best shape of his life) because his buddy Cain was HW champ.

Jones beat DC twice. Losing for the first time in his career after having never lost even a round at HW.

DC was the strikeforce HW grandprix winner and UFC undeafted at HW champion.

Jones beat him, twice.

 

[storeybuckle]

Francis and Jon have similar reach the advantage that Jon had against LHWs he doesn't have against Francis or Gane. Francis and Gane are true Hws and both would destroy Jon. There's a reason that Jon has been so hesitant with moving up

Hesitant? I thought he was taking time bulking up (and waiting for his suspension to end)?

 

[eighterumg5]

That's a bizarre conclusion, the best fighter in the planet is weak.... weak?
sounds like you have degrees in psychology

DC chose to go down to LHW (where he said he was in the best shape of his life) because his buddy Cain was HW champ.

Jones beat DC twice. Losing for the first time in his career after having never lost even a round at HW.

DC was the strikeforce HW grandprix winner and UFC undeafted at HW champion.

Jones beat him, twice.

Yawn.

 

[GeneTunney7]

Jones is in the precarious position where he has never really lost, but owing to all the failed tests, pulse gate, his deteriorated form post pulse gate, he still has to defend his legacy. He needs the UFC more than the UFC needs him, especially considering UFC does not really care about content in the capacity they did in the Zuffa era where they took pride on being the home of the best fighting the best.

Knowing Jon, if Francis KO's Gane in a round, look for him to ask for 100 million dollars or ask for the Glover rematch. If the guy failed 3 drug tests to fight old, little and fat DC, there is no way that I can see him stepping in the cage to face Gane or Ngannou clean.

 

[skylolow]

Regardless of outcome, Jones will have the same thing to say in a nutshell................I'm not impressed.

 

[icemun]

Jones is in the precarious position where he has never really lost, but owing to all the failed tests, pulse gate, his deteriorated form post pulse gate, he still has to defend his legacy. He needs the UFC more than the UFC needs him, especially considering UFC does not really care about content in the capacity they did in the Zuffa era where they took pride on being the home of the best fighting the best.

Knowing Jon, if Francis KO's Gane in a round, look for him to ask for 100 million dollars or ask for the Glover rematch. If the guy failed 3 drug tests to fight old, little and fat DC, there is no way that I can see him stepping in the cage to face Gane or Ngannou clean.

Jon can walk off into the sunset today and still be the best mixed martial artists ever to date, having never lost a fight.

Anything further he does is icing on the cake

 

[TrueFightFan]

Where he belongs ? Lmao that yellow card is fitting bro . Jones "belonged" at the division he can make weight at just like any other fighter, the fact that we may see him at HW is a treat for us fans.
If he does beat Francis or Gane he is 100% a canidate for the Greatest Of All Time(not just within the UFC but PERIOD.).
In less you stick your head in the sand and are unable to realize that greatness in MMA is defined by who you beat , who you lose too(if ever) and the context of said wins and loses(mostly defined by "is the losing fighter washed" and not PEDs, especially when competing in an era of complete and open PED use which frankly continues in a warped form today).

A yellow card "is fitting" because my opinion differs from yours? You are walking a fine line my Sherbrother.

As for jones, there is one name he has been chasing...Fedor. He won't ever catch it unless he goes on a tear in the HW division. Where he "belongs" is subjective but is he naturally bigger than Fedor? So why is it a guy like Fedor can face whomever, whenever and jones ducks guys his size or bigger but people, as yourself, try to compare the two as GOATs?

I got the yellow card for calling out the fake UFC P.R. accounts that litter this forum. When I see someone like you calling jones the greatest if he wins JUST ONE HW fight, I think P.R. shill or rookie but you couldn't be a rookie and a jones fan because he hasn't fought in years so that leaves Shill. Sorry for calling it like it is...

 

[Saye_mc]

Is Jones under one of those secret suspensions or something? Not hating or nothing but it seems he's been gone forever

 

[Carrotman23]

A yellow card "is fitting" because my opinion differs from yours? You are walking a fine line my Sherbrother.

As for jones, there is one name he has been chasing...Fedor. He won't ever catch it unless he goes on a tear in the HW division. Where he "belongs" is subjective but is he naturally bigger than Fedor? So why is it a guy like Fedor can face whomever, whenever and jones ducks guys his size or bigger but people, as yourself, try to compare the two as GOATs?

I got the yellow card for calling out the fake UFC P.R. accounts that litter this forum. When I see someone like you calling jones the greatest if he wins JUST ONE HW fight, I think P.R. shill or rookie but you couldn't be a rookie and a jones fan because he hasn't fought in years so that leaves Shill. Sorry for calling it like it is...

Said your yellow card is fitting because it is. It's really that simple bud.
Anyways, your comment barely makes any sense to anyone who can exercise critical thinking for more then 5 seconds . Jones like EVERY fighter fought at a weight class he could make legitimately through cutting , and not only beat a who's who of legends but beat them in am incredibly dominant fashion. Wins over Shogun, Rampage, Machida and Cormier 2x (one of the greatest HW's in years) . Fedor was natural HW and yes fought in an open weight era , I would currently consider him the best of all time like most people would .
The fact that we could see him at HW is just the cherry on an already amazing legacy. So yes ,again if Jones moves into HW and defeats Gane OR Francis he is clearly a candidate for the GOAT discussion .
How do we define how great a fighter is ?
Well, who you beat, how you beat them and when you beat them . That's IT . Jones fighting at LHW( again a weight class he could make well and compete in like EVERY fighter does) absolutely does not take him out of the GOAT discussion. Numerous title defenses undefeated, beat a whose who of legends(many of them title defense and finishes) already makes him a candidate. If you cant see that then for some reason you can't see things logically when it comes to arguing about great fighters .
I'm not the "rookie" here bud you're just a moron .

 

[GUY]

Jon is more versatile than anybody Gane has ever faced

Jones move away from LHW because he was losing pace. A guy like Gane is exactly the type of guy to beat him.

 

[alex21cms]

Jones move away from LHW because he was losing pace. A guy like Gane is exactly the type of guy to beat him.

everyone has a bad nigth and most people lose in bad night whie Jon only had a close figth no one was gonna beat him at 205

 

[TrueFightFan]

Said your yellow card is fitting because it is. It's really that simple bud.
Anyways, your comment barely makes any sense to anyone who can exercise critical thinking for more then 5 seconds . Jones like EVERY fighter fought at a weight class he could make legitimately through cutting , and not only beat a who's who of legends but beat them in am incredibly dominant fashion. Wins over Shogun, Rampage, Machida and Cormier 2x (one of the greatest HW's in years) . Fedor was natural HW and yes fought in an open weight era , I would currently consider him the best of all time like most people would .
The fact that we could see him at HW is just the cherry on an already amazing legacy. So yes ,again if Jones moves into HW and defeats Gane OR Francis he is clearly a candidate for the GOAT discussion .
How do we define how great a fighter is ?
Well, who you beat, how you beat them and when you beat them . That's IT . Jones fighting at LHW( again a weight class he could make well and compete in like EVERY fighter does) absolutely does not take him out of the GOAT discussion. Numerous title defenses undefeated, beat a whose who of legends(many of them title defense and finishes) already makes him a candidate. If you cant see that then for some reason you can't see things logically when it comes to arguing about great fighters .
I'm not the "rookie" here bud you're just a moron .

Moron is a strong word for someone "validating" a yellow card on someone who "thinks differently". You push the boundaries of intelligence and then throw yourself back in the Sherdog mud like most "morons" who can't comprehensively argue their point.

Yes, jones cleaned up the LHW division and yes jones beat a who's who of names throughout those years that he did it.... that being said, he, like "everyone else", cut weight to duck the HW division. The "can he do it" argument doesn't hold up in a GOAT or P4P argument. If he was truly great, he would have tested himself against the toughest competition of his time. He didn't, he wouldn't. Even with you errantly claiming that he beat Cormier twice and list how this accomplishment was against a great HW, you still have no clue as to what you are talking about. He wouldn't fight Cormier at HW for a reason. So beating a diminished version of Cormier makes jones great to you but this is exactly why it makes him just another solid fighter to me. He has been able to game the system for a long time. How does he do in 20+ fights at HW where he can't game the system? Judging by his Gustaffson, Reyes, Santos and Smith fights, he probably doesn't fair so well.

I'm glad you at least can acknowledge Fedor as a great but you have your head so far up jon's butt, it's amazing that you can recognize anything else but polyps.