Jon Jones' UFC career officially over?

[Mike]

He's been done for awhile now.

 

[deadshot138]

Jones ain’t ever coming back

 

[xhaydenx]

come on now, DC was not "built for HW".
If anything he looked far healthier and in-shape at LHW.
Matter of fact, Fat DC looked terrible against Miocic on their last 2 fights.

And again, you have no clue what to expect from Jon at HW.
He can completely change his style, or remain much as Gane, fighting from outside. his style is different than anyone Gane or Francis fought.
To claim Jon, a fighter who has one loss (and due to DQ no less) has no chance against some neophyte like Gane is not only a disrespect, but flat out blind hate.

The idea that Jones has no chance comes due to the fact that he didn't look as amazing fighting guys closer to his own size than when he was fighting the smaller, less athletic guys that were a bit past their primes.

It's a weird take because he did still look good enough to compete with the guys closer to his physical and athletic level, and whether people like it or not, he beat all of those he faced as well, so he certainly had the skill to go along with it.

I think the idea that he couldn't compete with the HWs is a bit far-fetched. He has the skill. HWs aren't as skilled as LHWs in general. The size and strength of someone like Francis or Gane is going to cause problems though. There's no comparative jump between two neighboring divisions like there is between LHW and HW as its a lot more than 10-15 pounds.

 

[MMAFAN2]

He won’t fight at HW as long as Ngannou is the champ which is insane if ngannou leaves the ufc

 

[Mammothman]

Jones is waiting in the shadows for the perfect moment to strike, he will pull a GSP when Black Bum or other HW chump wins the belt.

He wants none of that Ngannou or Gane smoke.

 

[snackgod]

I don't think Jon Jones is finished regardless of the current state of the HW division. He can beat likely all of that respective roster if he wants. I fkin dislike Jon Jones, but that's my opinion.

funny how jon not signed to fight anyone in the last 2 years i mean last what 8 years he been teasing this move.

 

[true_fan]

Francis will sleep him, Gane will make him look like a clown, Stipe will put his lights out and even Beast would drop him. Jones needs every roid known to man and he would still get murdered because these HW’s are just structured like beasts

 

[Bouboumaster]

Ngannou would send him to the shadowrealm , like everybody else

 

[humdizzle]

Lol.
You calling Bisping, a dunce?

yup.

gsp backed out of the silva superfight because he wanted it at catchweight with drug testing
never called out weidman
never called out luke
then when bisping got the strap suddenly he was game

 

[FIghtxIQ]

Jones has been fighting the baddest dudes on Earth since he was a kid and defending the UFC LHW Title since he was 23, however, according to most of Sherdog...

a) Jon Jones is afraid of the HW division

and

b) the HW division is the weakest division in the UFC.

He's never fought in the HW division. He fought at LHW, which isn't HW. Huge difference. There is a reason why Jones is taking his time, it'll be over 2 years already.

 

[Karl_Hungus]

He probably is done, even though he doesn't realize it yet. He might have to come back for money later, but he is basically done.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

I hope so. He lost all his sponsors, so Us haters can only benefit from him not fighting in the UFC. With his alcohol and coke addiction, it only a matter of time till he is broke and in jail. Even if it takes till he is 50, I hope i am still alive to shit on him on these forums.

 

[Kos Fan]

Nah he’s just bulking, he wants to be around 300 pounds when he fights for the title in 3 years.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

Nah he’s just bulking, he wants to be around 300 pounds when he fights for the title in 3 years.

Tim Silvia Esque Joe

 

[Sweater of AV]

There's a good chance Dominick Reyes retired Picto at the age of 32.

 

[SouthpawSouthernFist]

If Gane takes apart Frank--and I believe he will--Jones' UFC career will be officially over imo. Before you start saying 'I knew he wasn't coming back anyway', yeah, I know, I was probably saying that before you, but there was still that 0.5% chance that he might surprise everyone and make good on his word to fight Francis for the belt. At least with Ngannou, he has a narrow path to victory--run around the cage for a few rounds and hope Francis gasses enough to use some grappling without too much risk. But with Cyril, he has no chance of victory. None. Zero. Gane is proven at heavyweight and matches Jones strength for strength and does it all much better. Even if Jones tried some Hail Mary take downs, he would almost certainly get shrugged off and lit up. There's no way Jon wins that fight, he knows it and it will be the nail in the coffin for his HW "dreams". I predict that shortly after Gane's victory, if that is what happens, he will announce his retirement. After all, he never said he would fight Gane, just Ngannou, so with Francis out of the title picture, it would be a great time to slip out the back door with a least some of his pride still intact.

I see it the opposite. Jones has no shot against Francis, and could go shot for shot with Gane.

 

[fastone]

Jones will never fight again

 

[Jewish Lightning]

Jones can't finish a journeyman MW without "help" Gane and Francis would bury him for real. The only HW Jones could beat today is the one dimensional Lewis.

 

[StonedLemur]

Jones will come in 280 pounds and win a boring split decision.

If Jones was 280, his pencil legs would snap under the pressure lol.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Absolutely not. Jon is about to enter his second prime and could likely school both guys in the same night. Goat gonna Goat…

Either he is too scared to risk his” * legacgy”’ or he is suspeneded. There are no there choices at this point. Take your pick,