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I was remembering Jones fights in the UFC from the 2010's mostly and went through every win methodically to see what the top 4 were, I have to say that many were undersized compared to Jones and some were at the tail end of their careers like Shogun, Rampage while others were ok like Sonnen, Bonner, Gusmao etc and the 4 I came up with were 1. Cormier first fight 2. Gustaffson first fight although I thought he lost still though I count it as his 2nd best win 3. Rashad at the time Evans was a top fighter and I always thought of him as a great win 4. Glover not much to explain here, Glover is a tough guy and top ranked fighter and that is backed up by him going 5 rounds with Jones.



A lot of people would probably say why the hell wouldn't you include Stipe and I just can't get over the fact of Stipe being inactive for 3 years, too bad because Stipe would have been his number 1 win of his career had he at least been active.
 
All of em except OSP, Reyes, Smith and the Brazilian with the hammer stamped on his chest.
 
Nobody is going to ask why you didn't include grandpa Stipe lmao.

He was literally just a "legacy" padding name. 43 year old full time fireman that was retired from MMA for half a decade, didn't even want to be there, and was over the moon to go back to his quiet retirement once it was over. Stipe was plucked from his care home to pad Jon's record and add to his accolades, that's it.
 
jko1355 said:
How do you leave out Machida? He was undersized but smashed Rashad should have beat Davis and Rampage… any Machida win pre bellator is super legit until after Yoel
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You have a point, I guess it could be Cormier 1st, Gus 1st, Machida, Rashad that does make more sense.
 
Anyone giving you grief about not listing Stipe as one of his best wins would be outing themselves as a complete buffoon. Based on the timing and the circumstances, it's one of his worst wins and I say that respectfully to Stipe and everything he accomplished while competing as an active fighter.
 
Royce Greasy said:
You have a point, I guess it could be Cormier 1st, Gus 1st, Machida, Rashad that does make more sense.
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I’d agree… but I’d also like to see what happens with Ganes career… he’s a lot better than people shit on him now and if he becomes a champ he could sneak in
 
jko1355 said:
I’d agree… but I’d also like to see what happens with Ganes career… he’s a lot better than people shit on him now and if he becomes a champ he could sneak in
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He's very talented in the stand-up as Francis had to resort to taking him down, his distance and footwork is amazing but I can't consider him a good win as he is one-dimentional I just can't respect a fighter with a poor ground game.
 
Royce Greasy said:
He's very talented in the stand-up as Francis had to resort to taking him down, his distance and footwork is amazing but I can't consider him a good win as he is one-dimentional I just can't respect a fighter with a poor ground game.
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Just a reminder: you're the same poster who's busy blowing a gasket defending Fedor's record against charges of being built up against one-dimensional fighters.

If Gane is one-dimensional, and he is, so were most of Fedor's best wins.
 
JBJ was here said:
Just a reminder: you're the same poster who's busy blowing a gasket defending Fedor's record against charges of being built up against one-dimensional fighters.

If Gane is one-dimensional, and he is, so were most of Fedor's best win
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Nogueira was not one-dimentional you're crazy if you believe that guy could box as he was trained by Cuban national boxing team and his ground was second to none, Mirko had the best stand-up and TD defense during his time Pride and when the fight hit the mat he wasn't a fish out of water like Gane, Semmy Schilt could also fight on the ground enough to survive he was far better than Gane lets see who else Arlovski totally well rounded fighter with the full set of skills even Sylvia could stop TD's and score KO's, the bottom line is that you don't have know every facet of martial just have some what of a ground game and be able to strike you don't have to be a submission master.




Gane couldn't survive against division 1 wrestlers he gets by fighting other kickboxers, he got controlled by Francis who is just got the fundamentals of wrestling someone like a Mark Coleman from the Pride days would take him down and possible sub or tko him he wouldn't be able to overcome a high level wrestler.



They have Gane scheduled to face another striker in Volkov and if Gane wins people will be like he's amazing, still prove he can beat a good grappler.
 
Royce Greasy said:
I was remembering Jones fights in the UFC from the 2010's mostly and went through every win methodically to see what the top 4 were, I have to say that many were undersized compared to Jones and some were at the tail end of their careers like Shogun, Rampage while others were ok like Sonnen, Bonner, Gusmao etc and the 4 I came up with were 1. Cormier first fight 2. Gustaffson first fight although I thought he lost still though I count it as his 2nd best win 3. Rashad at the time Evans was a top fighter and I always thought of him as a great win 4. Glover not much to explain here, Glover is a tough guy and top ranked fighter and that is backed up by him going 5 rounds with Jones.



A lot of people would probably say why the hell wouldn't you include Stipe and I just can't get over the fact of Stipe being inactive for 3 years, too bad because Stipe would have been his number 1 win of his career had he at least been active.
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people shouldnt even include matt hughes name on gsps best win
we all know he was in the end of his career as well
 
Top-5
DC 1
DC 2
Gus 1
Evans
Glover/Gane
 
Hard to pick just 4 wins/ opponents but...
1. DC-
2. Gus
3. Machida
4. Bader- at the time it was the fight that set him up for the title shot-
 
In no particular order:
DC 1, Shogun, Glover, Rashad
 
Performance wise, it's really fucking hard to top what he did to Shogun
He beat him everywhere there and got a brutal finish
 
If DC 2 wasn't a no contest, it would be the best win hands down
Most likely his top three performances as well, it was competitive but the set up was really beautiful with that headkick
 
His most dominant/another level win was Chael

It was like Silva vs Leben


Best win was DC
 
OldBoy91 said:
Nobody is going to ask why you didn't include grandpa Stipe lmao.

He was literally just a "legacy" padding name. 43 year old full time fireman that was retired from MMA for half a decade, didn't even want to be there, and was over the moon to go back to his quiet retirement once it was over. Stipe was plucked from his care home to pad Jon's record and add to his accolades, that's it.
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It sucks to here this.

Stipe was ranked #2 after he beat #1 Gane


But I guess Jones should have called out an unknown, unranked fighter after he beat Gane. Maybe #4 Blaydes or #8 Volkov


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