Jones' final run - How he should go out....

[fedorthegoat777]

Jones fights Aspinall. In the meantime, Pereira fights Ankalaev. If both Jones and Pereira win, then they fight each other.

Seems like a great option for Jones' final two fights and it allows Alex to also work his way to potential Triple Champ status. Great story. But say Jones successfully beats Aspinall and then Pereira, that'd be a HELL of a way to go out. Imagine retiring on a Champ vs Champ fight. Wow!

Of course, this assumes Jones wins both of these fights. Seems pretty tough at this stage of his career, but it'd make for a hell of a final run. It's a great story either way. And it seems realistic as Jones definitely wants Alex. Perhaps Uncle Dana can work his magic and get the Aspinall fight to happen first, and then offer Pereira as the reward if Jones wins that.

If either guy loses their title defense then this is obviously moot. But there's potential for something cool, and a hell of a send off, if UFC plays its cards right and things unfold accordingly.

If he does this, I will consider changing my Avatar and putting Jones ugly mug up saying Jonesgoat

 

[dipstickjimmy]

Who's to say that anyone at HW wouldn't be a perfect style matchup for Jones.

Gane is the perfect style match up for Jon. Here is why.
Kickboxer with no KO threat.
Kickboxer with no TD threat.
Kickboxer with no TDD (see D1 Francis)

Gane posed ZERO threat in any areas. Its not a matter of Jon being a threat, its a matter of Gane having absolutely no path to victory against Jon. Francis poses a massive threat with his Power. One mistake and you could go out. Tom poses the same threat to Pound you out with power. Gane can barely TKO guys without resorting to highly questionable shots behind the head (JDS & Tuivasa for example).

If anyone were to choose an opponent at HW that is in the top 10 but poses the least risk to Jon it would be Gane. Lewis could get a one shot KO. Tuivasa could too but less likely. Volkov has the length to give Jon a little trouble. Pav has one shot power. Blaydes hits hard and has wrestling. Alemida has the grappling threat.

Even Spivak & Tybura are a bigger threat (albeit a very small one). There was never a second that anyone who knows anything about MMA thought Gane could pose a threat to Jon.

Name one area of MMA where Gane holds even a 10% chance of victory?

Gane had less chance against Jon then James Toney did against Randy Couture.