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Jon Jones - The Black Emperor. GOAT at LHW.....but I think a couple of good shots from an upper-tier heavyweight would be too much for him. I mean, even Werdum is the same height as Jones but with a much heavier and larger frame. Can you imagine what height and size disadvantage Jones would have against 6 foot 8, 245 Travis Browne? JDS, is the same height as Jon and again, has a much larger frame. Then, you have the likes of Big Foot who is a taller and has a MUCH larger frame than Jon and again, could probably knock him out.
In fact, I will do it in list form -
I am a huge Jon Jones fan but here are the fighters who match or outdo Jones in height and who outsize in overall frame size and mass -
Werdum
JDS
Travis Browne
Big Foot Silva
Goodness even Matt Mitrione is larger in frame than Jones, only 1 inch shorter and his reach is only 2 inches shorter than Jones, as is Big Foots.....which is a hell of a lot different than DC.....where Jon could fully exploit his FOURTEEN INCH reach advantage. Jon could hit DC from over an entire foot away before DC could reach him.
So why would Jones....go from a lanky framed LHW with a massive reach & range advantage, that he has the skills to utilise to his advantage.....to go up to a weight class were he is shorter and outsized by most of his opponents and even those who are much shorter in height, reach and leg-range.....have an overwhelming size & strength advantage.....ala Cain, Mark Hunt & Roy Nelson, who could probably clear him out with one or two good shots.
I am a huge Jones fan. He is a Light Heavyweight. He has to use his reach, height and range advantage effectively, which he does. There are "larger" men in his division. Guys with bigger hands, bigger skulls, bigger frames overall.....none of them have been (and will be able) to overcome Jones skills & how he mixes it with his mechanical advantages.
So....to all those people talking about Jones going up a weight-class.....why should and why WOULD he!?? Jones just said in an interview he would even consider going to middleweight, lol. He often talks about having to eat extra calories to keep weight ON his lanky frame.
Jon is a lanky ectomorph who has overcome the challenges that his lanky, lean frame brings....and formed a skill to use the advantages that his superior height, range and reach offer him.
Jon has struggled with ONE opponent. Gus.
Gus is close to Jones in the way he uses his mechanical advantages along with his skills & technique......not on the same level YET.....but he has the same problem. Tall lanky frame that barely holds fat or muscle.....yet allows his to strike opponents from a distance that they cannot hit him back effectively.
So no. Jones has no reason to go to Heavyweight and, even as a rabid Jon Jones acolyte.....I dont think he would fare too well were every second guy is his size, taller and ALL have heavier, larger frames. Jon would likely be struggling to step into the cage at 240.....while other guys would be walking in at 250, 260 and even 5'10 guys like Hunt have to CUT just to make 265.
To me.....it is just more hatred from the perpetual Jones haters.
The guy is the Light Heavyweight GOAT. Someone like Werdum, who is the same height but much MUCH larger than Jon in overall frame.....would likely submit Jon from guard.
I think it is just desperate from Jon's haters. People are even, seriously, trying to convince themselves that ANTHONY JOHNSON will be the man to dethrone Jones....when in actual fact....it will just look like Rampage, DC and Texeira did....i.e. getting dominated everywhere, including where you are suposedly your best.
Jon will continue to force doubters to HEEL before him....and it will get to the stage when his haters will even devalue his achievements because - "the guy ran from Heavyweight, he was ducking heavyweight to beat up manlets at LHW Bro!!" - That is just the level of hate-filled delusion us Jones fans have become accustomed too.
Jones is going nowhere.
Deal with it.
Heel before our champion.
And STILL..............................
In fact, I will do it in list form -
I am a huge Jon Jones fan but here are the fighters who match or outdo Jones in height and who outsize in overall frame size and mass -
Werdum
JDS
Travis Browne
Big Foot Silva
Goodness even Matt Mitrione is larger in frame than Jones, only 1 inch shorter and his reach is only 2 inches shorter than Jones, as is Big Foots.....which is a hell of a lot different than DC.....where Jon could fully exploit his FOURTEEN INCH reach advantage. Jon could hit DC from over an entire foot away before DC could reach him.
So why would Jones....go from a lanky framed LHW with a massive reach & range advantage, that he has the skills to utilise to his advantage.....to go up to a weight class were he is shorter and outsized by most of his opponents and even those who are much shorter in height, reach and leg-range.....have an overwhelming size & strength advantage.....ala Cain, Mark Hunt & Roy Nelson, who could probably clear him out with one or two good shots.
I am a huge Jones fan. He is a Light Heavyweight. He has to use his reach, height and range advantage effectively, which he does. There are "larger" men in his division. Guys with bigger hands, bigger skulls, bigger frames overall.....none of them have been (and will be able) to overcome Jones skills & how he mixes it with his mechanical advantages.
So....to all those people talking about Jones going up a weight-class.....why should and why WOULD he!?? Jones just said in an interview he would even consider going to middleweight, lol. He often talks about having to eat extra calories to keep weight ON his lanky frame.
Jon is a lanky ectomorph who has overcome the challenges that his lanky, lean frame brings....and formed a skill to use the advantages that his superior height, range and reach offer him.
Jon has struggled with ONE opponent. Gus.
Gus is close to Jones in the way he uses his mechanical advantages along with his skills & technique......not on the same level YET.....but he has the same problem. Tall lanky frame that barely holds fat or muscle.....yet allows his to strike opponents from a distance that they cannot hit him back effectively.
So no. Jones has no reason to go to Heavyweight and, even as a rabid Jon Jones acolyte.....I dont think he would fare too well were every second guy is his size, taller and ALL have heavier, larger frames. Jon would likely be struggling to step into the cage at 240.....while other guys would be walking in at 250, 260 and even 5'10 guys like Hunt have to CUT just to make 265.
To me.....it is just more hatred from the perpetual Jones haters.
The guy is the Light Heavyweight GOAT. Someone like Werdum, who is the same height but much MUCH larger than Jon in overall frame.....would likely submit Jon from guard.
I think it is just desperate from Jon's haters. People are even, seriously, trying to convince themselves that ANTHONY JOHNSON will be the man to dethrone Jones....when in actual fact....it will just look like Rampage, DC and Texeira did....i.e. getting dominated everywhere, including where you are suposedly your best.
Jon will continue to force doubters to HEEL before him....and it will get to the stage when his haters will even devalue his achievements because - "the guy ran from Heavyweight, he was ducking heavyweight to beat up manlets at LHW Bro!!" - That is just the level of hate-filled delusion us Jones fans have become accustomed too.
Jones is going nowhere.
Deal with it.
Heel before our champion.
And STILL..............................
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