Jones robbed Tom of a special moment

[Luffy]

Well, I think that's gonna be good for JJ anyways, as he'll rather have Alex take Tom out and have the final fight at the White House vs Alex without even needing to whoop Tom's ass himself. Tom preferred to use the power of the fans to retire JJ so he could win one vs Gane and then lose to Alex and have Alex vs JJ as the final fight

Or if Gane goes to the 2nd round with Tom, maybe the UFC makes JJ vs Alex straight away at the White House without even needing to have Alex beat Tom like Topuria vs Charles... Which would rob Alex off his moment anyways, which would suck.

 

[Luffy]

Jon’s toughest fights were similar to GSP’s loss Serra.

When you’re that far ahead of the competition, it creates ego, not taking the fight or preparation as seriously, and there isn’t the same healthy fear which produces adrenaline and optimizes performance.

Conversely, one of Jon’s best performances to this day was against rampage where he was admittedly scared.

This is a less known truth about Jones, but he’s had motivational issues throughout his career. Kinda like BJ Penn in a sense where he was so talented that he’d just show up to fights and still win.

Which is a common issue of talent when you’ve been so dominant, Tyson was another example of this.

Jones beat everyone in his division after only a few years of training and did it easily. So when you really study his career and performances, many of his fights were him going through the motions, partying leading up to them, or just not taking it as seriously as he should. Especially after the early part of his career.

Only problem is, he was so good that he would still get away with it.

DC is probably the only fighter who Jon really trained like his life depended on it and tapped into his full potential and soul in order to beat him, because he needed to. That’s how good DC was.

With that context in mind, Jon’s least impressive, closest fights aren’t what most people think they are.

The reality is that his biggest enemy is himself and the battle with his own potential. Much like it was with BJ.

This is also a lesser seen reason why he’s selective with fights and even moved to HW to begin with. Motivation. A fight that gets him excited to run every day with the fire he had as a kid.

Exactly






Those ppl like Mohawk are pretenders-know-it-all but they don't know anything about the fighters they speak of, they don't even do their basic homework ... That's ending will suck for them anyways. In some way, I mean. Cuz Alex is the real assassin so if they are Alex Pereira's fans...

 

[Luffy]

He will be the first champ champ champ

 

[Luffy]

He's the scariest fighter. DC said in other interview that he's the current Boogeyman that is the scariest fighter to any fighter , as well

 

[AstralPanda]

Exactly






Those ppl like Mohawk are pretenders-know-it-all but they don't know anything about the fighters they speak of, they don't even do their basic homework ... That's ending will suck for them anyways. In some way, I mean. Cuz Alex is the real assassin so if they are Alex Pereira's fans...

You speak some truth my friend

But you must learn to be more balanced in your thoughts

In love

 

[DumpsterBaby]

Tom never got more exposure in his life and didn’t even have to fight Jon Jones for it… by far the worst part of that transaction was having to fight JBJ. I don’t think he’s that upset.

Cashed in on that “champion” sponsorship money too… think it all worked out for him.

 

[Luffy]

You speak some truth my friend

But you must learn to be more balanced in your thoughts

In love

I will try... Thanks

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Those ppl like Mohawk are pretenders-know-it-all

I don't pretend to know it all, I just know that I know way more than you, because that bar is so low, Satan has to step over it in his basement.

but they don't know anything about the fighters they speak of, they don't even do their basic homework ... That's ending

I'm gonna get lectured on basic anything by the guy who can't do basic English. You have never known a single thing you've ever spoken to me about. You're wrong 95% of the time and the few times you've ever said anything true, you've never even given me one objective provable fact I didn't already know.

will suck for them anyways. In some way, I mean. Cuz Alex is the real assassin so if they are Alex Pereira's fans...

I'd ask you to finish your thought, but I'm not sure any of your thoughts being completed ever increased their worth.

 

[Angelassassin53]

The further we get from Jones tenure cheating in the UFC the better imo

 

[Luffy]

Very true

I've always liked this song too



I've always viewed it as "the true battle is to control certain traits we have so they don't take over ourselves in moments it would better not" ... But as the song " says ", it's a true inner battle, as the song to me gives a sense of hopelessness many times, sad but true

 

[orca]

He's fine, he ran Jon out of the UFC with his tail between his legs without even fighting him

yup and tom will win 20 title defense and becoke the GOAT

its time to make his own legacy

 

[Luffy]

Dana said they offered Jones what6he wanted. He still retired.

Jiri and Khabib praising Jones is irrelevant to whether Jones avoided the fight.
Lol at calling Jones chill. You seen the arrest videos or his DV record?
Unhinged.

Come on Wolf, go back to Zeta, do your 5 paragraphs there : hehe nice to see you man

 

[jsbx45]

Jones chose the least honourable path in the end. He completed his less tha honourable career in a fitting manner. I know He's GOAT and all, but seriously, what poor example of a human being that guy truly is. This HW situation really pushed me over the edge with this fucking clown. Fuck this guy.

 

[Luffy]

Oh yellow cards have expired. Now I can like posts, edit my own posts to avoid pedantic grammar "teachers" and create my own threads

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Tom should have just kept his mouth shut.

He thought repeatedly calling Jones a duck in public would anger Jones into fighting him, but he should have just remained respectful and let Jones and the UFC take care of business. Jones felt slighted by Aspinall and the fans/media, so he did what any egomaniac would do.. he took his ball and went home, and now Aspinall has no interesting fights on the table.

If someone publicly disrespects you greatly, as you say Tom did to Jon, wouldn't it be absolutely awesome to have the opportunity to be paid a load of money to legally beat the shit out of them? Jon had that opportunity.

Instead, he dropped his belt and ran into retirement. Nice mental gymnastics there but you're full of shit.

 

[Luffy]

Tom could have an interesting fight already if he decided to do the Pereira fight right now... Pereira said chama to HW and mentioned Tom, which Dana confirmed , but Tom was shown nervous about fighting Pereira, preferring to fight Gane firstly, who he himself said is an easier fight than Alex... But Alex vs Tom will happen anyways, and I believe deeply that Pereira beats him then he either makes his call for a final showdown with JJ or fight Ankalaev again or Chimaev / DDP at LHW if JJ doesn't do it... Pereira has Ankalaev firstly, but it'll work out, imo it will go like this —> Ankalaev —> Tom —> JJ... I think Pereira wants JJ not because he is friends with him or anything, but because of his code. Jon Jones was the first fighter to beat up Glover badly, and he dislocated Glover's joint in a malicious arm twist in the first minute of the fight. He was friends with Shogun too... Sean Strickland said Alex Pereira has some deep hate inside him that won't make him stop. I think he wants to dominate Jon Jones in a brutal way like against Rountree... He never called JJ out, but when asked, he said it'd be the biggest fight of his life. Glover clearly has some ill feeling towards JJ based off some videos in which he was shown talking about Jones with Strickland. Pereira doesn't show it, but he likely wants to dominate Jon Jones. It was said that if Pereira managed to get the HW belt, that JJ and his team promised he'd fight against Pereira. DC even wondered "let's see if JJ would fight Alex though, because if he drags his feet, Pereira isn't the type to wait too much, since as for Pereira, he'd fight every month if allowed".

But anyways, it seems to me the final fight club fight is destined to be JJ vs Pereira... Going by what DC and Ariel said, that's the fight that they think is going to be the last one and likely, bigger than a Connor vs Khabib...

 

[Captain Herb]

yup and tom will win 20 title defense and becoke the GOAT

He'll never do it. He's not doing enough coke

 

[AstralPanda]

Seems like Jones assumed that too

I'd say it's about looking at the bigger picture

Theres a reason very few fighters are calling him a duck

To do so would be to disrespect all fighters

He's the only fighter from that generation still here other than Jim Miller, fans feel like they're entitled.

When you've been in the game that long, you've earned the right to be selective.

And they all are. This isn't exclusive to Jones.

Only fans are the first to call it fear, but there's a reason fighters never do.

 

[CombatCyborg]

It's better in a way because he doesn't have to win the belt, he can just start defending it. Would've been nice if they had brought him into the cage before a main event and presented the belt to him.

 

[AstralPanda]

He was "the champion"


If he wanted to call himself that, then he should have fought the obvious contender.

If a fighter with the greatest resume in mma history is upheld to this kind of judgement

Nobody is safe

It's disrespectful to mma as a whole.