After tonight there is no doubt in my mind that Jones is the the best fighter I have ever witnessed fight. There have been fighter's in the past like Fedor who was an absolute monster that paved the way for people like Jones to even exist but when all is said and done, I think I would finally have to give the edge to Jones as the better fighter.
Everyone that is even somewhat close to the top in their respective weight class has been training much smarter and to a certain standard these last few years in MMA than compared to fighters during most of fedor's reign. For this reason alone I think it is harder to stay as consistent as Jones has been vs how consistent fedor used to be.
Today we saw Jones fight a lot of the fight on the inside where his reach advantage could not be utilized. It reminded me a lot of the corales vs castillo fight. No one can claim Jones' reach won him this fight ,however, it was obvious his height helps him out a lot when it comes to grappling shorter fighters .That said, he possesses freakish strength unheard of for his lankier frame.
When all is said and done though it was made very clear why I don't want Jones to remain successful in MMA once more last night. He raised his hands at the end of that fight and postured like he was done fightong. Cormier felt this and let go. Jones saw this as am opportunity and sucker punched the man.
I just don't understand how so many people on this site can back someone like that up. I read a lot of bad things about Nick Diaz on this site but Nick has 10 times the respect Jones has for his opponents and the fight game, period.