What does Jon do that no one else does?

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Take PEDs, according to this website

 

[ElLunico]

I wouldnt say so much better skill wise. But his fight IQ is just better than everyone else.

 

[bjjwar]

Nothing, he's much bigger than everyone else, cheats and fights 90yr old washed up guys half his size.

When he fights absolute bums like Reyes but who arent 50 yrs old and MW's he struggles. Has average striking, average grappling, average to mediore bjj...

 

[PaulieVegas27]

Hits pregnant ladies in his car and then flee the scene.

 

[cws80us]

High fight IQ and gameplanning

 

[colorles]

What specifically makes him so much better than everyone else? He’s not even out here hurting people with his punches

He combines high level athletic genetics with high level composure, attacking instinct, and mind games that he plays on his opponents. Tactically he is top notch as well.

In other words, he's basically top notch at everything (with the exception of punching power, but it doesn't even matter this is mma not boxing)

 

[HereticBD]

Dude's got spider arms and legs, and can wrestle like Cain. Ain't no secret. He just uses his natural advantages better than most.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

What specifically makes him so much better than everyone else? He’s not even out here hurting people with his punches

Tramatising sherdog karens for sure

 

[icemun]

As a matter of fact, @icemun :

Opponent	Age Difference (Opponent was)	Reach Adv (Jones had)
Andre Gusmão	10 years older	+8"
Jake O’Brien	3 years older	+8"
Matt Hamill	11 years older	+8"
Brandon Vera	10 years older	+7"
Vladimir Matyushenko	16 years older	+11"
Ryan Bader	4 years older	+11"
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua	6 years older	+9"
Lyoto Machida	9 years older	+12"
Rashad Evans	8 years older	+10"
Vitor Belfort	10 years older	+11"
Glover Teixeira	8 years older	+9"
Daniel Cormier (UFC 182)	9 years older	+8"
Ovince Saint Preux	5 years older	+5"
Daniel Cormier (UFC 214)	9 years older	+8"
Thiago Santos	4 years older	+8"
Chael Sonnen	10 years older	+10.5"

Across his entire career, Jon Jones has only been older than three opponents:

1. Anthony Smith (2019) – Jones 31, Smith 30 (1 year)
2. Dominick Reyes (2020) – Jones 32, Reyes 30 (2 years)
3. Ciryl Gane (2023) – Jones 35, Gane 32 (3 years)

And - of course - Jon Jones has never faced an opponent with a longer reach than his own.

@FilipEmoFights - here's the answer to Your OP.

Thats simply what happens when one is the youngest UFC champion ever at 23 everyone, everyone is older

The avergae age of UFC LHW champions over the last 20 years has been 35


The second youngest was Shogun at 29.

The oldest was Texiera who Jones beat a decade prior, at 42

Alex Pierra the current LHW champion is the same age as Jones is NOW After being s champion for well over a decade

38

If "reach" were the magical determiming factor of excellence, Stefen Struve would be the GOAT HW

 

[icemun]

LOOL picking Reyes who beat him and stipe who was grandpa age

wait but theyre MWs too right? Stipe and Reyes?


Reyes lost to Jones!!!!
reality vs. pure fantasy



Stipe lost to Jones too!!!


Infact Jones has never lost and when when Jones called out Stipe after getting the belt, he was the same "grand pa" age as the current LHW champion!!

 

[icemun]

SEVEN?

The only TWO opponents who have been caught with proper PEDs were old MW Chael and old MW Vitor.
In both of these fights Jon was 10 years younger + had a 10 inch reach advantage.

Machida doesn't count because he was taking a banned OTC weight loss supplement 7-keto-DHEA - which is not comparable to steroids or TRT.
Oh, and here again Jon was 10 years younger + had a 10 inch reach advantage.

Machida was busted
Chael was busted
OSP was busted
Bonner was busted
Thiago Silva was busted

Shout outs to Dan Henderson and Rampage for their candidacy about steroid use POST Pride (where steroids were encouraged/distributed)


As the great Ken Shamrock said, " you have to be pretty naive to not know whats going on"

 

[1King]

Abnormally large frame that was very tuned to great weight cuts. Incredibly underrated raw strength. Uncanny instincts for distance management, leverage, grappling. Iron chin, amazing cardio, top fight IQ

As a striker he can hit and hit hard from every range with a huge variety of punches, kicks, knees and elbows.

He’s just an incredible physical talent that matched it with awesome fight skill. He also picked it all up so fast, he didn’t have to go through struggles in his growth phases which is why he was dominant for so long. He had a bunch of defenses before he ever really hit hus physical prime, and took almost no real physical or neurological damage.

 

[Pierce 34]

wait but theyre MWs too right? Stipe and Reyes?


Reyes lost to Jones!!!!
reality vs. pure fantasy

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Stipe lost to Jones too!!!


Infact Jones has never lost and when when Jones called out Stipe after getting the belt, he was the same "grand pa" age as the current LHW champion!!

Stipe was retired from the sport and was a full time firefighter. 2014 Stipe wrecks Jones.

Reyes won rounds 1-2-3 and ran Jones out the division. Loser left town LOL

 

[Pierce 34]

LOOL going for the only hope Jones haters has got left: turning Jones' actual wins in to make believe losses.

U should probably watch another sport if u think Reyes didnt get robbed vs Jones

 

[Chama]

this!

plus he's psycho and really enjoys hurting people in the cage

look at what Chael said about him after their fight

What did he say ?
Thanks in advance

 

[Chama]

He’s good at everything, knows how to maximize advantages, but most importantly he actually gameplans for each opponent.

Feels like 99% of these guys just show up and fight how they fight. Jon shows up as whatever he needs to be to specifically beat the guy in front of him.

Interesting take
Could you pls elaborate with some examples ?

 

[TheTickG]

What specifically makes him so much better than everyone else? He’s not even out here hurting people with his punches

Get away with blatant cheating.

 

[Strijfy]

Fight his opponents with their strengths, well at least he used to, Gane obviously he didnt.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

innovation when he was younger. nobody was doing double overhook overhead suplexes, nobody was doing spinning elbows, nobody was doing oblique kicks, nobody is doing standing shoulder cranks. on the "negative" side he completely revamped striking defense because of how he used his reach and threats of eyepokes. for me, this is more of a failure on UFC's part. fighter's are going to do whatever it takes to win, especially in the midst of battle it feels like life or death. it's the UFC's onus to create rules and regulations against it and they never did.

he also understands how to use his body in ways that most people never even thought of. nobody thought a skinny, lanky guy with a high center of gravity would be the best wrestler of his division by far. he knew how to utilize what he had to it's fullest (even if some of it was illegal) and he knew how to break guys down and recognize their weaknesses. he also fully understands his OWN weaknesses and isn't afraid to acknowledge them. he's not delusional like the majority of MMA fighters. he doesn't think he's invincible, and that's part of what keeps his sharp.

i'm not a fan nor a hater. there's things i like about him and things i don't like about him, but that's humans for you. nobody is 100% likeable or unlikeable.