It was how I projected the future fight with my amazing visualization and ability to see patterns skills. JJ will still fight Tom, either him or Alex Pereira, if Tom beats Gane. The UFC made the fight in the sense Jones got paid. He wouldn't get paid if he isn't going to fight duh. But the timing for the fight wasn't big, Tom still wasn't that well known, they want to get the most they can off a JJ last fight when the payment JJ got was big and well deserved. So making the fight when fans were calling for his retirement, with even Tom raising the strip Jones petition when Jones said he and the UFC and Tom were aligned and waiting for a deadline (Tom raised the petition before JJ "retired")... It's all part of an act to get the most they can of the fight. New deals with broadcasts, a perfect timing to have the fights, Tom becoming even bigger by beating Gane... The UFC wants profit over the fight too.
And Alex Pereira is a central pieces in that too. He has been teasing up a move to HW because he will do that. There's no reason he's posting recent weigh ins constantly, with the recent one showing himself lean and fit, with no visible fat, and now at 245 lbs lol if a move to HW isn't on the lines. The fact Jiri Prochazka is the back up fighter for his rematch vs Ankalaev (which never happened to have Jiri as a back up when he's set to face another opponent, even more in a main event with Alex and Ank) should be a clue that maybe Alex Pereira will fight at HW next. Tom was saying "I think he should rematch Ankalaev firstly, Ankalaev doesn't get enough respect" instead of cashing in the biggest name and biggest PPV $ he could off Alex Pereira... I think Alex Pereira will fight Tom, I think he has the skills to beat Tom when fit and in very good shape at 245 lbs as he is, and then call out JJ for a final fight.
Or he fights Ankalaev and there's a big chance he wins and vacates the belt... Which is bad. He proved himself to be very close to Ankalaev while not in his best shape, injured. Let's say he's ~Ankalaev, but a fitting HW and his next move is Tom and then JJ. Or some HW firstly like Sergei, while JJ fights Tom. I think they both win (Alex and JJ) and fight each other. Alex's main goal is to beat JJ still. He has a code, of avenging his master, Glover, like he did with Hill and Jiri. Dunno why, but he has some huge will to fight JJ and he'd do whatever it takes. Recently he was asked by a UFC journalist "which fight will you choose, JJ or Dricus?" and he said "well, it's either one of them to me. For me either Jon Jones or DDP is plenty. But I still say Jon Jones, it has more of a meaning to me". DC said Alex Pereira plans to beat Tom to call out JJ. He said though that the UFC still will likely make JJ vs Tom and if JJ wins, Alex will face Tom firstly and then JJ... Most likely tho is that both will face Tom. My guess is that, let's say DDP and Izzy... Izzy fought and beat Whittaker. Then DDP beat Whittaker too and they fought each other. I think that may be likely, JJ beats Tom, Alex moves up and beats Tom and they face each other.
Ofc I'm assuming both can beat Tom — that's my opinion, that is, I think both would have a 4-1 ID vs Tom, kind of fight. That's based on how I see their styles, running simulations using coding and setting all the information to pick up on the most likely outcome (which I enjoy doing as I love programming in specific languages and it's a fun and sharp exercise to set it up with all relevant data I can gather from reviewing the fights, getting each of their recent stats, their opponents stats, calculating with tech tools a rough cardio tax for each fighter). And then I see the most likely outcome, try putting it in words and study them by playing both fights together (for example a fight from Alex and one from Tom) and imagining home likely it'd be by studying their positioning, showcase skills... If I think something might be off, I run the code again adding certain conditionals, until I try to squeeze it the most I can for a pattern that shows as more consistent.
It's crazy obsessive work tho lol but yeah I will need to stop being so locked in as my college classes resume tomorrow.