Jones fight with Gus was a hell of a lot less close than DC's fight with an even older Gus who was coming off a 1st round KO loss and wasn't even worthy of a title shot. The only people who think Jones lost a close but clear 48-47 decision are Jones haters. Jones also never got folded like a pancake and nearly KO'd by Gus like DC did.Like Jones didnt also nearly lose to Gus
How would DC have retired undefeated without Jones when he also lost 2 times to Stipe.This is an insane take. He's clearly leagues better than Whittaker and especially Benavidez. He was number 2 to the greatest fighter of all time. If it weren't for Jones, there is a good chance he would have retired undefeated. He probably doesn't leave LHW if not for Jones.
That has nothing to do with his all time ranking though. Resume does.It's pretty clear to anyone with eyes and an ounce of sense that he'd destroy them all. He made Hendo look like a child. And no, no version of Hendo would have looked different vs DC.
The company thing most seem to dislike is super weird. He works, read this, works, for the UFC. They pay him a salary, and here in the real world (and you don't work in a restaurant with dyed blue hair), you don't get to talk bad about, nor publicly disagree with, your employer, especially when your employer resides in the public eye. Plus Cormier is probably payed reasonably well, and as such, he isn't going to jeopardize his paycheck.
So what does that mean to me? Well, I'm not going to listen to his opinions on company matters such as rankings, fights to make, or who deserves what within the ranks, but he seems a good dude and does a lot for high school kids in the folk style wrestling space. In short I can separate company DC, from commentator DC, from fighter DC. Always liked him and pulled for him.
For those discussing his one high testosterone result here is a highly technical talk about that. I don't know.
He’s employed as a commentator but constantly inserts himself into everything as if he has any kind of authority. Telling guys how to fight, when to fight, how to train, what to say, etc.
He’s a bootlicker to an embarrassing, undignified degree
Same people that are cheering for Conor... some people just have no moral.I love this thread. I never understood why people were booing DC. Jon Jones was well on the way to proving he was scum, and he cheated against DC to boot. People still booed DC. I didn't get it then and I still don't get it.
Nah, I remember the vast majority used to hate on him much more during the Jones areaThere are factions who always hated him, others who liked him. I think it is still that way.
A two time Olympic wrestling team member, one time Olympic wrestling team captain (elected to that position by his teammates), multi weight class champion, and multi organization champion interjecting himself into fighters habits is embarrassing? I'm going to have to massively disagree. He has earned that right. Not only that, his peers respect, and like, him which should tell everyone all they need to know.
DC cheated to win his title on the scale.Same people that are cheering for Conor... some people just have no moral.
You said it was embarrassing that he inserts himself (but constantly inserts himself into everything as if he has any kind of authority. Telling guys how to fight, when to fight, how to train, what to say, etc.), I'm illustrating why that is not even remotely embarrassing. He has lived martial arts life to the absolute fullest and if anyone should interject his thoughts into that discussion then it would be Daniel Cormier. He is the very definition of an expert within his chosen field.What does any of that have to do with his employment as a commentator?