Would Jones losing by K.O be the biggest upset of all time?

[Ballsaque]

If he fights again, unless he calls out Fedor, it will be against Poatan or Aspinall.

Regardless of the outcome, would seeing Jones get put away (by either of them) be the biggest upset of all time?

I can't imagine one bigger, given the time Bones has been in the sport and the bigger MMA fanbase than 10 or more years ago.

Seeing Fedor tap was huge.
Seeing Aldo sleep.
Few could be bigger than a k.o loss for Jones, or is there something bigger?

Do you mean oddswise, or like.. mindshare/"fans thoughts"?

Definietly wouldn't be oddswise, especially not against someone like Aspinall

 

[Skarsgard]

As many have said, not at this point. Aspinall seems to be the best heavyweight we've seen since the Carwin/Cigano/Cain or Ngannou and Stipe traded wins. He should win against a nearly 40 year old legend who hasn't looked good in a decade.

The biggest upset is still GSP vs Serra. Nothing has withstood time like that.

 

[loisestrad]

As many have said, not at this point. Aspinall seems to be the best heavyweight we've seen since the Carwin/Cigano/Cain or Ngannou and Stipe traded wins. He should win against a nearly 40 year old legend who hasn't looked good in a decade.

Jones looked good against Gane and Stipe.

He litterally destroyed Gane. But oh no, who wouldn't have, right? Well, no one has done so.

He destroyed Stipe. He didn't KO him in the first round, like a Ngannou probably would have done except for the time he didn't do it and lost. And so on.

 

[Skarsgard]

Jones looked good against Gane and Stipe.

He litterally destroyed Gane. But oh no, who wouldn't have, right? Well, no one has done so.

He destroyed Stipe. He didn't KO him in the first round, like a Ngannou probably would have done except for the time he didn't do it and lost. And so on.

He didn't look good. They looked that bad. His movement was stiff and rigid. He was slow.
Gane overextended on a sloppy cross that any competent grappler would have capitalized on.
Stipe had been clearly retired and came back for a bonus. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[Elvis.]

At heavyweight? To Tom , no , no that would not be the biggest upset of all time

In the moment, seeing Jones get flatlined might be so shocking it would feel like it
But still no

 

[jjjjjjjjjjohnny]

is this thread for real?

 

[loisestrad]

He didn't look good. They looked that bad. His movement was stiff and rigid. He was slow.
Gane overextended on a sloppy cross that any competent grappler would have capitalized on.
Stipe had been clearly retired and came back for a bonus. Nothing more, nothing less.

Ngannou almost lost vs Gane. Too bad he couldn't capitalize on Gane's glaring weaknesses and beat him in a couple of minutes. Like Jones did.

I guess Jones was cheating by being well rounded. I guess that mixed martial arts isn't about mixing things up.

 

[Domitian]

It would be a pretty big deal if Jon was still young, but he's old.

Conor's 13 second KO of Aldo will probably never be topped in terms of shock value.

 

[HHJ]

It would be a pretty big deal if Jon was still young, but he's old.

Conor's 13 second KO of Aldo will probably never be topped in terms of shock value.

I dont think anyone saw it going down the way it did.

 

[shunyata]

Anderson vs Weidman for biggest upset.

 

[Neck&Neck]

 

[Gutter Chris]

If he fights again, unless he calls out Fedor, it will be against Poatan or Aspinall.

Regardless of the outcome, would seeing Jones get put away (by either of them) be the biggest upset of all time?

I can't imagine one bigger, given the time Bones has been in the sport and the bigger MMA fanbase than 10 or more years ago.

Seeing Fedor tap was huge.
Seeing Aldo sleep.
Few could be bigger than a k.o loss for Jones, or is there something bigger?

At this point in his career it would not. He's getting older has a lot of miles and the odds of some lesser mortal catching him seem much more realistic now


Also the Fedor tap shouldn't be half as big as it was. Anyone who watched that Roger's fight without stars in their eyes for Fedor should have seen that things had changed and that if he was in there with a real fighter he was going to have problems. Same as jones is now looking vulnerable and with a lot of unanswered questions

 

[Kompromat]

No. Time catches up with everyone. Happened to many greats. We'd understand. Its quite the contrary, it'd be more of a surprise if he wins his next one unless its outside of UFC or someone like Tuivasa

 

[Skarsgard]

Ngannou almost lost vs Gane. Too bad he couldn't capitalize on Gane's glaring weaknesses and beat him in a couple of minutes. Like Jones did.

I guess Jones was cheating by being well rounded. I guess that mixed martial arts isn't about mixing things up.

Is that what you got from what I said? Ngannou did capitalize on Gane's glaring weaknesses. That's why he put him flat on his back.
Unfortunately for him, he isn't/wasn't a grappler with an arsenal of submissions. If Jailton Almeida put him flat and immediately submitted him, would you be going on about how amazing it was or is this some weird Jones thing?

 

[Gamer2k4]

Not really. That's the only way he CAN lose, no matter who he fights.

If he lost by submission, now THAT would be an upset. But a KO? At heavyweight? Anyone can get knocked out there.

 

[GrantB13]

Would it be surprising that Jones gets knocked out by a guy with most of his fights ending by first round sometimes even first minute knockouts? Not really.

 

[TheBulge]

If Jones loses by KO he will be the most upset he's ever been, that's correct OP.

 

[Klippy]

Maybe 10 years ago but now, not really no.

He’s avoiding any real contenders so it doesn’t happen. Those other GOAT’s didn’t

What are you talking about him "avoiding any real contenders"? IIRC a lot of people on sherdog thought Cyril Gane was going to beat him same as with Gustaffson was supposed to beat him in the rematch.

MMA fans are fickle, a win over Tom will not do much for Bones. it'll just be another day in the office. the guy is nearing the end of his career, so he could do whatever he wants. If Pereria gets a highlight reel finish his weekend, Bones vs Pereira will very likely happen for the title and will do massive PPV buys, something that the Aspinall fight won't do. I want Bones to fight Tom because it's the right fight to make and so that he can shut most of sherdog up.

 

[Captain Herb]

Pereira by ko might be an upset, Tom by ko would not

 

[TempleoftheDog]

If he fights again, unless he calls out Fedor, it will be against Poatan or Aspinall.

Regardless of the outcome, would seeing Jones get put away (by either of them) be the biggest upset of all time?

I can't imagine one bigger, given the time Bones has been in the sport and the bigger MMA fanbase than 10 or more years ago.

Seeing Fedor tap was huge.
Seeing Aldo sleep.
Few could be bigger than a k.o loss for Jones, or is there something bigger?

Apparently you don’t realize the underdog with the lowest odds to win, but did, easily takes the thing.

You could have googled it, and realized even cheater Jones won’t be that heavily favoured to beat Aspinall.. I’d be a little surprised if Aspinall closed as the underdog, tbh.

And even if Jones ducks Aspinall entirely. The odds would still be NOWHERE NEAR the biggest UFC upset ever.

You can research all this for yourself. But of course..

You wouldn’t get the attention you are seeking.

So well done. You got the attention you craved. Even if you did make yourself look pathetic to get it.