UFC 309 - What Makes Jon Jones So Dominant?
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Jon Jones’ dominance is a perfect mix of physical gifts, elite skills, and a ruthless mentality. His insane reach lets him control the distance, while his creativity in striking and wrestling makes him unpredictable. Add in his fight IQ-he adapts to every opponent-and his killer instinct to finish fights at all costs, and you’ve got one of the most complete fighters ever. Love him or hate him, there’s no denying he’s a once-in-a-generation talent.
I don't understand why people are saying that all of these legends put their career on the line and "gave" Jones a chance to fight them. He was literally the champion of his division. He earned a fight against Shogun, and has been a champion since 2011. Rampage fought the CHAMPION of the division. Like it was never disputed who the best in that division was once Jones came to town.
Rua gave him a chance. Idk why they keep saying other dudes but rua could have pulled a jones and said what has he done? He hadn’t done much by the time he fought for the belt his biggest wins at that time were bader and bonnar and bonnar was more of a middleweight.
@@Twheelz3 I mean, he was basically 13-0 and destroying everyone. I know he had a loss, but we all remember that loss. He was the top contender at that point.
@@michaelrendler3703 Also, they were both very young in their 20s. Jon has very few fights left, so he has to be selective and make the most amount of money.
There really nothing they can say so they pull things out their hat. Jones has faced everyone for almost 2 decades. He deserves to not face every steaking challenger.
@@michaelrendler3703Yupp and Ryan Bader was also 12-0 going into the Jones fight and he had some hype behind him. Both Jon and bader were basically undefeated at that point
Ass “n” Hall
🤣Quinton Rampage Jackson is a legend
Ass an all 😂
He's doing that shit on purpose lol
I love how actual fighters that fought gives jones the respect he deserves. Bro beat everyone they put in front of him
The disrespect only comes from fans.
Rampage doesn’t respect Jon Jones at all. Let’s remember TJ is a cheater, the snake in the grass.
@@yaushaeomessiaswho told Rampage doesn’t respect Jon? Have you never heard him giving Jon respect?
@@karimw.9954 Rampage said he’s the dirtiest fighter ever
@@yaushaeomessias because of legal oblique kicks. Rampage also praised Jon for his fight IQ. Is that not a sign of respect?
I’m not a JJ fan but make no mistake, he is absolutely driving up the interest & $$ for the fight with Aspinal. He’s not afraid or protecting his legacy. He is building the storyline & payday for them both and making Aspinal & fans believe that he’s the boogeyman. His speed and grappling give him a chance, but when this fight gets made, most ppl will be picking Jon.
100 percent
I don’t see why everyone doesn’t see this I been arguing all week about this!
Finally someone understands
Lol sure
@@MicYoung😂lol he might be giving up the belt who knows and might fight pereira
Assinnol........😂😂😂😂😂
When Rampage made that look like he needed "Spell Check"
He deliberately says it like that in his videos. 😂
@SamaBRJ 🤣🤣🤣
Shogun was only 29 when Jon took his belt, and rampage was trying to get his belt back after losing it, not really old legends giving Jon a chance at the time
Jonny Bones beat Bader, Shogun, Rampage and Machida all in one year that’s impressive I don’t care who you are.
@ 💯
Excuses are coming from the assinal fans..........
@@TBONEMALONE..don’t need excuses he’s the interim champion, why even bother making it if he can’t fight the champ? Sounds like you’re making excuses for Jon
Exactly. No one gave Jon a chance (maybe Shogun) but he gave all the legends a chance to get the belt back
AssInAll got to be the funniest shit ever lmfao
@@Johenn1251 Exactly 💯
Page always miss pronouncing shi lmao 😂
just like uncle Chael lol 😂
Jones is just violent. That’s it.
“Ass and all” LMAO
Shogun, Machido, Cormier, Texeira, Vitor, Rampage, and Chael etc were all LESS than 5 years in the UFC before they had to face Jon Jones. The latter has been in the UFC for 16 years now and has been champion for 14 years. He has been competing at the elite level for far longer than any other big name, he has defended his title more times than any other big name and is now being goaded to fight a monster that was still in high-school and too young to drive or drink when Jon was already a champion, despite the fact that Jon had already announced his retirement LONG before Aspinall was even on the radar. The only way I could see him take the fight is if they gave him more money, and that’s precisely what’s happening now. He is publicly negotiating for a higher payday, and the UFC will be forced to reach into their pockets or risk losing one of the biggest fights on their roster.
If Aspinall loses, people will just dismiss him as a hype-train like they did Gane and start chanting Ngannou again lol, it will do nothing for Jones’ legacy because people have a vested interest in seeing him lose his zero. That’s what it is all about, it’s why they still can’t accept the outcomes of the Reyes and the 1st Gustafson fights, because they need to rationalise to themselves that he lost, because in their eyes he is undeserving of being undefeated and therefore there will always be another guy he should defeat before retirement, be it Walker, Ngannou, Stipe, Pavlovich and now Aspinall. Good for him that he is sticking to his original plan. I know the Aspinallettes are fuming 😅
Well said my man .. and that last sentence had me 🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
I’m saying Tom is a hype train right now 😂
Great great answer 👍
Doesn't matter who's on the hype train. We all know who Jones is but Aspinall is the next fight. A champion takes on all comers. Pereira not even in the weight class ffs
Little bro writing essays coping 😂
That spinning back kick with Stipe falling down, looked like a scene from a Manga movie.
So anime?
"AssAndAll" is dirty work🤣🤣🤣
Rockhold's take is BRAINDEAD
And Stipe retired. Regardless he isn't fighting again
Dude i didn’t even know that was luke haha I’ve watched this interview several times
Jon beat all those legends in their prime
He beat old bloated middleweights.
@@timurjack8773 29 year old Shogun wasn't bloated...
the majority of them were not in their prime. nice try.
People forget jon has been champ since the age of 23. He fought killers when he was still developing, and these casuals wanna talk about jon 😂😂😂
@@timurjack8773 you know that Pride midlweight was 205 lbs right ?:D
Jon is what you get when you have a kid with professional sports genes such that he could've ended up like his brother in the NFL but he gets interested in martial arts very young and that's all he's ever done. It's a rare thing.
Jon is no where near as athletic as his brothers. He’s said so himself
Jon is one of my favourite athletes of all time but watching him attempt to dunk a basketball was disappointing
@@fraudulentyid539 Imagine if we had one of his brothers then that did martial arts all their lives. I don't know when we'll see this really because the money and fame draws that level of athlete in other directions but Jon is about as close to that as we've seen.
@@fraudulentyid539 And yet coming from that same genetic tree look at what he can do. Imagine if one of his brothers did nothing but martial arts all their lives. Not sure when we'll see that or if.
@@darrellowings2343 jons athleticism isnt what makes him great tho its his mind we dont know if his brothers have that fighting mindset you can be the best athlete and suck at fighting cause you dont have the mind for it
Jones IQ is not human. He adapts to whoever he's fighting. Unbeatable
Reyes lit him up like a Christmas tree and beat him. He just got robbed by corrupt judges
@seanm429 Reyes gassed and missed. Santos did better
@@seanm429 causal take that can’t differentiate between the sounds you’re hearing. A lot of the heavy shots people think Reyes landed were actually blocked. if you watch the fight with no sound, it’s very obvious who actually won. not to mention, you can’t be in a championship fight and get destroyed in the championship rounds and expect to win. dude showed up for 3 rounds and expected to just coast through the last two, he didn’t deserve to win off that alone.
@@whosDaBun “destroyed in the championship rounds” Jon Jones didn’t destroy anything, the 4th round was a competitive round where Reyes did the better work early and Jones took over late. Wild take, and yeah Reyes won the first 3 rounds, that wins him the fight. Your championship round theory is just false, thats not how fights are scored, it’s round by round scoring.
@ bro stop it. 4 and 5 were clear wins for Jones that weren’t even close. 2 and 3 were the only “competitive” rounds in that entire fight and hindsight has shown Jones won the 2nd. fight over. you definitely the type of person to watch a bar fight and go “oooooohhh” at every sound you hear lmfao
Couple of things. 1. Once the champ fights, there's no longer an "interim" champion. 2. Tom should have been asking for the Gane fight. Gane's resume is better than Tom's. Gane fought for the actual title. Tom's best win is over a gatekeeper (Blades).
Couple of things. 1. That rule has never existed, it’s something Sonnen made up. If Jones refuses to fight Aspinall, he will be stripped and Aspinall will be promoted to champion (like Whittaker was).
2. Aspinall called out Gane loads in the past, Gane didn’t want to fight him. He’s interim champion now, and has defended it. Next fight is for the undisputed belt. Gane had fought for the belt, twice and lost both times because he can’t wrestle.
I couldn't agree more
@@mouthofthesouth99he didn’t lose to Francis because he can’t wrestle. It was 2-2 going into the 5th and Ciryl was in control until he went for a desperate leg lock. Coaching and a lack of in ring IQ lost him that fight.
He didn’t lose to Jon because of his wrestling either. He lost because he didn’t know how to get out of the front choke and panicked. That is a lack of experience and fight IQ.
He was 4 and 5 years into his professional career when he fought the consensus two best HWs in the world. Let’s not lose perspective.
@@karimw.9954I agree about round 5 but round 3 and 4 he was outwrestled by Francis with a bad knee. His grappling needs a lot of work. I have nothing against Gane, he’s a creative striker with some good fights but he’s no Aspinall.
lol gane ducked the fight for 2 years goofy. Loosing to ngannou and getting smoking by jones doesn’t equal better resume
I agree with Luke here. Stipe vs Aspinall would be awesome, and so it Francis vs Aspinall.
The single most important factor to his success is his ability to avoid the takedown. We have never seen anyone put Jon Jones on his back for any extended period. The second someone figures out how to do that is the second they win. It's that or be as tall or even taller than he is and beat him out with striking. Which is exactly how his two biggest challenges in Gustafsson the first time and Reyes found success.
Luke: Stipe didn't take a lot damage to the head.
Bruh he took elbows for 5 mins on the ground. Luke woulda been out after the 1st one
What do u expect from him after Bisping,Romero & Costa
Assinall is wild😂😂😂
Aspinall not defending the takedown
Jones not even defending the belt so it won’t ever matter
@Manuel_Chinaski just did
@@dyfox3856 Against a retired old man
@@Mooshtbhhe’s old too 😂😂
It's not that those legends gave Jones a chance to build his legacy, Jones was the champ those legends were trying to win the title that's why they fought Jones.
Rampage said ASSINAL😂
Real fighters giving Jones all the respect while some clowns keyboard warriors are disrespecting the goat, I pray for the fight to happen so that he can teach him a lesson the way he fought Gane
Luke have become based now , Respect
The only fighter that can claim they gave Jon an opportunity to fight a legend is Shogun who was the champion at that time & a short notice fight. The rest of the guys were chasing him and Jon gave them the opportunity to fight him, including Rampage. Jon gave all these legends an opportunity to beat the best and youngest champion ever in ufc
And when Aspinall tries to use his speed and power, John is going to pick him up, slam him down and hold him there the whole fight. People underestimate how strong Jon Jones is.
Do you think Aspinalls black belt in jitsu becomes pointless when jon takes him down?
This is a heavyweight blackbelt by the way. Not like the rest of us who are rolling around under 200lbs
@ I don’t think your belt rank matters at that level, it becomes skill for skill and Jon Jones has it all. He’s fought murders row of bjj black belts and no one’s been able to use it.
@@MrAwak3 I'd say JBJ wins on the ground but as a friendly reminder. Aspin was always heavy af. He is comfortable on the ground. His history gives him a huge advantage over people who dont roll or wrestle. He's strong as well and even if he wasn't strong his time on the ground allows him to be so much stronger using techniques and leverage naturally. Which also grows with your body so there is going to be some competition for sure. This new era of MMA = very well balanced fighters. Anyways, it will be a fun fight.
Cause if it was with ALEX. IF Jon just simply takes him down and what is alex goin to do? Lol.
At least with aspinall, he's going to put up a good fight for john. Maybe
@ I’m not saying Tom isn’t a legitimate BJJ black belt but heavyweights probably have the worst grappling out of any weight class in the UFC. He’s good against them, not someone like Jon Jones.
Luke “ stipe didn’t look that bad “ 💀💀
this was a good desk. TJ has crazy fight iq
Two HUGE points that these guys are also missing: 1) Reyes is not a great example of "how to beat Jones, by recklessly going for it". Bones barely trained for Reyes and 1st Gustafson fights (if at all). 2) It's not just Jones' arm reach that's ridiculous, his LEG reach is unmatched in MMA. I don't think anyone is even close. It's honestly, much scarier than his arm-reach. I believe Cormier or someone of the like even emphasized that as well.
Winning decision over Reyes that he should have lost is a good way to be invincible
TJ said it best, You can't fight a technical fight vs Jon he's to smart at that and is so incredibly good at sitting at a disatnce and picking you apart. Jon has a lot of trouble vs people who take that away from him, most figthers who have similar range give him a hard time. Tom is the real challenge to Jon because he has decent range, and he covers range so ridiculousyl well which would give Jon a terrible time, that fight would cement Jon as not just the best UFC figther, but most likely the best fighter to ever exist and nobody could ever argue that. I think he already is that but there are some naysayers out there and those people would have no choice but to agree, that Jon is the best and a super rare species.
Jon is the GOAT. Pay him or let him retire.
PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND MINDSET & IQ IS THE BIGGEST FACTOR AS A FIGHTER THATS WHAT MAKES JON JONES GREAT
Give up the money Dana, Tom vs JJ is the only fight we want at heavyweight.
No one seems to mention that Tom isn’t even the interim anymore….the undisputed is back and active
Problem is they let him keep the belt, thats crazy. Chael Sonnen asked same question tought its undisputed like everyone else would. No he is undispted but Tom is interim completly bonkers.
Btw i never seen so based comments as in this comment section. Even if people are not fans of Jon Jones. Good points.
Tom is the interim buddy
Probably keeping him IC as collateral if jones retires so they can instantly promote him to champ instead of having him fight a title decider
Tom next in line anyway
Tom is the champ anyways . Jones is having gimmick fights with senior citizens scared to fight an actual contender .
Jones gonna sweep the floor with Aspinall
Guys I’ll say it since no one here wants to. STIPE WAS OLD & RUSTY!! No one in this room would be themselves at 40!! And that’s okay, Father Time always wins
He'll still knock most heavyweights out
Rockhold says go put on a show stopping performance against a bloke who is retired. CTE is real
Jon has ended careers and continues to do so for over 16 + yrs. Many have come and gone...The Same King Still Stands!
His fingers in everybodys eyes
Bear had his first good point in that last 15 secs
Yep,agreed
Stipe isn't washed
1:20 Thats the problem with Jones and P4P rankings (other than Jones getting caught using steroids or losing to Reyes), P4P means if every fighters were same size who is more skilled, however Jones moved up 1 weight class and he still has an absurd range advantage like 84' reach vs Stipe's 80' reach, even Makhachev (70' reach) didn't have that size advantage vs Volk (71' reach) it doesn't make sense to assume Jones and his opponents are same size so it will always be difficult to say Jones is P4P great because no one has Jones's size advantage and no one has Jones's athletic ability.
@@timurjack8773 it’s by weight not “size”. Pound 4 pound not inch for inch.
It’s god given he’s a natural winner it’s built in him he’s like mayweather when the fighter infront of him he’ll do summat to stop the others offence
I agree with Luke
Who's the next available Phony challenger after Aspinall...let's speed up this inevitable process and outcome.
Jon Jones is the GOAT. He’s fought some certified killers in his years. No debate
Without the extended arm/finger defense how would his career have looked?
Exactly Jon jones has been saying it he’s on top and should be able to name his price and get the money
John Jones proved to be the best all those years but if there is interim champion on heavyweight john must give Aspinal the chance and if UFC wouldn't make it append only because they want to protect John for the legacy that would give lots of credit to UFC to have unbetan champion
Jon is sitting back and mentally creating a reason of why he had to shred Tom. Jon's diabolical reasoning to fight humans is unmatched. A Serial Kill*r without Death....
is Luke Rockhold trying to get Stipe killed fighting Tom Aspinall?!
Luke rockhold with a horrible take. As usual. Every time luke has ever touched a microphone he says something dumb
That was a pretty good take honestly. What about it was dumb?
@@spencermac2103 Fight the 42 yo who just retired?
@ true, I forgot about the retirement thing. If he came out of retirement for it though it wouldn’t be a terrible idea. Jon is right that the dude hasn’t earned the right to just call him out like that and expect a fight. Also Chael pointed out that the only way an interim belt exists is when there’s the absence of an undisputed belt. The second the bell rang for the jon and stipe fight Tom should have been stripped of his belt and he should now have to do some more things to earn the Jon fight.
The fact he's only fought six times since 2017 might have something to do with it.
Ducked fransic for 3 years , lost to dominick reyes , PEDS . Eye pokes, dirty fighter. Nobody talks about that .
Everybody talks about it.. Pout.
lol you still crying ? 😂😂😂
@super2984 you can't deny those facts. Stop writing childish sentences!
No one believes Jon will lose a fight till "2027",just most people wish he loses.
4- eye pokes
What makes him so dominant? Well to start off he fought Joe Biden...
Jon Jones should be paid ! It's a brutal sport
Ass n all. Never change Rampage
‘He hasn’t really fought’…bro Tom has beaten everyone but Gane and Jones. Stop saying Tom hasn’t done enough. If he hasn’t beaten the caliber people he needs to then the HW division DOESNT HAVE the caliber fighter
Jon thought he met his match with Reyes… but yet I’m supposed to believe he easily beats Tom 😂😂😂
I want to see that fight, Come on Jones & UFC make it happen ASAP
Jon jones is the most technical fighter in the world becauss he figures your weakness and then tries to exploit it little by little till he sees a grand opening for the kill. If this was mortal kombat, he woild go for the eyes , balls , throat , knees and find the most technical and easiest way to end you
Rockhold coked put his mind this interview lnao
….his eyepoking
Ass'n'all lol😂😂😂
Everyone eventually gets beaten.
THERE IS NO INTERIM CHAMPION. Read the fucking rules. The moment Jon stepped in the stage, Tom lost the belt
How ? The “champ” was too scared to unify the belts . If anything Jonathan should have been stripped and cut from the promotion .
Ya’ll keep saying this but Tom is still listed as interim champ in the UFC official rankings 🤣🤣 ya’ll should be getting mad at Dana for making this situation as stupid as it’s become
What rules? Quote them
“Stipe didn’t look that bad, I’d like to see him fight Aspinall”
What fight were you watching? Stipe looked worse than 60 year old Mike Tyson.
As a fighter I’m a Bones. You can’t not respect him skillset or what he has done for the sport. Outside of fighting not so much.
Saying legends gave Jones a chance to make a name off them when Jones was the one with the belt is like saying Colby gave Leon a chance to make a name off him when Colby refused to fight Leon until he had the belt. :') Obviously they all want to fight the champion lol.
They stopped the podcast at the good part wtf 😂
Rampage is still bitter that he lost to Jones.
He can't see past the eye pokes
Jon deserves that bag all day long but also stop it with the corny excuses like "he's just so mean" reminds me of "ruined my special night again 😭"
stipe would never fight tom? you would need too much money
The UFC "owing" it to Jon Jones, or Aspinall or whoever? That's not how the UFC does business.
Anik & Buffer said undisputed champion pre fight AND Buffer said undisputed champion post fight. Tom is just another UK can in the rankings, end of.
It is literally disputed though, the existence of an interim champ means it's disputed, that's just a fact.
Aspinall has beat everyone in the top 5... What are you on about?
Then why is Jon so petrified of Tom ?
1:48
Luke tryna trick ppl he's intelligent with the glasses
Aspinal hasn't really fought.. I mean he's fought some guys... Bro he cleared the top rankings nobody left who TF hasn't he fought 😂
Jon going to bring a lot of PP views because people want see him lose also.
The most dominant fighter of all times is actually khabib not jones
Tell Aspinall to stop ducking Ciryl Gane.
Ciryl is the true number 1 contender and if he gets the dub against Volkov Aspinall is on the back burner.
He doesn't even want go fight Derrick Lewis 😂
Bruce lee had greatest IQ and mind. But jon jones wouldnt be too far behind
Luke rockhold 😂😂😂 Stipe has retired how can Aspinall fight him🙄
ASSinal 👌🏽
Jon Jones is the ABSOLUTE LEGEND !
GreaTEST WARRIOR THAT WILL EVER LIVE !!
You already knew that 😂🤣😅
Nothing is given it’s earned! ASpinal has not beaten anybody deserving to Fight Jones!
Aspinall had some fights? What, he has won everyone in a HW division with dominant way. Who he has to fight before Jones? 😁
But who has Tom beat that's on the same level as Jones .Jones win
Why does Luke rockhold talk?
It’s true, Tom hasn’t really beaten anyone. Ciryl Gane has a better resume than him change my mind
He might have losed many fights against some greater opponents if he doesn't do dirty things and cheats win against old struggle cheat against greater opponents to win
Steroids made Jon so dominant. In combination with making a career off beating overweight undersized middleweights. When he matched up against opponents of a similar stature his performances were underwhelming at best.
Jon jones trained with the guys like Yoel romero and other olympic monster for years.....
Jon Jones is not an athlete that's a lie. He can't do other sports
LOL nobody wants to see Stipe fight Aspinal... What a terrible take.