There is nothing left for Jon “Bones” Jones to accomplish at 205 pounds. His utter and complete domination of Rashad Evans proved that. The two hard shots Evans landed on Jones further proved his supremacy.
Evans is a very good puncher, and a very good fighter overall. For him to hit Jones solidly—on two occasions—and for Jones to quickly gather himself to continue the domination was impressive.
He has seemingly invented new ways to use his enormous reach. The hand-fighting transition to punching-elbows were as beautiful as they were brutal. Evans was taken for a loop and knocked for one at the same time.
If you take a look at the fighters Jones has defeated in the light heavyweight division, it reads as a “who’s who” of the class: Shogun Rua, Lyoto Machida, Rampage Jackson, Ryan Bader and now Evans.
Dan Henderson is next in line for Bones, according to USA Today. It makes sense from a technical standpoint—but logically, are we expecting a different outcome?
Henderson is known for his granite chin and KO power. But against Jones at 205, all that translates to is a long and bloody beating from the champion.
Henderson isn’t as quick as Evans—though he is a couple inches taller—and at 41 years old, he is past his prime. Nothing about Henderson’s game would make me believe he’ll be anymore effective getting inside the reach than Evans was.
He represents another big name, but nothing more than that.
At some point, fans are going to grow tired of seeing Jones dominate 205 pounders. In addition, as he gets older, it will be virtually impossible for him to effectively make the weight at 6’4″.
Jones walks around at 230 pounds. The closer he gets to 30 years old, the harder it’s going to be to shed the necessary weight—and still be healthy and at his best.
In my opinion, Jones is already a legendary light heavyweight. The next question is when or if, he will ever become a legendary heavyweight?
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