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UFC 135 Results: Jon Jones’ Hype Continues to Dwarf His Actual Ability

I will be the first to say that Jones defeated Rampage handily. I actually thought Jones would take Rampage down much more easily, and dominate him more from top position. My prediction was a 3rd round TKO, but in the end, I’m not surprised by a …

But, just like when Jones beat Bader and an injured Rua, his hype has once again gone over the top. His striking and wrestling are both being called the best at light heavyweight. Some are even calling him the current P4P best fighter in the UFC.

His wrestling is great, but it isn’t the most proven at light heavyweight and his striking is truly being overrated.

His natural length and size gives him odd advantages that are tough to prepare for, but his style will stop being a mystery. Even in his last fight, his spinning elbows didn’t come at unpredictable times, and he telegraphed his sidekicks very badly.

Rampage is a solid striker, but has always had trouble with unorthodox fighters and strikers who utilize kicks, and it showed. He couldn’t deal with the telegraphed sidekicks of Jones, and was almost constantly kept at a range because of it. Other top light heayweights wouldn’t have this problem.

Remember the Machida Era? His style was called perfect. Between his phenomenal takedown defense, hard-hitting counter strikes and incredible evasiveness, people thought his style had no weakness. The attitude toward Jones now is very similar to the attitude toward Machida before he fought Rua. Just like there were always fighters who could beat Machida, there are fighters who can beat Jones.

Evans might be the one to beat Jones. His wrestling is some of the best at 205 and he has trained with Jones before. He is the fighter with the most experience at overcoming Jones natural size and reach.

Or maybe Machida. Machida’s takedown defense is better than Jackson’s, and he’s a more dangerous striker who is better at covering distance. His movement is also better, and he would not simply stand still and be nailed with sidekicks.

Jones is a champion, and currently a top pound-for-pound fighter. But has he really looked more dominant than GSP, Silva and Aldo? Has he even looked more dominant than Cain Velasquez?

Jones is great, but he’s not the P4P best and needs to prove himself before being placed so high above the other champions in perceived ability and ranking.

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What We Learned From Steven Seagal at UFC 135

Well, Steven Seagal made it out to the festivities Saturday night in Denver and it’s beginning to seem like either he’s some kind of mixed martial arts guru or he’s a senile old man who is way out of touch with reality. My bet’s on the latter.

Our friends Karyn Bryant from MMA H.E.A.T. and Ariel Helwani from MMAFighting caught up with Sensei Seagal before and after the event, respectively, and let’s just say old cockpuncher had a few yarns to spin.

Check out the videos and the bullet points of the world according to The Glimmer Man after the jump.

(Don’t look into his eyes. He’ll hypnotize you like he did the Black House guys.)

Check out the videos and the bullet points of the world according to The Glimmer Man:

(Video courtesy of YouTube/MMAHeat)

• Seagal counts Jones as a friend and refers to him as “Mr. Jon”

• He claimed that he was going to have some words of advice for Jones in his dressing room prior to the bout, but according to Jones at the post-fight presser, he turned down the offer

• He refers to Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva as his “people” and his “sons” and “children”

• He said that Jones might use the front kick he taught Anderson and Lyoto, but later said he didn’t do it right because he hasn’t learned the deadly move yet

• He predicted that the fight would be decided on the ground by Jones by elbows

• He says Anderson wants to be a cop when he retires and that he may do so with him in Arizona

(Video courtesy of YouTube/ArielHelwani)

• According to a Tweet by Ariel Saturday night, Seagal told his cameraman what angle to shoot him at

• In spite of the fact that he said earlier that Jones’ elbo

Dana White Says Jon Jones vs. Anderson Silva Won’t Happen

According to UFC President Dana White, the chances of witnessing a super-fight between respective champions Jon Jones and Anderson Silva are very slim. The out-cry for the matchup escalated further following Jones’ recent title defense against Qui…

According to UFC President Dana White, the chances of witnessing a super-fight between respective champions Jon Jones and Anderson Silva are very slim.

The out-cry for the matchup escalated further following Jones’ recent title defense against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson this past weekend at UFC 135, and some fans even favoring it over a potential bout between Silva and UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre.

But White believes Jones still has a lot to accomplish at light heavyweight before there is any talk of a super-fight.

“The problem is this (light heavyweight) division is stacked,” White said during the UFC 135 post-fight press conference.

“He has a lot of fights ahead of him,” he added.

Jones carries a lot of similarities to the Brazilian, which has left fans convinced that the light heavyweight champion would actually be able to compete against Silva, who has remained undefeated since his UFC debut in 2006.

Jones’ recent victories over top competitors like Jackson, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Ryan Bader have led most fans to believe he will continue his dominance over the 205-pound division for awhile, and in turn, enjoy a lengthy title reign.

While fans might not get their wish to see the 24-year-old challenge “The Spider,” there has been talk of Jones moving up to the heavyweight division in the near future.

Jones will make his next title defense against Rashad Evans sometime next year.

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UFC 135 Results: 5 Things It Will Take to Beat Jon Jones

Saturday night at UFC 135, Jon Jones once again showed his dominance when he defeated Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Jones picked Jackson apart the entire fight until finally submitting him by rear-naked choke in the fourth round. At age 24, Jo…

Saturday night at UFC 135, Jon Jones once again showed his dominance when he defeated Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

Jones picked Jackson apart the entire fight until finally submitting him by rear-naked choke in the fourth round.

At age 24, Jones has dominated every fighter he has faced in the UFC, become the youngest UFC champion in history and overall lived up to the hype.

Anyone can lose in MMA. But when a fighter comes along like Jones has, it almost looks impossible, as his only loss was due to a disqualification vs. Matt Hamill for illegal downward elbows.

Can Jones really be stopped? Here are some things a fighter must possess in order to defeat him.

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UFC 135 Results: Jon Jones Shows the Future of MMA Has Arrived

When Jon “Bones” Jones defeated Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 135 on Sept. 24, he proved two things.The first, that he is in fact the future of the UFC. Secondly, not only is he is the future of the sport, but so is his style.Jones defeated Jackson …

When Jon “Bones” Jones defeated Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 135 on Sept. 24, he proved two things.

The first, that he is in fact the future of the UFC. Secondly, not only is he is the future of the sport, but so is his style.

Jones defeated Jackson in fashion looking similar to UFC’s greatest fighter of all time, Anderson Silva.

Similar to Silva, Jones demonstrated a supremacy in all aspects of the sport as he remained the UFC Light Heavyweight champion via rear naked choke.

“Bones” Jones also proved that in order for someone to beat him, they’ll have to be well rounded in all aspects of mixed martial arts.

And, what this also means is, fighters similar to Jackson will soon be left behind.

Why? Because, the UFC is quickly emerging from being featured around the “one punch” knockout artists to “well-rounded” fighters.

As we’ve seen with fighters such as Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva, and Forrest Griffin, you can no longer be one-dimensional in the UFC.

Jones has proved that his stand-up striking, kicking, and clinch is the future style of the UFC.

Not only is Jones a force on his feet but in the takedown, grappling, and submission game as well.

And, while the future style of the UFC is requiring its fighters to be well-rounded, they must also be able to adapt to their opponents.

Similar to George St-Pierre and Rory MacDonald, mixed martial artists must now demonstrate the ability to leave their game plans and still manage to come out on top.

The UFC and its style is quickly changing as shown by champions Silva and Jones.

And, not only is the sport making this transition, but it will begin to leave behind those who fail to become well-rounded fighters in their respective weight classes.

Jon Jones has proved that he and his style are the future of the UFC.

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UFC 135: Putting a Stop to the Talk of Jon Jones and Super Fights

Jon Jones is a great fighter. There’s no questioning that. There is some questioning as to some fans’ ideas that Jones should be put up against Anderson Silva. Following Jones’ beat down of Quinton Jackson, the post-fight press conference s…

Jon Jones is a great fighter. There’s no questioning that. There is some questioning as to some fans’ ideas that Jones should be put up against Anderson Silva.

Following Jones’ beat down of Quinton Jackson, the post-fight press conference seemed to be abuzz about the possibility of Jon Jones and super fights. Even Dana White admitted that he and Jones have had discussions about Jones moving up to heavyweight.

Pump the breaks please.

Jones has defended the belt once, and while I admit his destruction of Mauricio Rua and his dominant win against Rampage are impressive, the UFC should be under no pressure to put Jones in any kind of super fight.

I do not want to discredit Jones’ win at all, but when you consider that many analysts (and the UFC hype machine) believed Rampage offered nothing but a punchers chance against Jones, is his performance so impressive it warrants a fight against Silva?

I think not.

Jones still has plenty of fights at 205. Rashad Evans is next in line of course, and while Evans is shorter than Rampage, he offers more tools to attack Jones with. Arguably for the past few years, Evans has been the best at 205 and he will do his best to make fans believe he is the one to dethrone “King Jones.”

Although a few fights away from a title shot, young prospect Phil Davis and former champion Lyoto Machida offer some stylistic matches. Davis is untested on the big stage, but he has shown glimpses of brilliance as evident by the “Philmura” against Tim Boetsch.

Machida’s style of in and out strikes could force Jones to leave his reach advantage. We saw last night that Jones has the awareness not to trade shots on the inside—but what if someone were to make Jones do the chasing?

I’m not saying Davis (9-0) or Machida are the answers to the Jon Jones riddle. I’m just saying that before people get carried away with Jones vs. Silva or Jones in the heavyweight division, let him first clear out his own division.

For every Anderson Silva or George St. Pierre, there’s always a Chael Sonnen or Matt Serra who reminds fans that on any given night any man can be beaten.

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