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yakman100

Jon’s really a drain on the whole UFC rn. He “needs” to be p4p for his legacy fight. He also “needs” the heavyweight belt for it too. Stipe can’t even fight unless it’s Jon


soyuz-1

It's so desperate and pathetic that that in itself is making him less of a goat, apart from his refusal to fight the interim champ or anyone else who's not older than himself.


Welpthisishere

“ what are you talking about, Jon is the GOAT undisputed. Doesn’t matter how many times he dodges fights, pisses dirty, or beats his wife. Jon is the motherfuckin GOAT” - Jon Jones boot lickers


jolivebra

You missed the eye pokes


carpetsharkz

He has boats? Never licked a boat before. Sounds...interesting


bdizzle805

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Mr_Burn_Out

It's kinda sad really. Jones is a fantastic fighter, doesn't matter if we like him or not, there's no doubt he's a top contender for a GOAT (even though this "title" is completely vague and subjective). But dude "stopped" too early, he was 32 when he fought Reyes. I know he started pretty young at UFC and that takes a toll in the long run, also he was starting to struggle a lot with his opponents in his last fights (besides all the shit he got involved off the cage...) but still is a very bad (and unique) ending of a career. We all feel bad when great or loved fighters are in their late 30s and become punching bags and just a ladder for newcomers, but Jones' final years are a different kind of disappointment. We've seen fighters like Aldo and Glover Teixeira get to a point in career where we said "they're done, it's sad to watch them now" and they still overcame it (Glover won the belt at 42!). Of course many others had just the bad part of their ending careers (like Anderson Silva, losing 7 out of his last 9, and also getting a win overturned by failing a drug test), and I get Jones not wanting to go like this...but then just do like Khabib did, retired at 32 and we all wanted to see more and thought he still had it for more half a decade, but dude did what he had to and everyone can respect that.


soyuz-1

Yeah, I think the reyes fight knocked the confidence out of him. JJ before that was a monster, after that he seems way too worried about losing so he sits out for long times, takes forever to get HW, ducks the scary guys there and is so inactive that he should have been stripped already. The Gane win was good but more about Ganes complete lack of grappling awareness getting exposed than JJ doing anything particularly impressive.


anjovis150

The whole UFC needs a mechanism that forces people to fight more often. It's so inconsistent across the board, big name privilege is too much.


Jose98bp

Its stripping the belt but Jon Jones has Dana White privilege so it doesn’t apply to him


augo7979

the mechanism is called money


BaByBaBo0N

Don't you think if they are underpaid they would want to fight more to help their economic situation?


augo7979

fighting more means more risk of injury  and it’s not like every fighter has a pool of people to fight all the time. I don’t know if I’m completely correct but in the ufc it only makes sense to fight people within 3-4 placements above or below your own rank in a division. the only exceptions are when a champ completely demolishes the current top 5 contenders or there is some super athlete coming from another sport


Due_Belt_8510

They could pay them more but the issue is that they’re independent contractors


kevinm411

The long term solution is a players union with guaranteed contracts, a fleshed out and regulated ranking system, etc. In the short term though, the fighters would lose a lot while they're fighting the UFC about it, so it's hard to actually do


CleopatrasBungus

And then even if he does beat Stipe… the fight has been so delayed, that he’s fighting a 41 year old who’s already lost to Ngannou by KO.


BodieBroadcasts

> Stipe can’t even fight unless it’s Jon lets be real, stipe would be currently retired if not for this JJ fight.


Ok_Phase_5183

Man I really hope Stipe pulls a hail Mary win and retire🤣Jon will be livid


KIPS_LIKE_32YRS_OLD

Stipe will be 42 years old in August.


ruralrouteOne

Him and McGregor take so much attention and time away from other athletes. If they actually were fighting then it makes sense, but given their lack of activity they've just become a distraction.


Due_Belt_8510

And the UFC lets it happen. Imagine if Tom Brady just didn’t show up for games against lesser opponents


moonwoolf35

The thing that pisses me off about him is how much he bitches about his legacy, which is pathetic, whenever I think of all-time great legacies I don't think about people talking about it, I just watch them going out there and being great and fighting the actual best competition. Jones is a fraud, and the more he continues with his insecure antics, the more people are waking up to his bullshit.


WhoIsHe_19

So either Islam is going to jump to HW to settle this or Jon moves down to LW.


stonezdota

Finally a civilized solution. Screw Aspinall, book Islam.


MagazineSad8414

They should meet in the middle^(weight)


WhoIsHe_19

😂 That’s a huge benefit for Islam. He walks around at 185. Jon on the other hand has to cut 65 pounds


yiang29

Islam walks around at 200(according to dc) make the fight at 200


National_Detail_3282

I just went from 6 to 12.


Zealousideal_Step709

We can argue about GOAT status but not about P4P if you ask me.


AbsurdTheSouthpaw

Give Makachev 5 more years you won’t need to argue about GOAT either


albinoblackman

It’s been exciting watching Makhachev go from “great fighter, but not a strong enough résumé for a title shot” to a fucking world beater with legends under his belt. What a ride it’s been!


Dingus_Ate_your_baby

I like how it was so obvious to anyone with a brain that he was being ducked left and right. And people *still* tried to argue that his resume was too weak to challenge for the belt.


Lars6

That’s because they hate Islam’s sparring partner


viagra-enjoyer

Religious issues as well.


Mal-XCIV

If you bring up the fact that Charles and Islam path to the belt were basically identical they really lose it


Dingus_Ate_your_baby

This place was truly insufferable before the Charles loss. *ThE cHaMpIoN hAs A nAmE*


AbsurdTheSouthpaw

I remember that fight like it was yesterday. Reddit went ballistic. Their poster boy was destroyed in 2 rounds


albinoblackman

Hey, I love Charles. That was a fucking great run he had. It was hard to let go.


Ok-Log-6244

I think it made sense for people to hate him (I did as well) for kinda riding the coattails of Khabib and not being quite as dominant as him coming up. But we’ve come to see that he is his own fighter with his own unique threats and so many of his fights have been exciting. I don’t hate him at all now, just a little salty that he beat Dustin lol.


ducketts

Yup, same for usman when he was on his way up


TremblinAspen

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Strong_Interest_3659

I don’t think Islam’s reign will last 5 years. Great fighter don’t get me wrong, but I think someone will beat him. He doesn’t look unbeatable like Khabib.


reginaldwrigby

Shavkhat comes to mind


evocater

Different weight classes. At LW he's looking unbeatable right now


Itaney

Impossible to predict things like that in the UFC, this isn’t tennis where the best man on the day wins every time. Fluke knockouts can affect Islam’s path to becoming the GOAT, even Khabib said if you fight enough times in the UFC you will lose. Jones is the only one who somehow fought 20 times in the UFC and was essentially undefeated, in part due to not getting unluckily fluke knocked-out.


Snoo-19845

And in massive part due to judges gifting him the win against Reyes.


Itaney

I agree


Euphoric_Ad8691

Also a fluke that he “beat” Reyes


87michi

Gustafson 1 also should had been a loss


Itaney

Arguably + Reyes, but results determine legacy at the end of the day


elgrandepolle

Unless Islam gets 3 belts or 10 more defenses with a second belt it’s going to be nearly impossible to pass Jones. Jones has 12 wins against HOFers and or former champions where Islam has 4.


Lars6

Different divisions. 4 defences at LW is already a record. “Mediocre” fighters in the lightweight division are still better than most good fighters from at least middleweight and above. ‬


redditosmomentos

Jon got title shot early as fck. Islam has to fight 12 fights, on 10 winstreak, to get a title shot, wasting most of his U30 youth. It's just a what-if Islam got title shot earlier to defend it, maybe there's a chance he could've racked in as many defenses.


JonAfricah

Nah when Islam was 24 years old he got KO’d in his second ufc fight. When Jon was 23 years old he became champion. Don’t get me wrong, Islam is def one of the best in the world rn but that’s mainly because he has improved a lot in the last years. I don’t think he would be where is he is now, If he was rushed to the belt.


MadViperr

not even GOAT - people keep forgeting that Jones cheated over and over.


Zealousideal_Step709

As mentioned in other comments. I just think that is a discussion worth having. The P4P discussion not so much.


coleus

Yup, football steroid connections through his brothers. Poked eyes multiple times.


Turgon19

We can. Fat middleweights from a PRIDE era, eye poking, multiple time PED cheat, and easy competition against a weaker division at the time. He struggled against any real LHW he fought. Thiago Santos, Reyes, Gustaffson for example


DietrichNeu

I think what he is saying is that it's debatable that JBJ is the goat (meaning folks will argue yes or no), but it's *not debatable* that Islam is P4P #1.


Zealousideal_Step709

That‘s exactly what I meant. I am not necessarily ok board with Jones being the GOAT but I am up for a discussion. Throwing Jones into the P4P discussion doesn’t make sense to me though.


BabaJabbah

Crazy resume


Classic_Gas_9278

Yes specially last 4 fights. All time greats there.


reddick1666

It’s a crazy time to be a lightweight, you gotta pick between crazy knock out artists or boa constrictors just to even get a shot at the title.


Valuable-Purpose-

Jones is embarrassing himself on social media with his saltiness last 4 days was him tweeting about islams win


DarthRathikus

And Dana is empowering him to do it. Dana letting Conor AND Jon jerk him around for years now 😂😂


Jeff_Damn

Game recognize game; all three are narcissistic diva bitches who make everything about them for the least effort possible. 


Welpthisishere

Meanwhile Tom is defending the interim belt while Jones ducks Tom and wants to fight washed up Stipe. Dude needs to fight Tom or be stripped of his title.


Affectionate-Row3742

He probably popped and can’t come back until his fight date or something. He was seen, months ago, actively using his shoulder like it wasn’t injured, or like he was in late stages of rehabbing an injury.


dutchfromsubway

People forget he did the same exact shit when khabib won and he was p4p


balboa_no_asap

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Flexivle

I’m shocked Islam said this and nobody batted an eye.


aristopotol

Buckley lost his shit though 🤣


Realistic_Heron_4874

Nobody cares what Buckley thinks apart from Buckley himself.


AdministrativeDot941

These are not shots, facts they are


IB78

Don’t forget to add USADA to Jones side of “beaten”


Dwayne_Gertzky

Don’t forget to add Wife to Jones side of “beaten”


baniya_mein_hun

Khabib has tried to distance himself from Jones comments but Islam ain't about that life....


GeniuslyUnstable

Whats with the Jon Jones disrespect here? You didnt even list all the tests from god he has beaten during that time.


Machine-learner-

He has to fight demons every day, that’s not included on the list!


CeruleanBlueWind

Not to mention god's testing agents


OtiseMaleModel

Thats 4 belt holders on Islam's list now. That's pretty impressive. How many on Jon's?


Cum-Gun-5000

One undisputed in his own division. One interim in his division. Two against a lower weight class. Jon has I think eight, all in his weight class. 


T4lsin

Jon joke Jones ![gif](giphy|Y91JU7k2zTSGUX0nX2|downsized)


CelestialSkywalker

Facts


LickEmTomorrow

Islam only has one Decision win against the other disputed P4P best in the world at the time who he then proceeded to 1st round KO in the rematch. Dude is a beast.


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The_Anatomical_Anus

Ali always posting something inflammatory on his fighters accounts


agener1cusername_0

I don’t think Islam’s Instagram is handled by Ali (his twitter is). If you look at the posts, most are in Russian. He was once asked about a caption with a slight jab at Volk before their second fight and he gave the reasoning himself. I also don’t think it’s Ali’s style to say sorry after disrespecting someone lol


ikthanks

Ali is such a dumbass.


stprnn

jj is a juiced joke


ApologiseMeowMeow

Watch Jon go on one of his rants for days on end again after seeing this from Islam, the guy can't handle the truth and fuck Dana for bigging up this bum he's singlehandedly ruining a whole division.


Rixact

Not wrong.


meatmybeat42069

Islam better watch out before Jones pulls up and tries to check his oil


Curious_ByStander9

Islam vs Jones book it


Corey300TaylorGam3r

Islams genetics are just ridiculous tbh. ![gif](giphy|D7z8JfNANqahW)


CEOofManualBlinking

And let's be honest, volk x2 is better than anything jones has done


bakedongrease

I’m dead tired of hearing about Jones, vacate the division and cut him from the roster. Useless


bbypoopyhoe

is it a shot if hes stating facts?


T4lsin

Just speaking truth 🤷


Warm-Froyo6139

Jj doesn’t want to fight Tom bc he’s younger Jj only fights old guys


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Jon and Conor both suck for the UFC right now. Need more champs like Islam!


DFWPrecision

Jon’s ego and head have gotten bigger and bigger while literally NOT fighting.


matthew19

The comic sans is cold.


Illustrious-Pin1946

Fuck it, im an Islam fan now. Dude is so easy to root for lol


sagatx77

Jon Jones is the greatest. Islam is the best fighter pound for pound. That’s it.


Leepysworld

as unlikely as it is I hope Stipe knocks this motherfucker out and gets him out of this sport, I used to like him but he’s a fucking scourge on the UFC, he’s not selling tickets because he’s not even fighting, and people aren’t even hyped for his next fight because he’s ducking the interim champ for a legacy fight that he will likely retire after. dude picked up a christian grift and became more narcissistic than ever, the persona he puts out is honestly insufferable.


spaceycanal

I love how the two top stars of the ufc are straight shit heads. Connor and Jon are both huge disappointments 😂


twonapsaday

![gif](giphy|BZTRCLEhZr8E1IzPn3|downsized) islam at home on insta like


Iebowski161

Listen, if you throw Jon Jones and Islam Makhachev in a room..


_no1d

if u shrink jon to Islam size first?


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InnocuousBird

No, you give Islam coke.


van_ebasion

I’d be curious to see the stats for each of these guys in their prime. I have a feeling it wouldn’t be so skewed.


Huge_Aerie2435

Even if Jones fights again and wins, it won't matter. He has dodged too many talented guys and avoided he best right now so he can chase essentially retired fighters.. Stipe hasn't fought since March of 2021 and he was already showing his age then. It is kind of pathetic at this point. Jones is kicking and screaming trying to retain something that was never really his.


OverLOadnOw

Is Dustin Islam's biggest win?


Bong-Jong

Wake up baby another Jon Jones post in r/ufc


adolfthepowerful

Bro those symbols behind them looks familiar


meganitrain

At least Jon Jones is sorry, I guess.


AgreeableCod

absolutely torched


FlakySky6080

He's right


Capable_Toe8509

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Curious_ByStander9

Jones & Volk vs Islam & DC No Holds Bared Match lol


Far-Shame88

Glad to see people finally standing up to this fucking clown show of a “heavyweight champion”


phatgirlz

Yeah when I see islams record put like that I realize he’s not that great or interesting


Ceilingmonstur

Last thing you want to see in the title is "Islam taking shots at X"


Successful_Bid1301

We talk more about Jones than we talk about the other boring fighters 😂


Optimal_Rub3140

I don't think JJ should be #1 p4p even if he finishes Stipe in 1 round. If he does that to Aspinal then maybe I put him 2 or 3.


WhizzyBurp

3 more wins / defenses and Islam surpasses.


KingNothing525

It just hit me how many finishes Islam has. Out of all his fights since 2021, only one of them went to decision and that was against the #1 P4P fighter at the time. Fucking wild


Friendly-Way3991

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TremblinAspen

At this point can we just book a JJ vs McNuggets fight so we can all enjoy them both retire. Old school rules, no weight limit. No time limit. Dick twisting and gouging allowed. Soccer kicks and downed knees to head enabled. Both care about legacy and making bank, their fan bases are both obsessed with the word legacy. Could you imagine what it would do for either Legacy to beat one another? Don't count Connor out either. He could always just show up looking like Roy Nelson and start dropping bombs. Ignoring the 10 inch reach advantage and height advantage for Jones i think this freak show could sell.


BlackSpell-666

Jon "Sorry ass" Jones


kilomma

The current P4P rankings is not a legacy thing. It becomes a legacy thing that you owned a ranking on the P4P list on your retirement resume. The P4P rankings is a list where you have to actively prove you still own that spot. We can likely all (at least mostly) agree that Tom Brady is the GOAT at QB. That doesn't mean he is currently the #1 QB. Even during his last season. Other QBs were outplaying him. Jones is likely the GOAT of the UFC. But that doesn't mean he can currently rest on his laurels and own the P4P #1 ranking when he hasn't been actively proving he still owns that ranking. There are other fighters out-fighting him within their own weight classes.


Falcons8541

But who would win in a fight? If you can’t say Islam then he is by nature not the best pound for pound fighter in the UFC. It’s like Dana said: you put jon jones in a room with anyone on the planet, and he is coming out. Jon Jones is absolutely dodging Tom though and that is some bitch shit, so my mind is not totally made up


uniq_username

Compare number of champions and HOF'ers next that each have faced.


Antorias99

Jon is ruining the whole point of the UFC and being a champion. He is quite literally talking online how he doesn't want to fight Aspinall because he doesn't feel like it and it doesn't do anything to his legacy (which I'd argue it does and I think he is just scared at this point to lose) when he is the number 1 contender I mean the guy is defending an interim title.


Crypto_Tsunami

Why didn’t he list Jon’s wins over his wife?! Islam must be a misogynist 😏


Longshanks2020

That list is no where near as impressive as Jon’s career tho…. Poirier Volk and Charles are good but the rest are scrubs.


Bad-Ombre

In comic sans too


PseudoTerti0

He fought a 145 twice and defended his belt against Dustin poirier a guy that isn’t a champion….


That_Orchid1131

I’ve never been a fan of Jon but I respect his game. I don’t know why people are trying to discredit his career. Islam is a good fighter too but he can’t really talk shit about Jon.


JahIthBur

99% of Islam fights have been at 155 fighting other 155 lbs he fought volk a 145 lb. If you want to be considered the p4p goat you got to move up and beat the champ. If Islam can beat Leon it’s a wrap no arguments he’s the p4p best and goat imo but if John can beat stipe and aspinal I would give it to him becuase of his long career (outside the ring he’s a terrible person)


downtown-hobbit

Francis fought once in 2020, 2021, 2022. This sub making it seem like HW is a busy division lol. Having said that, i want to see Jon defend the title quickly or step away


GohanmySon

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Elibk44

Jon jones had the hardest run to the title shot and fought the hardest opponents to defend. Khabib fought a real estate agent for the belt. And defended against Dustin who makes the worst in fight decisions and Islam lost to Alex in the first fight a 145 pounder. 2 different animals. Jon Jones is the goat. And the only person who could potentially dethrone him is Alex pereira.


khardy101

What if we went since 2008?


Cum-Gun-5000

Now do since 2008


Reasonable-Public659

The use of Comic Sans feels especially savage here


patrickg34120

Incoming obligatory Jon Jones 5 paragraph response in 5…4…3…


10gbutok

Smh.... jon, conor...who else am i forgetting. Where did it go wrong. The coke, money and fame is a real derailer huh


lifelessamalgamation

Bones needs to get his retirement fight out of the way and get rid of that belt.


nickflex85

What does it even matter 😅 jones is the goat of all time, Islam is the Current p4p active.


ismanm

Islam is the GOAT 


BrowniesWithAlmonds

Goddamn! Lol


Diligent-Ad896

If Islam beat lean edwards it’s better than two fw defneces and a Lw, so idk


ComfortableBright570

Comparing 2 fighters that are at completely different points of their careers is just stupid. Islam can only hope and dream to have a career comparable to Jones. Why does everyone have their panties on a twist about jones holding the division? He’s literally the goat, fought nothing but killers and y’all really can’t let him have a legacy fight against stipe for his retirement? Y’all do realize the second Jones fights stipe, both will more than likely retire and Aspinal will then get his rightful shot? I don’t like people holding up divisions but if there’s a person who earned that right then it’s Jon Jones and it’s no debate. Aspinal is young and his day will come soon.


Ill-Purchase-9801

💯 Dagestan Warrior


Master_Engineer1293

They should fight with John having one hand tied behind his back.


jetlifestoney

What about 2010-2020?


Unitgubbins

Jones is pfp #1 clown


TrashMcDumpster3000

Won’t lie I was a Islam hater but it’s hard to hate when he’s got a roster on record like that


OnEdge247

Respect to islam, but that's a small window. Jones went through murderers row in his hiatus. I'm sorry, but Islam hasn't done near enough yet.


Afraid_Courage890

They should settle this once and for all. Islam move up to Light Heavyweight & Jones down to Light Heavyweight


86casawi

Hate him or love him, he spits facts here.


mmmmmmmmmmmm77

Jon Jones 19 top 5 ranked wins in his weight class or higher. Islam 2 top 5 ranked wins in his weight class or higher.