Who is it going to take to take out John "Bones" Jones ?

[rustyflexx]

After watching him literally dominate his last two opponents and MASSACRE Rua... I am just curious who everyone else thinks is going to be able to step up to this kid and take him down ?????

[tao.jonez]

Rashad EhahahahahaNO.

I think Jones holds it for a while if he can stay excited now that he's reached the top.

[Kintanon]

Meh, in 4-5 years he won't be able to make the cut to 205 anymore, but he won't be big enough to handle the guys cutting down to 265, and his career will end in a flurry of losses at HW after a string of complete domination at 205. This will lead to people calling him over rated, saying he only ever beat cans, and claiming he's been "exposed" by whoever the first guy to beat him is.
Every fighter he's beat up to that point will then be used as an example of why he was never REALLY tested with good competition. After three losses in a row at HW he will retire in disgrace.

So... Sherdog. Sherdog will defeat Jon Jones.

[Shawarma]

Not sure why everyone seems to assume he will go to Heavyweight. Surely, a 23 year old man doesn't grow with the speed of an infant and he should be able to maintain 205?

Unless, of course, he joins Overeem's camp and gains 60 pounds of totally natural muscle.

As for the topic: Anyone with a huge right hand and a good enough sense of timing to predict when Jones is going to throw some of his cocky crazy-ass shit has the capacity of taking him out like Fedor did Arlovski. I'd say Henderson might have a shot.

[Kintanon]

He's 23. he'll continue to fill out until his late 20s. He already cuts a pretty good bit to get down to 205. The cut will only get harder as he gets older. I'm calling it 28 before the cut starts to take a big toll on his performance.

[alex]

the dude is a SKELETON at the weigh ins. name me one fight where hasnt showed up with a massive size advantage? he made Bader and Rua look like children. he is NOT gonna be able to make that cut for much for longer. I agree with Kints prediction. unless they make another 205-230 pound division, hes gonna be a goner in a few years time.

[aiyer]

At this point I hope he doesn't get taken out fast since I'm getting annoyed at the belt changing hands so fast.

Not sure why everyone seems to assume he will go to Heavyweight. Surely, a 23 year old man doesn't grow with the speed of an infant and he should be able to maintain 205?

You do take on a lot of muscle mass at that age. So seeing as he's tall for light heavyweight, he's a couple inches taller than the other top LH, it's going to be hard for him to make the weight. I don't see him having a problem in the heavyweight class though, he's of average heigt there.

[Odacon]

I think rashad has the boxing to clip him, plus he knows the timing for all his crazy shit from when they trained together, he's huge but so is brock lesnar, and we saw what a smaller guy did to him.

[rustyflexx]

He's 23. he'll continue to fill out until his late 20s. He already cuts a pretty good bit to get down to 205. The cut will only get harder as he gets older. I'm calling it 28 before the cut starts to take a big toll on his performance.

I am on the same track as you on this but I expect it sooner than that. I would like to see someone smaller than him take him out. With his reach it is gonna be tough.

[MMAMickey]

Rashad won't win. He has decent enough boxing to do it, but he won't take the risk so he won't be seeing the reward.

I predict Rashad to try and wrasslefag his way to victory.. and fail.

[rustyflexx]

Rashad won't win. He has decent enough boxing to do it, but he won't take the risk so he won't be seeing the reward.

I predict Rashad to try and wrasslefag his way to victory.. and fail.

I foresee Rashad getting in there and making an ass of himself as well... He did train with Jones so it will be a good fight for a lil while but Rashad lacks the tools necessary to get this job done. He is a great fighter he is just outclassed by this kid.

[MMAMickey]

Seeing as they're gym-mates, they probably already know who will take this fight, barring unforeseen circumstances (ie. Rashad has potential to KO people, but it's not a consistent occurence)

[Neo Sigma]

I think Machida could have a shot. I can see him having the timing to throw a straight left down the middle on one of those spinning strikes, considering Jones usually has his hands down by his waist when he throws them.

This is assuming he can get his head back together enough to get another title shot. If the Rampage fight was any indication, the Shogun KO really screwed his confidence in the cage.

[bobyclumsyninja]

the dude is a SKELETON at the weigh ins. name me one fight where hasnt showed up with a massive size advantage? he made Bader and Rua look like children. he is NOT gonna be able to make that cut for much for longer. I agree with Kints prediction. unless they make another 205-230 pound division, hes gonna be a goner in a few years time.

Kintanon said this shit
He's 23. he'll continue to fill out until his late 20s. He already cuts a pretty good bit to get down to 205. The cut will only get harder as he gets older. I'm calling it 28 before the cut starts to take a big toll on his performance.

^^^ yep. Overeem said in an interview he used to pee blood, he'd have to cut so much. Kint called it. The interesting thing is, just as (I'd read) the LHW was set at 205 lb b/c Tito Ortiz fought best at that weight (Can't remember where I saw that, take w/ salt), perhaps Jones is an EPIC enough fighter, that they'll see the need for a HW and SHW class.

In a few years, when he can't easily make 205, and considering they now own the SF contracts, if he's still the man, they're almost in a position where they could fill out a 205-230 and still have lots of guys in 231-265.

I'd like to see them do 205-245, and then 246-285. That would let some of the bigger men, not cut so much, and open up the league to some SHW's that could conceivably cut to 285.

With all the hormones in our food, eventually guys like Brock and Overeem will be fighting against bigger-yet individuals.
Dana said in his HDNet interview, that the main reason for SF purchase was more fighters, more fights. He said the WEC was attained for more weight classes. We may yet see another division added. I hope so.

[bobyclumsyninja]

In a less indirect response to the OP's ?

It's going to be very hard for anyone to beat him at 205. His reach, unpredictability, youth, vigor, cage intelligence, and drive will be too much, for possibly any of the old guard.

I thought Rua had the experience to make him pay, for his moments of openness, but he's just too damn big, too damn fast, clever and such.

So much so, that it's like watching a combination of Iron Monkey (Donnie Yen version), and little man Tate. As someone who tries to be an inspired performer, I can see it in him, in the biggest way. He's going to raise the bar, for everyone.

I'd love to see him train w/ Cung Le, in addition to his guys now. Take his amazing athleticism, and get some tips from Mr Kicks, and you'd get a whole new type of mma fighter.