Well Bones certainly put on a clinic but as is usually the case with Shogun, I wonder how healthy he was. His body looked soft and he was gassed halfway through the first.
I don't buy this "prototype" "new generation" bullshit with Bones and I hate when people start on that kind of shit about a fighter. Someone will come along that will have answer for him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TheGuardian:
Well Bones certainly put on a clinic but as is usually the case with Shogun, I wonder how healthy he was. His body looked soft and he was gassed halfway through the first.
I don't buy this "prototype" "new generation" bullshit with Bones and I hate when people start on that kind of shit about a fighter. Someone will come along that will have answer for him.
I don't think so. Was there an answer for GSP? Fedor in his prime? Barring a Sierra type lucky punch I think we are about to see long dominating run in the LHW divsion for Jones. It's not a "new generation" type thing as much as it's just a guy that is a superior talent then everyone else. Who is going to beat him on the scene now? Rashad? Rampage? Machida? Nobody right now I see.
The dude is 23 years old and only been in sport for 3 years. It's scary that he is just now scratching the surface of his ability. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
I don't think so. Was there an answer for GSP? Fedor in his prime? Barring a Sierra type lucky punch I think we are about to see long dominating run in the LHW divsion for Jones. It's not a "new generation" type thing as much as it's just a guy that is a superior talent then everyone else. Who is going to beat him on the scene now? Rashad? Rampage? Machida? Nobody right now I see.
I'm with you 100%. I mean sooner or later he'll get beat by just getting caught or leaving himself open. With that said, he'll avenge any loss. Right now there's no one who's going to beat him twice, and it will take a little luck to even beat him once. He's a bad dude! [Reply]
Originally Posted by TheGuardian:
If Shogun is healthy he should own Jones. I like Jones too, I just don't think he's ready for Shogun is Shogun is on his A game.
Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
I don't think so. Was there an answer for GSP? Fedor in his prime? Barring a Sierra type lucky punch I think we are about to see long dominating run in the LHW divsion for Jones. It's not a "new generation" type thing as much as it's just a guy that is a superior talent then everyone else. Who is going to beat him on the scene now? Rashad? Rampage? Machida? Nobody right now I see.
The dude is 23 years old and only been in sport for 3 years. It's scary that he is just now scratching the surface of his ability.
And he still has a lot of question marks.
What happens when he gets rocked? When someone can take him down and hold him?
See I never buy into fighter hype because until a guy has faced a lot of different situations, he has question marks. It's like everyone riding Lesnar's nuts when I kept asking the same thing. What happens when he gets tagged? Everyone said it didn't matter. But it did. Turned out, he couldn't take a punch without turtling up like a pussy.
Jones is the flavor of the week. I'm not saying he couldn't end up being a great champ, but he's got a lot of things he still needs to show before people can start hailing him as so be all end all. The only guy he's beaten thus far, is Shogun. Nice start. Now he has a target on him and let's see how he responds. [Reply]
