I think Jon Jones is a great fighter BUT

I think Forrest should be at Heavyweight. His weight cuts are dificult for him. Rampage and Silva at their walk around weight are fat. And look out of shape. At 235 jones looks sick. Abs and everything.

And as for Jones' weight issues here is saying how it was difficult to cut weight.

"I definitely have goals to compete at heavyweight and obviously go for the championship," Jones said in the chat last Saturday evening. "But it's a ways away. Right now I'm cutting weight more efficiently, trying to eat smarter and do things better and the weight cuts are getting easier so, heavyweight might be a ways away."

 

"When I move up to heavyweight I definitely won't be trying to hang on to two belts at the same time," he said. "I'll be focused, you know, strictly on heavyweight."

 

"I definitely have goals to compete at heavyweight and obviously go for the championship," Jones said in the chat last Saturday evening. "But it's a ways away. Right now I'm cutting weight more efficiently, trying to eat smarter and do things better and the weight cuts are getting easier so, heavyweight might be a ways away."

 

You're right Reed. He didn't say it was difficult. He just changed his eating, and doing things better to make things easier because it wasn't difficult. My bad. :scratcher:

As far as saying going up in heavy is a ways away, that is what he says in this interview where he now says making weight is easier. In an October 2012 article, he says he will likely move up to heavyweight at the end of 2013.

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/10/31/3583596/ufc-jon-jones-shead-to-heavyweight-in-2013-mma-news

 

No doubt. But what im saying and what you guys seems to be deliberately ignoring is that at Jon Jones' walk around weight, he still looks in shape. Unlike other fighters who kill themselves to make weight, he doesnt look fat, bloated or out of shape. The man is still cut and actually showing abs.

 

Well it's interesting that in the 2012 interview he said he will move up to heavyweight by the end of 2013. But in the interview you posted, he claims the weight cut is now "Easier" and he is "eating smart" and "cutting weight more efficiently" and "doing things better". And now all of a sudden the move up to heavyweight is a long way away.

I can only gather from that is in late 2012, jones was having dificulties cutting weight and felt a move to heavyweight no other option and now they are easier and he can stay at 205 longer.

 

What would be your opinion as to why in October of 2012 Jones said he plans to move to heavyweight by the end of 2013. But in an interview recently, where he spoke about it being easier to cut weight now, will not be a heavyweight for a long time?

What would you come away with after reading that?

 

Im sorry, but why did he mention the end of 2013? And he himself said he changed his weight cutting regimine to make it easier.

 

Impossible my friend. He said in October he wanted to go to heavyweight by the end of 2013 and he said that he changed his weight cutting to make it easier. These are all facts.

 

It's not silly. It's actually a valid reason for the change in the time table. It may be wrong, it may be right. But it's not a silly reason. The only thing that has changed from October to now is that he is improved his weight cutting procedures. It's not like new opponents have popped up. The division is pretty much cleaned out.

 

I would say your theory is more of a stretch than mine. I would say the fact that in October of 2012 he was mentioning that in one year he will move to heavyweight. And now he is claiming it's far away means something has changed. And the only thing he listed in the change the department is he is making weight much easier. The quote "cutting weight more efficiently" and "trying to eat smarter" stand out to me. Obviously he wasnt eating properly enough to have an efficient weight cut, hence the change. Now things are "easier" and now he wants to stay at 205. Again, no new opponents emerged since then, so it's not like he has shit left to accomplish in this division.

I think we will have to respectfully agree to disagree.

 

Glover's last fight in January and nobody was impressed. Gustafson's last fight was in December. He is injured and he is no threat currently IMO.

 

Henderson should get a fight if he beats Evans, but he would have to go through Machida again. Mousassi
wants no part of Jon Jones.

"I believe if I go to 185 I'll be much stronger," Mousasi said. "At the highest level, you don't want to give any advantage. If you look at Jon Jones, you don't want to fight a guy that's very talented, has the skills, and also has the strength. Then you give too much advantage away."