Jon “Bones” Jones earned his title shot against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC 128 by defeating Ryan Bader just a month ago at UFC 126.
The move had some scratching their heads, wondering why a relative newcomer to MMA was fighting in a championship bout so early in his career. Still others believe that Jones not only deserves the title shot but that he may be well on his way to becoming the greatest light heavyweight of all-time.
The way Jones has dismantled his opponents thus far is nothing short of terrifying. Fighters like Jake O’Brien, Brandon Vera, and Vladimir Matyushenko were all violently destroyed before Jones took the first fight of his career against a consensus top fighter in Ryan Bader.
Many of us believed it would be a highly competitive fight between perhaps the world’s top two up-and-comers at 205 pounds.
We were wrong.
Not only did Jones completely dominate the action in the first round, he convincingly finished the fight in the second round with a mounted guillotine choke. There was no question who the better fighter was.
When Rashad Evans was removed from the UFC 128 card due to an injury, the UFC scrambled to find a replacement. With Jones’ impressive victory, the decision was announced on-air to give Jones his first shot at the gold currently held by Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
When these two combatants meet this weekend, we may very well be seeing the passing of the torch. Shogun is considered by many to be the greatest light heavyweight fighter in MMA history, but Jon Jones looks like the man who may reinvent the division altogether.
But in order to take the title as the greatest light heavyweight of all time, Jones will need to get through these seven steps.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
UFC 128: 7 Things Jon Jones Must Do To Become the Greatest LHW of of All Time
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