Let's go! Do work! Guess I'm rooting for Bones still, but Evans gained points by coming out to "Point of No Return" by Immortal Technique.

Rory MacDonald is a beast. My lord he was amazing.

Bones is clearly the GOAT. The only thing left for him is to go to Heavyweight. He walks around at like 230 anyways, so it shouldn't be too hard for him. There is seriously absolutely nothing left for him at LHW. It will just be a waste of a career. He's so good that he can hold both belts.

Goddamn, I freakin love him. He's the Jerry Rice of MMA and he's only 24 years old. Unreal.

Oh yeah, and Rory PWNED. He's the next best thing after Bones Jones. GSP better watch out, because I think Rory could put the whoopin on him. Maybe not, but he's the best bet out there to beat GSP. I'd bet on Rory given the chance. His skills are sick. Reminds me of a lighter, whiter, Bones.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha at the 3:35 mark! LOLOLOL!

Jon Bones Jones vs Anderson The Spider Silva would be sweet!!!

Before Jones fight with Evans I didn't think Anderson Silva could beat Jon Jones but afterwards, I don't think Jones could beat Silva. Jones was too tough for Evans, but but Jones couldn't really hurt Evans or catch Evans. Anderson Silva is bigger, quicker, and probably stronger than Evans. Evans was able to catch Jones with some shots, so Anderson Silva could definitely catch Jones with better shots.

9Deuce wrote: I cannot agree.

First off, there is no one that is 205 pounds or less that is bigger, stronger, or quicker than Bones Jones. Also, Evans is waaaaaay bigger and stronger than Silva, so I don't know what you are getting at there. You know Silva fights at 185 and Evans at 205 right? Evans is like 225-230 pounds before he cuts down for his fights.

Also, Silva is older than all these guys at 37 years old. Bones is only 24.

Silva might be Bones' toughest competition yet, but he would lose. Bones is way too huge for Silva, and quicker as well.

He was just tentative against Evans because of their history going back as old training partners.

College Wolf wrote:
Ehh, that's speculative CW. That's your fandom clouding judgment. You just don't know and we won't ever know. Silva is probably the greatest fighter they've ever had (ok, arguably). At 37, if he went up in weight, maybe he's lose. Like you said, there is a pretty big difference between them is size right now. If Jones somehow went DOWN to Silva's weight, that's a whole different story. Let Silva go back 3 years when moving up and down in weight wasn't a big deal for his body to handle and Jones wouldn't beat him. Jones is GOING to be great, and already is, but come on. You watched that fight. Evans is good but Jones couldn't do to him what Silva has done to EVERYONE.

Don't get me wrong, I love Silva almost as much as Bones. But (in MY opinion) he couldn't beat Bones right now.

Also, it's probably not possible for Bones to get down to Middleweight to fight. He walks around at 235+ pounds because he's a huge. I mean, he's 6'5" and ripped.

Lastly... like Silva dominated Chael Sonnen? The fight he should have lost? Silva is the freakin man and one of the best ever, but his best days are behind him sadly enough to say.

College Wolf wrote:
That's my point. You can't ask an old man to drastically change his body and take on Bones.

Oh, yup. Point out one fight he didn't dominate. "The fight he should have lost?" No, Chael gave up...so Silva won. That's skill. And then since then he's dominant again. That was more a case of taking him lightly. We'll see, they fight again. How about the fact that Bones wasn't all that dominant against Evans? Dominant, yes. but he got hit a lot and couldnt' really hurt Evans.

Size advantage is a huge deal. For that reason alone, I think Bones would beat Silva. The same logic applies to why Silva would beat GSP. Either of those fights would be awesome to watch, although I think Silva vs. Bones would be better. They are somewhat more evenly matched whereas I think Silva could handle GSP.

The UFC needs to suck it up and give the people what they want to see. Just make them non-title fights. At least do Silva vs. GSP because they have been talking about doing that forever and depending on what happens there then do Silva vs Bones.

roundhouse wrote:
Just say phuck the titles and have em meet in the middle of their weights to fight. Either Bones and Silva or Silva and GSP. GSP wouldn't be able to hurt Silva, he'd have to submit him. That'd be fun. Bones and Silva would be so stand up it would be intense.

daddyfatsax wrote: Nah homie, Sonnen didn't give up. My point about that is Sonnen is an above average fighter or so. He's good, but not great. Silva lost the first four rounds of the fight and got lucky with a submission with 1 minute left, to win it. So yeah, Silva should have lost that.

Evans, on the other hand, IS the second best Light Heavyweight in the world, and one of the top 10-15 pound for pound guys. So it makes sense that Bones might not destroy him like he has every other former LHW champion. On the other hand, and I watched the Bones-Evans fight again last night, it was pretty dominant by Bones. True that he didn't knock him out in 1 round or something, but he doubled him up on significant strikes (like 110 to 50 or something), and every other fighting metric they track. Bones didn't get taken down, and never has in his career. Evans is known to be a very good wrestler and only tried to take him down twice because he knew it was futile. Bones took a few hits against Evans, true, but nothing serious whatsoever. Bones won all 5 rounds and dominated and dictated the action and pace at all times inside the octagon.

Evans did decent in round 1, ok in round 2, and then literally nothing else after that except survive the fight and not get knocked out.

I stand by the opinion that Bones right now would whoop up on Silva right now. In Silva's prime, maybe a different story. Bones is huge though and I don't see anyone at 205 pounds or less ever having a chance against him.

roundhouse wrote: Yeah, they can do non-title "Catchweight" fights. That is definitely what needs to happen. GSP vs Silva is pretty close, I think. If GSP defends his title in his next fight, I think it's gonna happen (and then Silva might retire?) 180 pounds would be good for those guys.

Silva vs Bones could be decent, but I don't think you can ask Bones to cut weight. So it would depend on if Silva wants to fight a 205 pound guy and/or how much weight he wants to gain for a fight like that. Considering they are talking about Bones inevitable move to Heavyweight, I don't see this fight ever happening.