Jon Jones: Champion 2011 - Snapshot of the Day

by Nick Thomas on Mar 20, 2011 3:24 AM EDT in UFC News

Jon Jones: 'Champion 2011' - Jon "Bones" Jones stopped Mauricio "Shogun" Rua with dynamic style and impressive athleticism at UFC 128. Only three years into his professional career as a mixed martial artist, Jones has now become the youngest champion in UFC history.

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Why do they keep saying Jones is the youngest champ in UFC history? Did everyone forget Vitor Belfort?

Still a Beer Monster.

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by Tim Burke on Mar 20, 2011 12:51 AM EDT reply actions

i thought he just won the HW tournament

not a title.

The days as champ are done... but the juggernaut known as Brock Lesnar will return.

by HitokiriX on Mar 20, 2011 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, true enough. Forgot about that.

Still a Beer Monster.

http://www.instrength.com

by Tim Burke on Mar 20, 2011 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Vitor didn't win the UFC belt until 2004

He was 26 when he beat Couture for the title.

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by CasualMMAFan on Mar 20, 2011 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions

yes vitor was the youngest

and i think machida is a much better matchup against jones

by Jprat on Mar 20, 2011 12:52 AM EDT reply actions

No Vitor won a tournament when he was younger but his first UFC title was in 2004 when he was 26.

by who me on Mar 20, 2011 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions

The Jon Jones era has begun

I don’t see anyone who can stop him.

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by thetakeover on Mar 20, 2011 12:54 AM EDT reply actions

Perhaps Phil Davis if he develops nicely.

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by Goonisis on Mar 20, 2011 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Easy now. I agree he looks like an unstoppable beat but anytime someone gets an era named after them after an impressive fight shit hits the fan quick.

by Tats16 on Mar 20, 2011 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions

beast*

by Tats16 on Mar 20, 2011 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions

The Rogan curse....

The days as champ are done... but the juggernaut known as Brock Lesnar will return.

by HitokiriX on Mar 20, 2011 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Stop it.

You’ll jinx it! :)

by pud333 on Mar 20, 2011 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions

id love to see him fight cain at a catchweight of 225lbs

by darkotto23 on Mar 20, 2011 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions

He should change his name to Jon “Orbital Bones” Jones.

I wish death upon no one, but not all deserve to live.

by spookon3 on Mar 20, 2011 12:56 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Shogun looks like he fell down a mountain

and landed on his face all the way down.

The days as champ are done... but the juggernaut known as Brock Lesnar will return.

by HitokiriX on Mar 20, 2011 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Rampage would lose. Lyoto would lose. The only person I see having a shot, if all fighters including Jones fight up to potential in the matchups, is Phil Davis possibly. Thiago Silva is too slow, although he’s big.

by FreeFocus on Mar 20, 2011 12:57 AM EDT reply actions

Jones would wreck Thiago

Has anyone noticed Silva has 0 wins against the top 10?

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by SSreporters on Mar 20, 2011 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah I think Thiago would just be meat to the tigers. I’d like to see Lyoto and Anderson each take a crack at Jon. I put their chances at 35 percent though.

What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?

by Kwisatz Haderach on Mar 20, 2011 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Jones pulled a Leben

so in his next fight he will get knocked out? lol

by rscott94 on Mar 20, 2011 12:57 AM EDT reply actions

that wasnt a leben

he dominated shogun in every aspect of the fight

Really...Really

by Adam Roulhac on Mar 20, 2011 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions

I was just saying how he took the fight on semi short notice and won

it was just a comparison… my bad

by rscott94 on Mar 20, 2011 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions

I don’t see anyone taking this belt from Jones, even Evans who has “insider info” on Jones.

With his frame and age, I’d like to see him fight at HW is a few years.

by aTn on Mar 20, 2011 12:59 AM EDT reply actions

THE DRAGON WILL CRUSH BONES

by J_Maddux on Mar 20, 2011 1:11 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Jones

by Nick Thomas on Mar 20, 2011 1:13 AM EDT reply actions

It looks like Shogun tapped the mat right at the very end.

Herb already stopped it by then though.

by pud333 on Mar 20, 2011 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions

the liver shot

was the final coffin nail in a series of coffin nails

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by The Blackula on Mar 20, 2011 1:20 AM EDT up reply actions

he was tapping.

by inthepipes on Mar 20, 2011 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions

That was beautiful

"If I had a dollar for every brain you don't have, I'd have one dollar." - Squidward Tentacles

by SSreporters on Mar 20, 2011 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for the gif.

I really don’t see anyone beating this guy at LHW. Supah fights please ! (or HW in a few title defenses).

by aTn on Mar 20, 2011 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Damn that huge elbow that missed would have felled an ox.

What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?

by Kwisatz Haderach on Mar 20, 2011 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions

You know Bas Rutten geeked out when that body shot put Shogun back down.

What's this war in the heart of nature? Why does nature vie with itself? The land contend with the sea? Is there an avenging power in nature? Not one power, but two?

by Kwisatz Haderach on Mar 20, 2011 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Was rooting for Shogun

Was surprised to see him get eviscerated like that, I will never doubt his toughness.

He seemed tired after the first round, especially after the first takedown and gnp assault, the spinning back arm-fist-elbow, the knee kicks….just fuck

Shogun has the heart of a champ and he showed it even in defeat.

Bones is the real fucking deal and the new champ

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

- Helen Keller

by The Blackula on Mar 20, 2011 1:22 AM EDT reply actions

Shogun looked worse than Lyoto when he knocked him out last year...so hard to watch Shogun like that.

Take note fighters, you need some sort of game plan before comign into a fight with bones.

Planning to fight him everywhere is not valid.

by ultima0chaotic on Mar 20, 2011 1:41 AM EDT reply actions

Take note fans, you need a brain to interpret post fight comments from a drained at TKOd fighter suffering the crushing reality of defeat.

by aTn on Mar 20, 2011 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Bones watches tape around the clock to analyze. He's so dedicated to the game. He has the recipe to stabalize the LHW division since the long reign of Chuck Lidell which was ages ago.

by ultima0chaotic on Mar 20, 2011 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions

It looked like Doughgun's ONLY gameplan was a heel hook or leg lock.

Just Breed!

by ScoreCardOTN on Mar 20, 2011 2:43 AM EDT up reply actions

He looked crisp, clean and fast against Machida, here he looked slow….and where were his brutal leg kicks? He was already being put on his ass, he should have tried to light Jones up.

by Jaxxen77 on Mar 20, 2011 3:25 AM EDT reply actions

Wow! Jones was being very, very humble pre-fight.

That was a powerful statement and a rightful claim to the throne. He not only exploited Shogun as an amateur athlete in his world, but the UFC LHW division as a whole. Three years of training wouldn’t grant me and my run of the mill physique that invulnerable presence inside any ring. Let alone with the champion of the arguably “most stacked” division in combat sports.

Imagine John Wall (NBA Rookie of the Year), 6’4 with a 101 inch long powerful limbs and lightning fast in the middle weight division…untouchable…Lebron James at 6’8 and 250 lbs., jumping 15ft into the air, lifting 300 lbs over his head in the HW division…unstoppable…In our bloody dreams, and hopefully in Dana’s pocketbook down the road.

Elite athletes need to GTFIn. That was impressive shutting down a Muy Thai Expert and BJJ Black Belt warrior like Shogun, and on short notice. It really, despite Shoguns wear and tear, wasn’t simply old breed takes on new breed.

Much respect to Shogun, I’ll always be a fan. What could he do? That was Pro vs Joe. As in, me and my highschool basketball team vs ’93 Bulls and Jordan.

by toughaintenough on Mar 20, 2011 3:54 AM EDT reply actions