My friend has a theory on bones. He thinks that he is the best fighter to ever enter the cage and would obv destroy everyone including heavyweights( what are those slow bums going to do?)

His theory is that jones is going to usher in a new era of all black fighters who will crush everyone and the white audience will quit watching like what happened to boxing.

It takes all the mystique out of martial arts when bones jones crushes all these men who have dedicated their lives to martial arts. It shows that speed and athleticism are the only thing that matters.

When a bunch of bones start showing up in the UFC it is doomed.

Guys like stephen bonnar and chris leben. You look at those guys and think if I trained enough I could be just like that. you cant do that with bones.

solid theory, but mexicans dominate boxing.

once both black guys and mexicans enter the sport however, the white man is doomed.

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even if it happened dono how it would ruin the sport, nfl seems to be doin ok and lol white ppl can barely watch from sidelines nowadays

well let's see:

heavyweight champion: brazilian
light heavyweight champion: black
middleweight champion: brazilian
welterweight champion: perpetually injured
lightweight champion: mexican descent
featherweight champion: brazilian
bantamweight champion: mexican descent (half white tho)

confirmed gg white man

^ frankie edgar of mexican descent? cool. didn't know that.

LXThrottle, you are kind of crazy to say "Jones athleticism isn't that better than others". Who else in the LHW even comes close to his level of athleticism?

Yoel Romero don't count.

Phil Davis is likely just as athletic or more athletic, but less coordinated and skilled.

being coordinated is a large part of athleticism tho isn't it?
I think Davis is a better pure wrestler, but less explosive coordinated and agile.

No idea about strength. I feel Jones seem to be much stronger than he looks.

When I think of 'athleticism', I think of measureables mostly. How high can you jump, how fast can you change directions, how fast can you sprint, what's your raw strength, how good is your cardio, etc. Coordination I consider to be more of a 'skill', if that makes sense.

By that, I'd probably say Lesnar is the best athlete the UFC or MMA has ever had.

yeah but whatever. phil davis is a black guy so hes ineligible. Of course the black guy is gonna be close to as athletic as the other black guy. But compare them to Forrest Griffin.

Yeah. Dem mexicans and african americans gonna take this over.

oh btw, anyone know of jon jones vertical? Would be cool to compare his numbers to other great athletes.
In regards to Brock i 100% agree. Sick athlete for his build. I think Overeem scored some insane vertical and "whatever it is they run" numbers too.

Although it's more important the power he generates from the jump than the height he jump for fighting (in general).

I'm pretty sure vertical=how much power you generate?

Why asking if you are pretty sure . There is mass in the equation.

They have weight classes. I think Brock and Overeem weigh about the same now too if you were referring to that.

I thought about that, on same weight classes - unless it's the heaviest - it should be almost the same.

GSP is every bit as athletically gifted as Jones

I don't think any of the reasons why jon jones is great has to do with being black. He's a huge LHW, great wrestler and creative fighter

get real. you dont know anything.

lesner is not even close to as athletic as jones. look at him. he looks like a uncoordinated goon in the cage. bones jones flying triangled rampage

If GSP was black, you would have made this thread years ago on your 10,000 post sherdog account. And newsflash, JJ isn't the first black mma fighter.

he is the first elite athlete.


gsp is decent athlete for sure but he isnt on jon jones level. bones brother plays in the nfl.

GSP is more than decent, and Jones came from a strong wrestling background, you act like he just showed up at a MMA gym off the couch and was dominating people, he has skills of top of being a freak. GSP also is out wrestling guys with much better wrestling credentials as well, and that has to do with him being a freak as well.

Not that I disagree with you, but its not like Jones is only good because hes fast and athletic. He works his ass off on top of it.

There's no way you're taking Edgar and Cruz from white people.

I would love to see him against Cain though. A guy that has cardio, size and will pressure him and not stop. Would be interesting. Cain gets hit to much in the stand up though, but if he fought Jones like he fought Kongo (without the getting dropped parts) I think that would be the toughest challenge for Jones. But yea, in a few years kids going to be filled out even more and even better.

yeah i agree with this 100% . GSP is also a freak and a beast no doubt. Bones Jones is just a freak among freaks.