Which of these light heavyweights has the best chance to beat jones?

Vitor Belfort · 03-20-2011, 10:05 PM

Including the strikeforce light heavyweights

Randy Couture
Phil Davis
Rashad Evans--fighting jones next
Rampage jackson
Lyoto Machida
Shogun Rua--if he gets another shot
Lil Nog
Tito Ortiz

strikeforce
Dan Henderson- SF 205 lbs champion
Mike Kyle
King Mo
Babalu
Mousasi
Feijao

jimmie · 03-20-2011, 10:26 PM

I would say Machida or Phil Davis.

Vitor Belfort · 03-20-2011, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmie

I would say Machida or Phil Davis.

machida's style could give jones a lot of problems.

leejunfan777 · 03-20-2011, 10:33 PM

evans isnt worth shit
he gets hurt everytime he fights
he hasnt faced any elite oposition yet
HE SUCKS ASS !

Vitor Belfort · 03-20-2011, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by leejunfan777

evans isnt worth shit
he gets hurt everytime he fights
he hasnt faced any elite oposition yet
HE SUCKS ASS !

Evans beat rampage(100% or not) evans wrestling could give jones problems but they trained together so they should be familiar with each other. I still like jones in this fight.

As far as evans not facing elite competition? He fought machida

Thiago Silva is a top contender and rampage and forrest were former 205 lbs champs.

timmyjames · 03-20-2011, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Vitor Belfort

Evans beat rampage(100% or not) evans wrestling could give jones problems but they trained together so they should be familiar with each other. I still like jones in this fight.

As far as evans not facing elite competition? He fought machida

Thiago Silva is a top contender and rampage and forrest were former 205 lbs champs.

evans lay and pray won't work on jones

Rob_Floyd · 03-20-2011, 11:00 PM

Lyoto would be the most interesting to me.

Koa · 03-20-2011, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob_Floyd

Lyoto would be the most interesting to me.

Agree.

I'm still skeptical though. Machica always backs away and looks to counter, is very difficult to keep on his back, and is really quick to get back on his feet, and probably one of the fastest guys in the scramble I have ever seen. Like when nobody has dominant position and there is a fight for it on the ground, Lyoto is the fastest guy I've seen.

He takes advantage of positioning and understands controlling distance as much as Jones does.

The thing is, its really hard to fight off the back foot against a guy who doesn't mind moving forward and seems to understand how to utilize his reach advantage very well.

Like If Jones chases Machida, its not going to be easy for Machida to set up big counters because of Jones' reach. Machida has to literally dive into strikes to effectively counter, which Jones expects.. He cant do this not set and strike from odd angles if he cant reach Jones.

Against someone like Hendo, all we can hope is hendo wades in and lands a bomb..

I think Jones is going to dominate for a long time.. He's a very good heavy who's fighting at light heavy.

Anderson Silva is a very good light heavy fighting at middle.

Anderson vs Jones would make the most interesting fight to me.

Ubersteve · 03-21-2011, 03:55 AM

Phil Davis

scurlaruntings · 03-21-2011, 04:22 AM

Phil Davis Henderson and Rampage for me.

03-21-2011, 06:12 AM

I would favour Machida and Anderson Silva. Hendo and Rampage are close fights.

EL BULLY · 03-21-2011, 06:38 AM

I vote Henderson. I can't see Machida doing well against Jones at all. JJ beats all these guys.

Ne5ville14 · 03-21-2011, 06:39 AM

Davis and Moussassi for me !

Seriously tough calll...

KERRIGAN · 03-21-2011, 07:58 AM

Don't think the guy who beats Jones hasn't even appeared in the UFC yet.

Anarchy99 · 03-21-2011, 08:03 AM

Gergard Mousasi .

03-20-2011, 10:05 PM	#1
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03-20-2011, 10:26 PM	#2
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View Poll Results: Who can dethrone jones?
Machida	33	40.74%
Shogun	2	2.47%
Evans	7	8.64%
Henderson	14	17.28%
Couture	1	1.23%
Rampage	11	13.58%
Mousasi	9	11.11%
Ortiz	1	1.23%
Feijao	0	0%
Others	3	3.70%
Voters: 81. You may not vote on this poll

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03-21-2011, 06:12 AM	#11
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03-21-2011, 06:38 AM	#12
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03-21-2011, 06:39 AM	#13
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