Fighter of the year & decade?

He obv won't be recognised as such in here but Jones is clearly the fighter of the decade,his performances and the guys he beat in becoming 1 of the most dominant MMA fighters ever,will be marveled at for years to come far more then guys like Mighty Mouse etc.

 

Masvidal is clearly the fighter of the year, but Israel is a close runner up. I think him knocking out Whittaker is the best single win of the year, considering the stakes, Rob's stature as a champion, and how impressive it was. Throw in the fact that he also beat Gastelum in what was FOTY, and Top 3 fights of the decade and you have a compelling case.

But Masvidal had the top 2 kayos of the year, broke a UFC record for fastest knockout, and won the biggest fight of the year. And that was all after a two fight losing streak.

Fighter of the decade? It has to be Jones for me, even though the haters will howl at that. If PEDS knock a guy out of the race, then I'd say DC.

 

Jones is a multiple time PROVEN ped's cheat. He absolutely should not be considered as the fighter of the decade. Do you guys still consider Ben Johnson as an olympic gold medalist 100m sprinter and an all time great sprinter of the 1980's ? Of course you wouldn't because that would be a ridiculous thing to say. Same with Jones imo.

 

Has to be Jones, when he came in the LHW belt was getting swapped around non stop, he then dismantled every one of the guys that held the belt or previously fought for it.
Let's not forget some of the previous guys he beat pre USADA also were juiced to the gills so we can't go on saying he was the only one and it was unfair. Vitor, Machida, Chael may have been others but their careers in UFC were over before the USADA testing came along.

 

I know you hate Jones but horrible example with both totally different situations,Jones was suspended twice and both times being found to NOT HAVE KNOWINGLY TAKEN ANY ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE OR CHEATED ,which was totally different to Ben Johnsons far worse case where he deliberately took a far worse substance.
Both were punished and have to live with the stigma that comes with a failed test but Jones failed test has nothing to do with his long term domination of the light-heavyweight division, beating a long list of HOF fighters on his way to becoming 1 of the best to ever do it,even if he is a POS outside the cage

 

Jones was literally a heavyweight competing against washed up Middleweights and small light-heavies. Jones doesnt deserve title of fighter of the decade.

 

jones has never struggled to make 205, how was he a HW? i don't like the guy at all, but he never fought at HW, to call him one is flat out dumb.Weight classes are for weight not a reach or height limit lol.

 

Jones is incredibly slim for a lightheavy. He could bulk up and move up.

 

You said he was a HW now calling him a skinny LHW and could bulk up to make HW, so can half the roster from Middleweight.

But back to the point, i don't like him as a human, but seeing him do what he does for example against Glover, thinking he will use distance, he fights him in close and dominates..he has the odd ability to take a persons strength and use their own technique against them Chael and DC with take downs, Alex with kick boxing. That takes talent not drugs to pull that **** off.

Choking out black belts etc along the way, as much as i hate him as a human that's something i don't think you can compare to any other over the last decade..lets also not forget how many others went to **** when USADA came in..Hendricks and others who was a beast didn't have the fight IQ to keep winning if they did they would be in the convo for a place.

i don't think Jones looks as confident since USADA but for the last decade up till today, who else is it?

 

I also agree. Jones is a light heavyweight and has NEVER struggled to make weight or looked sucked in at the weigh-in. He always looks healthy on weigh-in day. Plus if you always make weight and can perform at an elite level at that weight without seeming to gas at all really then that is your weight class. Yes he should move up to heavyweight and test himself but no one should say that he is a heavyweight bullying light heavyweights that's simply not true.

 

That is ridiculous imo. Just because someone says "I didn't do it" doesn't make that true. NONE of his supplements proved otherwise. Him and his team never proved anything to get him off other than snitching to USADA to get his 4 yr ban reduced. You seem to be of the opinion that he is completely innocent. If he was innocent why did USADA give him the 4 yr ban then ?

 

Didn't one or both of his brothers also get caught for PEDs? One of them definitely but unsure if both did.