Who do you consider greater at this point: Jose Aldo or Jon Jones?

Jose Aldo's body of work cannot be ignored.... A fifteen fight win streak since his only loss and two different titles are enough for me. Both men have defended UFC Gold four times, and although JJ appears to be more dominant, know that it's only because he is finishing these opponents. JJ may very well be a Greater fighter when it's all said and done, but to say so right now is ignorant or just a very, very bold statement. Take your pick, but mine is with Jose Aldo.

If the two men continue to win Jose Aldo will just be that much further ahead p4pl. Again, this is from my view.

 

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Until Aldo can fix his cardio problems I go with Jones. Aldo owned Edgar for the first two and a half rounds. Then he gassed. Aldo's seemingly bad cardio holds his greatness back. If he had good cardio, he would have handled Edgar the whole fight easily. Once he tires, his fights become more competitive. They wouldn't be if he had a full five round gas tank.

 

Let him do so for as long as Jose Aldo has, and post all the smileys you want. Like I said, Aldo's body of work cannot be ignored.

 

If you post **** like "he only looks more dominant because he finishes more," I'm going to post smileys in response.

If Jones were facing guys at the level of Aldo's opposition with the exception of Edgar, he'd be finishing them all in the first round.

 

Fighters like Shogun and Rampage are nothing special in this era, and it's ignorant to picture JJ against this group of FW Contenders....

With that reach advantage, just the wrong idea my man.

 

I'm not saying the FWs on Jose Aldo's resume are anymore special, but he's got two handfuls of victims whereas JJ has one.

 

This is a good question. Aldo, Jones, and Edgar had been fighting for that number 3 spot (behind Silva and St. Pierre) for a whole now. Last night's fight obviously takes Edgar out of the discussion (for now).

So now Aldo and Jones must fight. I say 185lb catch weight...

 

Aldo, Edgar, Poirier, Mendes, Koch, Zombie, Guida, Swanson, Hioki and Pettis if he chooses to move down is hardly a division full of bums. Why rush moving up when there are plenty of challanges left in his division?

 

Fair enough, but I thought Jose Aldo won that last round. IMO, the cardio issues has more to do with making the FW limit than anything else. I've only seen this issue arise in two fights of his, but I'll admit that I haven't seen them all. But, like I say, winning is all that is asked of a competitor.

Good points, something to think about :good

 

1) Anderson Silva
2) GSP
3) Jose Aldo
4) JJ
5) Ronda Rousey
6) Bendo
7) Brown Pride
8) Demetrious Johnson
9) JDS
10) Frankie Edgar

*Barao and Hendo are up there, Barao will fight for that #10 spot in a few weeks!

 

Why is Hendo on there? A close decision over Shogun in 2011, when Hendo spent the last round facedown on the canvas half dead from exhaustion, is enough to keep a 42 year old in the p4p consideration in 2013? :huh

He's a top-5 ATG for sure, but in Feb 2013 he hasn't done anything to warrant being placed anywhere near a p4p list. :conf

When he fights Machida it'll be 15 months between trips to the cage, and that's too long to be confident in any sort of p4p-worthy performance IMO. Especially for a 42 year old. :good

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I think your list loses all of its credibility somewhere between No. 4 and No. 6.

 

is that a girl fighter at #5? lol

Maybe p4p 500! I bet there are at least 499 male mma fighters her weight in the world that will beat her alone, and thats just at her weight

 

B-E-N-D-O.

All of it's credibility?

No, just no. Don't be sexist. Ronda Rousey is the Iron Mike of this era, and will continue to be. So long as there are female Contenders swimming in her waters does she deserve to be critiqued as everyone else in the World.

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