Anderson Silva vs Jon Jones

As somebody mentioned in another thread, this would be the match up to see. Forget Anderson vs GSP. This has the makings of the fight of the century. So who takes it? In a head to head comparison,

Striking.........advantage Anderson

Takedowns....advantage Jones

Submissions...?

Experience.....Anderson

Btw, can anybody check their respective reaches? Both guys are pretty long.

Jones has shown ZERO weaknesses thus far. What could Anderson Silva bring to the table that the other guys haven't yet?

I pick Jones. But either way, this would be one great fight.

Lorenzo Fertitta tweeted about this fight asking who wants to see it

hmm this one would be a big one , i believe Anderson Silva probably should be fighting at the 205 weightclass ...this event would be huge

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Originally Posted by Louis Ho

As somebody mentioned in another thread, this would be the match up to see. Forget Anderson vs GSP. This has the makings of the fight of the century. So who takes it? In a head to head comparison,

Striking.........advantage Anderson

Takedowns....advantage Jones

Submissions...?

Experience.....Anderson

Btw, can anybody check their respective reaches? Both guys are pretty long.

Jones has shown ZERO weaknesses thus far. What could Anderson Silva bring to the table that the other guys haven't yet?

I pick Jones. But either way, this would be one great fight.

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Subs Id lean toward Anderson...

Another point worth noting is that Jones' ground and pound is more than scary.

I can't see Bones losing to Anderson at 205, which begs the question, how can one rank Silva > Jones in the p4p debate if, fighting at the same weight, Jones would win. I know not everyone agrees with me that bones would beat anderson, but I honestly think he'd run through him. I don't think we're gonna see Bones lose a fight unless he steps up to heavyweight. He's 23, only THREE YEARS into training, and he's already the best 205er in the world, arguably the best p4p. Welcome to the Bones era... I guarantee it'll last longer than the "Machida era" lmao.

God man, Bones really dominated Rua. I didn't expect that to be so one-sided. His freaky arm length+wrestling makes his in guard GNP so damn scary.

i was barely aware off the machida era lol
but looks like jones is gonna be the top dog of the LHW division for a long time, unless he goes up to heavyweight,
middleweight would probably be too big a cut, but if he did, he might dominate there. and im sure he could beat silva in either weight class tbh

I want to see Jones vs Brock with a deer rifle.

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Originally Posted by Matt Glach

I can't see Bones losing to Anderson at 205, which begs the question, how can one rank Silva > Jones in the p4p debate if, fighting at the same weight, Jones would win. I know not everyone agrees with me that bones would beat anderson, but I honestly think he'd run through him. I don't think we're gonna see Bones lose a fight unless he steps up to heavyweight. He's 23, only THREE YEARS into training, and he's already the best 205er in the world, arguably the best p4p. Welcome to the Bones era... I guarantee it'll last longer than the "Machida era" lmao.

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If there's one guy Jon Jones will have trouble "running through", Anderson Silva would be him. But damn watching Bones fight makes me think anyone beating him is nearly impossible. Will we see this guy sweat?

I think jones would take that one. Silva would be hard to finish but Jones would toss him then punish him with the 84 inch reach

Vicious ground and pound! The kid hasn't even been challenged yet. What I like the most about Bones is that he fights his fight. I know many fighters say this but Jones really goes in and does whatever he wants, regardless of his oppenent. He has completely destroyed everyone in his path. With that said I am a "Spider" fan and think that this would be the ultimate test for both warriors.

I know that if Silva got taken down, hes not gonna be able to sit in guard and take the GNP like he did against Sonnen. Jones's is Just plain horrific. In the stand up I think that Jones would have to be very careful because if he missed with one of his trademark super moves, (spinning back elbow, back kick) Silva WILL make him pay and it will be very deadly. Its a fight that I would love to see overall.

bones jones has the advantage in striking... everyone thought rua would of killed rua standing but the oppisite happened

not sure where the shogun/jones thread is and if its buried I didn't want to bump it. But I'll use this to humbly admit I was completely 100% wrong. Shogun got outclassed... I'm only 80% sold on Jones though because shogun was post surgery and as we know from the past he hasn't performed well afterwards and it showed sat.. he looked totally out of shape. After Evans I'll be 100% sold on jones.

As far as silva/jones it would be much like gsp/silva. Size is too much to give up... I'd think if Silva thought he had the size to effectively compete in light heavy then he'd have the belt. Just like Silva would beat GSP(coming from a Silva hater) Jones would beat Silva.

Would I watch the fight.. yeah.. would it be competitive.. I doubt it. At this time at least not something I'd "want" to see

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Originally Posted by Danny Stolfi

If there's one guy Jon Jones will have trouble "running through", Anderson Silva would be him. But damn watching Bones fight makes me think anyone beating him is nearly impossible. Will we see this guy sweat?

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He gassed the first round of the rua fight around 3+min... Just recovered and came back strong.

Bones would KO Silva.

it would be a epic fight. i hope anderson aint over the hill when it does.

yea doesn't jones have the biggest reach in the ufc?

@Luis Ho

Striking.....I'd say this is a toss up, Anderson is faster, Jones has the reach, and both are creative and unpredictable.

Takedowns....Defenitely goes to Jones

Submissions.....I'd give this one to Anderson, though that choke on Bader was sick.

Experience.....ummm yea Anderson

This fight is intrigueing...as is the GSP vs. Andersen. Question is are these superfights ever going to happen, or are we going to go through the garbage that Pac-man and Mayweather have put us through? Defenitely not the drama boxing gives us because of the contracts, managers, and promoters involved with the two parties...but can any afford to have their "legacy" tarnished because of this? They shouldnt even have to pick one weight class, just have the two parties agree on a catchweight and get'r done. This is far in the future though as Jones should welcome (and whoop) all challengers in the light heavys first...but then again Andersen aint no spring chicken...all the questions...

Some of my students have been throwing around the name Phil Davis, as the only guy who has a legitimate chance to take on Jon Jones. His wrestling pedigree and awesome athleticism could give Jon Jones a run for his money. What do you guys think?

the one thing that silva has always shown to have is the ability to end a fight within the blink of an eye in as unexpected a way as anyone else. Bones may throw unorthodox strikes.. but silva ends fights in unorthodox ways, almost pulling moves out of his ass when you think its either over or just beginning. I think Silva is a douche outside of the ring and can be at times boring depending on the fighter hes facing. And I am 100% a bones fan. Knew hed run through rua... but to say that bones would beat silva is too hard to say given the fact that at this moment silva on his feet is #1. Even if bones has the reach. Not sayin that bones would lose.. just sayin that its too tricky to just say.

Travis Lutter took Silva down. Jones will have no problem taking him down. Pounding out Silva from his guard wont be a problem for Jones. Also between now and the time the fight happens how much better will Jones be.

I don't think Anderson Silva has the balls to take on Jon Jones.

If he has to take on a super-fight he will probably rather have the much smaller GSP, on who he will have a very big size and reach advantage. Even if he loses to GSP it will probably be a decision loss, while if he fights Jon Jones there is a very big chance he will get destroyed like everybody else, and that would irreparably damage his legacy.

I think the GSP vs ANDERSON fight is to unfair, Anderson is so much bigger. I still think however GSP would pull it off. A Jon Jones vs Anderson fight would make much more sense, but like i said i really don't see Anderson accepting that fight.

Another thing i forgot to mention is that on all of Anderson fights he had the reach advantage over everybody. Jon Jones would be the first to have a longer reach. Without the reach advantage Anderson would lose an essential part of his game, one which he always relies upon. It would be very interesting to see what Anderson could do without the reach advantage.

I think he would get destroyed like everybody else.

screw the GSP fight..

Jones vs Silva all day!!!

Jones would kick his ass, and I'd love to see it happen!!

Thats the fantansy fight we all want to see!!

I would like to see Mr. Wonderful take on a real high level guy in the near future, and if he could tighten up his boxing like Rashad he could be a force.

Bones would win

Hes got a bigger reach than anderson and has very good wrestling not to mention submissions
so ya i think he would stand a chance against him

Damn jon jones nut hugger much?
You gave no credit to anderson what so ever and no reason as too why he wouldnt accept
Jon wud nvr ko anderson
Nor tko him

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Originally Posted by Brent Elton

Jon wud nvr ko anderson
Nor tko him

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Really???? Never say never in MMA, especially when talking about a 23 year old super-athlete like mr. bones.

Anderson via ko.

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Originally Posted by Brent Elton

Damn jon jones nut hugger much?
You gave no credit to anderson what so ever and no reason as too why he wouldnt accept
Jon wud nvr ko anderson
Nor tko him

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NUT HUGGER.....Maybe you are just A JONES HATER!

http://www.10thplanetjj.com/threads/...on-Jones/page4

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Originally Posted by Matt Glach

Really???? Never say never in MMA, especially when talking about a 23 year old super-athlete like mr. bones.

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I wouldn't say hes a super athlete... just the first "real" athlete in mma... the next generation of fighter in mma will be the same. Everyone else so far banked on genetics alone.. jones has the genetics and the training.. he could most likely compete in other professional sports.. and any professional athlete should be capable of the same at a min on the physical level.

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Originally Posted by Pourya S

I wouldn't say hes a super athlete... just the first "real" athlete in mma...

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... :S what? lol. out of all of the fighters in MMA.. you think Jones is the first real athlete? I cant wait to see some of the responses to that statement haha.

As for the Silva/Jones fight. I would have to go with Jones. It just seems like most of the advantages in that fight go to him. He is one of the few who has a reach advantage over silva.. which is a HUGE plus to be able to take that into a match with anderson. Because of andersons ability to use that reach advantage so well. Though Jones isnt quite as precise as Anderson, I dont really know if that would play a huge difference in this fight. I would say he's good enough to land shots, and if all else fails.. he would most likely dominate on the ground. Thats a guy you REALLY dont want on top of you on the ground.. and i dont think Anderson could stop him from taking it their if he decided to. But like Matt said.. I would never say never.. Anderson could very well land a shot and KO Jones. But my guess is if they fought 10 times.. Jones is winning 7-8 of them.

I should also note.. if they fought at the same weight.. Id have them about even. 5/10 of the fights a piece. Weight doesnt always matter in a fight.. but when you are at that high of a level of fighting.. then I'd say it comes into play a bit.