And having close fights with jon and DC… truly one of the best to never win a title

One of those really good fighters who spent their primes stuck behind great champions. Like Benavidez behind Mighty Mouse.

crazy how both glover and jan destroyed krylov, whereas gus got ko'd

he should've stayed in the division, he didn't take his time for the HW but now he is back in the LHW division I think, I hope he does well

Gus fell off after the Glover win (also the last win of his career to date), after that he start to lose in worse and worse fashion. The Anthony Smith loss was where everyone watching could tell Alex was completely washed, he should have stayed retired.

I had Jones 4/5, only had Gus winning round 3. Jones may not have landed the most strikes in round 1 and 2, but he landed the heaviest/most impactful strikes in those rounds. And Gus' takedown was a nothing-burger, no damage little control time not worth a score imo.

@@Andrew-cs1td Jones lost round 1, the number one criteria for judging is damage and Jones was split open by the end of the round. His legs kicks and blocked attacks aren't damaging enough to win him the round when the striking is this close. I had it 48 47 for Jones

@@Live4happiness You're saying that a glancing punch that opened a small cut was more damage than that spinning elbow? I don't think I agree. Gus hit him maybe 2 clean times the entire round. Could go either way I guess, but I gave r1 to Jones, more pressure, heavier shots.

@@Andrew-cs1td It's a funny interpretation but opening a cut above the eye could result in a stoppage. So, in that way, it does contribute more towards ending the fight than a heavy shot. I wouldn't necessarily judge it that way, but I can see how that argument might be made.

Fixed fights, Dana prolly had 20 mil on Jones.

Yeah cause it was razor thin. Not saying I necessarily disagree with the outcome but that one judge was smoking crack.

😂😂😂his facial expression !!

Jon chasing him down

Yeah because he knows really he lost this fight.

4:48 😢 instant eye poke after the take down.. classic Jones the ole " can't his what your eyes can't see" a real out the box thinker that guy.

It was crazy watching it live I couldn’t believe it

Justin Gaethe... " Hold my beer"...

It’s overrated

@@lucastfitness7299 literally people hype this up so much it’s average at best

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yhup clearly was to the cheek

even if it touched eyehole, could be painful but yes i think it was clear off eye itself other way for sure we would see reaction

bro cuz i knew im not the one trippin seeing that shit LOL

Yeah at first I thought Joe was right. But on the replay I saw the knuckle clearly hit the lower face cheek and glanced off the face from that impact.

i thought it was the eye too. then i put on my glasses and thought: you should get a pair of these joe

i was just thinking about making a painting of Jon chasing Alexander while watching this🤔

Really makes me miss the custom attire fighters had before that idiotic Reebok deal came along. Its only gotten worse now, fighters have lost their individuality.

I got the most badass painting of this fight. Hit me up for price

Gustafson the legend!

Coolest fight shorts ever. Black and gold swoosh is so sick.

jones won round 1

@@YWGplutoHow???? You casual 😂 jones got taken down

Round 1: Gus I just rewatched and gave round 1 to Gus 100%. He caused cut damage, got a takedown, and got poked in the eye. It was still close. Jones landed great kicks. The takedown was huge, but Gus didn't accumulate any ground time at all. Round 2 John but can go either way. GUS was Building confidence. His hands were quicker and defending take downs was amazing. But Jones head kicks and leg kicks landed alot. Round 3 Gus again. Still close but Gus gets it. Leg kicks are starting to slow Gus mobility, but he still out striking Jones. Round 4 Jones Damn Gus had it the entire Round til that big spinning elbow landed flush and Jones won the round with the last minute. Without the Jones fury, Gus would have taken this round as well as the fight. Jones elbows are landing flush. Round 5 Jones Great heart and courage by Gus, but Jones completed the task while exhausted. This was the closest Jones ever came to a loss. Decision Jones, but my heart wanted Gus. I am happy either way. I think Gus had a better overall fight, but Jones had the bigger highlights. Plus, there is a human factor of when something big happens at the end it favors the recent momentum. Kinda a recency bias psychological thinking sort of thing. But what about that jaw of Gus. He can take a punch. I feel if Gus limited damage to his legs and had better mobility late in the fight then he would have won. He damn near had round 4 til Jones landed an fury from reaching deep down inside. Jones is the best fighter I ever seen. I'm happy he is back.

​@@YWGplutorewatch it. Jones lost the 1st

Round 1 Jones 💯

You need a tissue to wipe your tears?

I'm not sure if the judges score the fight each round individually alone, i think they involve other factors. I think Gustafsson did really well but not enough to take the belt

He was making Dana more money at the time so ya this fight was fixed. No other way to say it

Significant strikes round 1 Jones 28/71% Gus 19/39% round 2 Jones 26/61% Gus 15/29% round 3 Jones 29/69% Gus 26/40% round 4 Jones 27/55% Gus 26/43% round 5 Jones 24/53% Gus 24/36% Jon Jones won and it’s not even controversial

Jones won round 2 4 and 5 what are u on about casual Gustafson lost wipe your tears

even in slo mo replay haha

Joe is a thumb in a suit so what

Jones /Reyes too.

@@IFear_Naught possibly santos too

To be champion you have to literally dominate the champ. Not to only win by 1-2 point by 3-5 more punch landed than the champion. That's why Jon won. Alexander can't win just because he landed 1 takedown instead of Jon 0 i think

@@jeankevin5382 no, you don't. You just have to win.

@@jsonprfct this is true but he’s also no wrong, cus the judges who determine the fight are typically biased in favor of the champ in really close fights

Reyes e tiago marreta tbm fizeram ele penar !

such a casual

Same here

@@westernpigeon your depression is showing.

Awesome. What an introduction!

Funny cause my first was the rematch and since then i haven't missed a match 👌

I agree he never empty's the tank when one of his hands land and his opponent is hurt.

Seeing the full fight I see your point but you can't empty the tank with Jon he's just too dangerous he got Alex hurt real bad and real quick in like 35 sec. The guy is an absolute terror. I see how he was saving his energy. Alex won the fight in my opinion his take down defense plus the first 3 rounds were pretty clear to me.

@@anejomundial4170 he still would’ve lost no matter what to John

@@Jadifi yeah for sure , even if alex won that fight in many peoples eyes, jon would beat him everytime. You make no sense.

@@Jadifi Jon about to get slept by Francis

Eh. It was okay. Jon Jones was hung over so it really wasn’t that impressive

definitely but still Gustafson 1, 3, 4

@@vedun9439 4? debatable because jon stole it at the end. I could be wrong because MMA scoring system is dogshit

@@wisewigga7129 agreed, the scoring system changes depending on who fights

@@vedun9439 No, it does not. Jones definitely won round 4, wtf are you even talking about. He had Gustafsson badly hurt and landed a barrage of clean strikes that almost got him out of there and had him still wobbly coming in for the fifth. Jones arguably won rounds 1 and 3 as well, but they were very close. Definitely won round 5, probably round 2, but that's also debatable.

​@Vedun Jones 2,4,5. Lol he did not win last 2 rounds. You're drunk

I suppose so.. 🥺

100%, very unfair decision.

I love/d Jones and wanted him to win but I agree. Seems like a lot of people feel this way. In my book this is his only legitimate defeat. The doping shit is whatever. They all do it.

Jon Jones won imo.

Come on people what fight were you watching? Bones obviously lost!!!

Hell no

@@Numba1Gorillausername checks out😂 it was a classic blatant ufc robbery

@@tylerwhite4557 Okay Tyler😂your KindKanKeep away from anything brain related, you're not the best at it.

Not cracking on Jones but he is heavier than he’s ever been and hasn’t fought in 3 years.

hes been tested vs gustafson, santos and reyes. you could make an argument he lost these fights.

If usada truly tested him he'd be fucked!

@@onejaw9616 there’s no argument for Santos. Reyes kinda but not really. Gus is the only one that actually hurt Jon and tested him as a fighter, yet Jon absolutely destroyed him in the rematch

@@southernmomma5832 he will poke eye all time well

Robert Whittaker surely lol

@@Leodonos Whitaker was champ Wtf you mean

@unmarked hellicopter That's a fair one, but so many Awesome fighters at LW who had no chance when Khabib was onboard! Like LHW when Jon isn't around the belt moves about a lot. It's rare you get someone who just dominates the Weight, like GSP/Jon/Silva/Mightmouse etc

Yoel Romero Exists so no.

That’s his back pocket trump card.

story of his entire career

Ya I agree man

48-47 Gus

Watching it live I did too. Now I see 48-47 Jones, wasn't as close as I remembered.

He did not

1, 4, &5 jones

eye pokes will hurt period. Jones is a dirty fighter for sure but he's damn good

He was high for this fight. Saying Gus punched Jones in the eye with his thumb and asking for the replay which clearly shows he hit his cheek and then just reiterating his claim🤦‍♂️

@@jimmerskrimmerfriddet3246😂😂😂😂😂

You must not have watched jiri vs glover. That was a brawl. Didn't know where that fight was going. That's my personal favorite.

@@nefuros551 watched it. It was a sloppy mess in comparison to the skills being displayed in this fight. Not a bad fight by any means and definitely very entertaining. One of my favorite of this year. Not on the level of Gus vs Jones 1 to me though

Agree

@@dai-okami a questão não é sobre técnica é como o coração é deixado no octógono. Vi lutas cheias de técnica com uma monotonia que pareciam tartarugas 🐢

@@dai-okamiuh oh somebody thinks he’s watching kickboxing

Been watching since 1998, there will always be new greats and evolution in this sport. If you enjoy watching, you will probably love training too. I wish I did so earlier.

been watchin since adesanya vs costa, that fight was so bad costa jus talked mad shit and got beat up

yeah i started watching in 1988 back when the ufc was on fire and when rogan was the welterweight champion, good old days. you've missed a lot.

@@Youssef-hd5bl 😂

take a look at the new soon to be HW king in GLORY kickboxing, Antonio Plazibat. Just a ruthless animal one of the heaviest punchers i've ever seen and great stamina for such a giant at 120 KG

@Toes Foryou Same here i give Jones 3 4 5

I have Jones 2, 4 and 5. Gus got round 1 and 3 could have gone either way.

I think Jones got 4 , 5 which are the championship rounds there for he got the win just like Dominic rayse fight but the first 3 rounds was gus on striking and he got the first take down

Watching it now I see Jones being a bit better all the time...

@@tyson1972 I don't think either of the takedowns (by either fighter) should count for that much. They didn't do anything either them and the other guy got up almost straight away so they basically contributed nothing. I'd also say that whilst Gustafson had a higher volume of strikes to start with, he did almost no damage with any of them. Jones was only really in danger of getting a doctor's stoppage from that cut, whereas Gustafson was running for his life a multiple points throughout the fight. That should count for something.

Bcoz all his opponents were smaller than him and jones almost had more than 6" reach advantage over all his opponents

Clean 1,4,5 rounds for Jones, how 48-47 for Gustafson?

@@kingkingovich260 cuz I had him winning the first 3 and Jones winning 4 and 5.

@@marentes310 look carefully bro ,first round Gustafson did nothing

@@kingkingovich260 neither of them did really. Just watched it two more times. But AG did cut Jones and take him down. It ain’t that clear of a round imo I just think AG did just enough around the latter half to take it.

Je le pense aussi, lors de la revanche le rythme était beaucoup beaucoup moins élevé

yup, i think this fucked with his braain because he knows he won and was sooooo close for an actual victory and that he lost all motivation after that. Sad because he's a beast and such a nice guy outside the cage. He was on joe rogans podd

@@korallrev3497 I think Gus is the best fighter to never win a title but don’t forget he also got destroyed by Jon in the rematch. Everything he did in this fight didn’t work in their rematch.

@@TheRealAbraxas yes the rematch was a different thing, agreed. BUT the first one he won. He walked out, jon got carried out on a stretcher.

List the rounds he won 💀

@@Numba1Gorilla Jones was carried out on a strecher and his face looked like a colliflower meanwhile gustafsson just walked straight out, that says it all

Nope it didn't

Dustin Poirier and Dan hooker that's a good one also

Dude...not even close

DC vs Gustafsson is criminally underrated. I put it and Glover vs Jiri higher than this one on the list of greatest LHW title fights. Rampage vs Griffin is up there too.

It's a good fight but its not nowhere even close to the best , not even at 205.. even recently the Jiri/glover fight was better... But then again lol you said " arguably"

@@thealarmclock9307 if you consider jon being undefeated and looking untouchable then yeah it changes everything. the levels change the perception. gus and jon have way higher fight IQ then both glover and jiri. they're also not as sloppy as those 2. i can point out a few things that are complete head scratchers in jiri v glover. plus jiri getting the sub due to glover being tired takes away from how good the finish could have been if he actually subbed a fresh glover. in the jon v gus 1 fight, jon supposedly didnt even train for it and was partying before the fight. he got taken down for 1st time ever. couldnt take gus down until mad late. people thought gus won. there are so many reasons why this fight was so great and so big.

@@thealarmclock9307 Jiri glover had more grappling but much less Skill level. The skill level between these two was insane both were as good

hes still hiding under it from usada

Man I wish he would but at this point I don't know if he ever will.

March for the heavyweight title

Starting to think he'll never return. Even if he does I don't expect him to look good, I expect him to look slow and washed.

@@Paul-xw4ti first it was summer 2022 vs stipe. then sept 2022 vs Stipe. then December. and Now march against Francis

you dont actually think they just count landed strikes do you? lol gustafsson beat his ass for about 18 out of the 25 minutes. this was the most rigged title fight in MMA history. and you know it, when one of the judges has jon jones winning 4 rounds lmao

​@@calebsuddreth5397 okay but the only metric also isn't time spent in an advantaged state and it looked like Jon did more damage and hut more hard blows to me

@@calebsuddreth5397 they go by rounds and round 1 imo goes to Jon Gus landed one good right and got a take down but got out landed by a lot ALOT and round 4-5 was Jon also this was a 3-2 win clearly

@@youngkingswagger You're gonna look at Jones' face and tell me he did more damage to Gus? lmao He landed 1 good elbow and 1 good headkick, while Gus was busting Jones' face up for the rest of the fight.

@@calebsuddreth5397 3-2 jon

Jiri vs Glover was better than this

Robbie vs Rory

@@oceandrop7666 That was good but it's the blood that made that fight stand out more .but they were having a war no doubt

@@dredenny6654 Calling Lawler vs MacDonald 2 "good" should be a crime. I'm only willing to talk to people if it's at least their third favorite fight.

@@upupupandaway I'm anti social anyway 😂😂😂😂😂😂

That kick is meant to destroy the leg it should be illegal

I agree that it is a malicious kick, but it's a fight

@@brittanygray1740 Never. The oblique kick is a legitimate technique and there are ways to counter it. The solution is to not ban it, but to 'git gud'. Izzy countered it perfectly against Rob. Anyone complaining about it should either learn to counter it and if they can't because they're not good enough, find another career. If you're going to argue about career-threatening injuries, sorry but thats not a valid excuse. By that logic we should ban checking of leg kicks because of what happened to Silva and Weidman.

@@madgavin7568 Oblique kicks are conflated with front leg side kicks. The latter are banned in Cali when thrown directly at the knee. And rightly so. Funny you said "career". How many fights you want to see end like Rountree vs Bukauskas every weekend?

@@upupupandaway Doesn't matter, it's a legitimate technique so it should be allowed. Peeps calling for bans are crybabies who will only ruin the sport. Bukauskas vs Roundtree has only ever happened once. But even if it did happen more; shit happens. Injuries are unfortunately an unavoidable part of the sport. Fighters know the risks of their job and they sign a virtual death waiver to compete. Besides, Bukauskas had no issue with the knee stomp despite suffering that injury. He understands the game and doesn't cry about it.

Jon has better kicking and wrestling as we saw in the second fight. He’s using a oblique kick against a tall guy. Clearly didn’t go into this fight with the right game plan. Once he did he stopped Alex in 3 rounds

Gustafson has better boxing for sure tho

Helps to be on the juice

Eh, how do you give Jones round 4? He did not sit Gustafsson down and most of his strikes was blocked during those 52 second where Jones were better in that round. And he clearly lost significant strikes and total strikes in that round.

@@joakimkempe57 yeah. I get it. Such a close fight. This is why I’m not a judge. I wouldn’t have been mad if Gustafson won

@@joakimkempe57 simple. One guy was rocked one guy wasn’t. Even if he blocks most of them he was the one that got hit with the big shots and wobbled. That wins jon the round in most judges eyes.

@@joakimkempe57 also as much as I hate it foward pressure does matter when ur being active and I think they factored that too

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I think this fight was for Gustaffson winning

People don't realize how much that shit hurts

Sport??? Jones almost finished Gustafsson in the fourth and fifth rounds - had he had any more time to work very well might have got him out of there

@@KyleLindheimer or Gus sent Jones to hospital directly from octagon

Very well done interpretation 👏 👏

Jiri Glover is the best title fight at 205

@@thealarmclock9307 said no one ever jon ran trough glover

🗑

The Bones Curse

Some of Gustafsson's best wins came after this fight. He gave DC a similarly good fight after this as well.

Makes me wonder how young John would have fared with the low calf kick early in his career.

He was up to the challenge Gustafsson presented him with even with little to no preparation. He overcame the initial burst and took control of the fight like champions do. You got it wrong saying it's about Jones being "humbled". The real discovery of this fight was that Jones had more than what's on the surface to him as a fighter.

@@upupupandaway He did evade the rematch for years tho , which i always thought made Jones look scared.

@@dishonestcomposerreacts i mean he had many contenders on the list, had to write them off and then serve Alexander once more i guess :D

@@WRNWRW that's nonsense lol. The fight outcome was in question so he should have done an immediate rematch. Instead he waited until gus lost steam then beat him handedly

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