Here is what is wrong with Pereria: He is a significantly bigger LHW than Jones. Pereira was 236 lbs on fight night while Jones only 222 lbs

[Cazanciocu]

And everyone hates on Jones for being a weight bully. California State Athletic Commission revealed jon jones fight night weight and it was 222 lbs for the second Gustaffson fight.

https://bloodyelbow.com/2019/01/01/...r-fighters-exceed-csac-10-threshold-mma-news/

Pereira was already 232 lbs 18 hours before the fight and he reached 236 lbs on fight night. Why are people ok with this, but not with Jones?

 

[Uber_Noober]

Seek help

 

[OldBoy91]

You think Jones ever makes 185 without dying?

Poatan made 187 for the vast majority of his kickboxing career. He's obviously a huge guy, but if you can make the weight then you can make the weight.

Neither Jones or Poatan are weight bullies.

Weight bully is up there with panic wrestler as some of the worst MMA terminology.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Daniel Cormier was 235 on fight night

 

[Tayski]

Because Jones was always scared to go up in weight to heavyweight until very recently to fight guys he knew he'd beat like Gane and old man Stipe. Pereira is not afraid to go up in weight to fight anybody.

Where was Jones when the HW champs were prime Cain Velasquez, prime JDS, Werdum or Ngannou?

Jones fought guys much smaller than him for the most part at LHW and had trouble with guys his size and reach.

 

[Fengxian]

This 2024 whitebelt noob keep making same crying threads about Alex. Just make one and say all the shit you hate about him bro.

 

[Ornife]

Do you see Alex in the room with you right now, TS?

 

[filthybliss]

I don't get the weight bully complaints. Nobody is stopping anyone from doing 30lb dehydration cuts.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

There was a time when Mods would yellowcard fools like TS; at the very least wasteland dumb threads like this.

Is about time that Sherdong implements a post count waiting period before you get to make threads - like 500 to 1000 before you get to make threads.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

How is that what's wrong tho?

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Jones has far longer reach and overall bigger frame than Alex. Jones likely walked around at 235 during his LHW reign

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

You think Jones ever makes 185 without dying?

Poatan made 187 for the vast majority of his kickboxing career. He's obviously a huge guy, but if you can make the weight then you can make the weight.

Neither Jones or Poatan are weight bullies.

Weight bully is up there with panic wrestler as some of the worst MMA terminology.

Jones did have huge size advantage over all the guys he fought especially during that time when LHW was pretty much blown up middleweights. Jones has always had a heavyweights size

 

[Tayski]

I don't get the weight bully complaints. Nobody is stopping anyone from doing 30lb dehydration cuts.

One FC is.

 

[jeff7b9]

So the way it works is they weigh them in the day BEFORE the fight.



Alex has never missed weight as far as I can tell.

 

[World eater]

Damn dude, are they paying you to start these threads every day? Get a hobby.

 

[froggyluv]

Jones did have huge size advantage over all the guys he fought especially during that time when LHW was pretty much blown up middleweights. Jones has always had a heavyweights size

Cormier was legit HW beast stomping everyone thru the strikeforce tourney

 

[The Clark]

There was a time when Mods would yellowcard fools like TS; at the very least wasteland dumb threads like this.

Is about time that Sherdong implements a post count waiting period before you get to make threads - like 500 to 1000 before you get to make threads.

White belts weren't even allowed to start threads before. No idea why they changed that.

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Cormier was legit HW beast stomping everyone thru the strikeforce tourney

Even then DC belongs a middleweight just like Fedor

 

[froggyluv]

Even then DC belongs a middleweight just like Fedor

Nah, Dc is thicker than Fedor and had kidney problems making those weight cuts

 

[is a]

If he's going to weigh that much on fight night (even more so than Cormier), maybe he should just straight up never go back down in weight again?

Cormier claimed that he felt like death trying to make that 205 limit and even had to "break physics" just to cut that 1lb at one of those weigh ins.

Kidney issues aside, if they body feels like absolute shit (fighters don't show it but they probably do feel like crap even after rehydration if they're cutting way past what their body can optimally handle), moving up in weight nets these fighters better performances (Robert Whittaker, Figgy, etc.)