Is Jones the only A level athlete in MMA?

[timoteo]

Or is he sub A level, or even B level. We all know he dominates and is levels above everyone else. His brother arthur was a good defensive tackle in his prime. And his other bro chandler is a beast A level freak athlete pass rusher.

Jones obviously was too skinny for football and is the least athletic brother yet he dominates MMA and is a specimen. If sub a level jones who might even be B level or even C level is tearing through the sport it shows there are no a level athletes in MMA.

Mma basically has poverty D level athletes with jones being the exception.

EDIT:jones might be C level

These conversations are so fucking stupid. He's an A lol fighter. Other sport athletes can't fight. There's videos of them practicing. They look like shit go look it up. Basketball is for homos and not what makes you an a lol athlete.

 

[NILLI]

Jones shines because lhw is so weak division. Nowadays even weaker than HW. There are A level athletes in mma but those are in smaller weight classes. Bigger guys tend to gravitate to more lucurative sports.

 

[gevoudane]

There are a few legit multi sport MMAers. Why wouldnt they be considered A-Level?

 

[Lots]

I don’t know how to define athleticism.

He’s built perfectly for fighting. He literally has 8-12 inch reach advantages over people in his weight class and uses it very well.

He fight just be a perfect storm of physically and mental attributes for fighting despite not having classical athletic traits.

 

[horc00]

I'm not sure WTF an A-level is but some UFC fighters sure as hell aren't above Sea-level.

 

[FireKidWS]

I am a 6’8 285 shredded A-level athlete

 

[Tayski]

TS is a Z level poster.

 

[brownsmith76]

How does having a 40 inch vertical help you become a better fighter? How does beating Usain Bolt in a foot race help you beat Jon Jones in a fight?

Don't lie. If you could get a 40-inch vertical jump tomorrow, would you accept it? Yes or no.

youtube.com/watch?v=ZUO3NENf6KM&t=49s

A vertical leap is another measure of a man. Why does the UFC show a fighter's height, reach, and weight? Because these factors can affect matchups.

 

[aus101]

He’s built for combat, bred for war. He wouldn’t make it playing ball but no one in the nba could match his strength/endurance/fight instinct/chin weighing in at 205 pounds.

 

[piropiro]

Jones is a very talented fighter but not very talented athletically. Simple. He has sufficient atleticism and genetics - for example reach - to utilize very well his excellent fighting talent.

 

[IloveTHIS]

Jon is not even in the top 20 athletes in the UFC

He mentally is a fighting genius. Incredibly crafty and complex. Then there's also the steroids

GSP is a way better athlete

 

[IloveTHIS]

Jones isn't even close to the best raw athlete in MMA, people just don't want to give the guy credit for being a natural fighting savant, and he's better at fighting than all of the superior athletes.

Heck even Sokoudjou is a better athlete, in his prime he had amazing speed, strength, and power, which let him take some elite guys by surprise, but he's not a great fighter so others were able to adapt and get a blueprint to victory.

Romero would have likely been in the NFL if he was American.

GSP in his prime adapted to wrestling in a mindlbowing way.

Jones does have incredible functional strength for his build, and that is an element of athleticism.

Savant is the perfect word I was looking for.

In training, dozens of guys would outbox Jon. Dozens would out wrestle Jon. Many would easily handle him in BJJ.

But in an actual fight, one on one unarmed combat, Jon just gets "it". He knows how to break a man down methodically and painfully

Really will be a fucking shame if he never fights again. Not that he deserves to fight but as an mma fan I need it

 

[Raksas]

I feel like everyone who makes a thread about A-level athletes should be instantly banned

 

[empsim]

Or is he sub A level, or even B level. We all know he dominates and is levels above everyone else. His brother arthur was a good defensive tackle in his prime. And his other bro chandler is a beast A level freak athlete pass rusher.

Jones obviously was too skinny for football and is the least athletic brother yet he dominates MMA and is a specimen. If sub a level jones who might even be B level or even C level is tearing through the sport it shows there are no a level athletes in MMA.

Mma basically has poverty D level athletes with jones being the exception.

EDIT:jones might be C level

so he cant dunk a basketball

lets see a nba player do a spinning elbow like jones

 

[AnotherOldGuy]

DC was an olympian and sub a level jones dismantled him off a layoff.

Skill plays into that. Which is why Michael Jordan is considered to be an A-level athlete despite only hitting .200 in minor league baseball (ie outplayed by thousands of baseball players).

Really, the whole definition of A-level is vague at best, and often contradictory - it often leads to athletes being A-level in one sport and C-level in another ... Jordan in basketball/baseball for instance. That disappears if skill is taken into account, but separating athleticism from skill is pretty much impossible in most sports. Even sprinting and weight lifting have large skill components (as people who do either at high level will explain in great detail).

 

[Dana_is_your_GOD]

DC was an olympian and sub a level jones dismantled him off a layoff.

On roids, is normal

 

[Alphaboy]

Shut up with this crap

 

[Vehap1]

DC was an olympian and sub a level jones dismantled him off a layoff.

Because Anabolic Steroids do nothing for your body right

I'm def a B lvl athlete when im on roids.

without probably a D, lol

 

[DRMZ]

Define “A level athelete” and explain your obsessions with it here on Sherdog. Some weird little cunts hang around in here seriously.

 

[neandertal]

Aldo, and a lot of other guys.