UFC 140: Jon Jones Post-Fight Interview

UFC® light heavyweight champ Jon Jones completes his stellar 2011 with a submission win over former champ Lyoto Machida. "Bones" explains what he learned about himself during the fight, and why his next opponent will have to wait a bit to fight him.

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[claudiodz]

To all the people who keep saying Jones got owned the first round or Machida outstruck him, go look at the official punch stats. In Rd.1 both guys only landed 8 strikes, yes Machida threw more flurries but hardly any of his strikes landed. Jones controlled the pacing of the first round and controlled the positioning in the cage which is why 2 of the 3 judges gave the first round to Jones. In Rd.2 Machida landed 5 strikes compared to Jones 18, and Jones landed the punch that dropped Machida. EOS.

[boprice]

Actually the way he carries himself, seems to me it won't be long before people have him on the same level (entertainment, style, competitive, personality) as GSP. Love them or hate them they are not the thuggish brutes MMA has the stigma of being. I haven't heard him say anything overboard but hopefully he stays grounded.

[RobinHood0919]

@mrwolfman1977 I can see your point about the sportsmanship, being the way he did drop Machida, but I think that's only in question BECAUSE it was Machida. Seeing the kind, fan loved Lyoto Machida (my personal favorite fighter) dropped like that was like watching Anakin cut off Mace Windus arm (lol), heartbreaking. But that IS the sport, the state of mind of a fighter in a cage against a quality opponent NEEDS to be violent in nature. JBJS is an amazing athlete and a badasssss mofo.

[dontae562]

@saiguy1986 If having a reach was that effective, than Shaqueal O'neal would be the G.O.A.T lol, if u noticed there aren't too many extremely tall champs in mma because normally with those long arms and legs they have problems w cordination, not only that but in mma if u take someone to the ground then the height and reach is pretty much gone. This is why they have Weight classes and not reach OR HEIGHT CLASSES

[dontae562]

@saiguy1986 Well if Machida deserves credit for competing with a reach disadvantage then Mike Tyson must be the the greatest fighter of all times because he was 5'11 and and everyone he faced was 5 to 8 inches taller then him and he destroyed them, not only that but Tim Silva was 6'8 and was nowhere near as good as Jones, and 5'10 Evans beat 6'3 Forrest as well , i have many more examples but i think u get the point

[SirMicDre]

The soon to be GOAT! WAR BONES!!!

[masteroflife777]

What a great champion..

[saiguy1986]

@claudiodz Whoa, I never said that Jones' reach was his excuse for Machida's loss. All I said was that Machida must have some good skills to be able to compete with someone that much taller. It's not Jones' fault that he had a reach advantage, but he did have one. Not saying that's why he won, just stating the facts. I know Machida lost, and I don't hate Jones.

[claudiodz]

@saiguy1986 You disrespect Machida and every professional fighter by trying to use Jones' reach as an excuse for his loss. There have been many fighters in all levels of professional fighting from boxing to mma to k1 that have had major reach advantages and have not had anywhere near the level of success that Jones is having. You are coming across as not a true Machida fan but merely a Jones haters when you stoop to such claims. If machida accepts the loss then so should you.

[saiguy1986]

@claudiodz Yeah, but Jones had 10 inches of reach on Machida. Ever boxed before? Also how many people have ever hit Jones like that? He may have won the first round, but Machida did a hell of a job and I'm proud of him for never giving up.

[redeyestint]

Machida wouldn't act, so jon had to mess around which led himself open multiple times to get hit, jon is a crowd pleaser, in the end no surprise machida went down like a sack of bricks

[andrewmcross]

@MrWolfman1977 ya no dis respect but idont see how he dose not make himself likeable. i mean ya he dus seem to have this cockyness to him buti think it is just a lot of confedence.his only loss was a accedental dq. he has not even been in trouble in or outside the cage he is the youngest champ and he is droping top fighters like steping stooles like it is got to be very hard for him to be humble and i think he dose a good job of it plus he shows a lot of respect for the sport and others.