Jones surges up UFC’s top 10 p4p
1. Anderson Silva (1): 2. Georges St Pierre (2): 3. Jon Jones (9): Is it too soon to put Jones…
1. Anderson Silva (1):
2. Georges St Pierre (2):
3. Jon Jones (9): Is it too soon to put Jones up this high? I don’t think so. Not after the way he destroyed a legend in Shogun. Not after the way he’s dominated everyone he’s faced, from Ryan Bader to Vladimir Matyushenko to Brandon Vera and even Matt Hamill in the fight Jones lost by disqualification. Jones isn’t just winning, he’s winning like Secretariat in the Belmont. No one at 205 pounds is close.
4. Jose Aldo (3):
5. Dominick Cruz (5):
6. Frank Edgar (6):
7. Gray Maynard (7):
8. Cain Velasquez (8): The king of the heavyweights remains out of commission, awaiting a bout with the Brock Lesnar-Junior dos Santos winner, likely in the fall.
9. Joseph Benavidez (10):
10. Jon Fitch (NR): After a controversial draw with B.J. Penn in February, Fitch will get a chance to finish things in their rematch in July. I thought he deserved to win the first fight, and I think he’ll beat Penn more convincingly the second time around and show that even if he can’t beat St. Pierre, he’s better than anyone else at 170 pounds.
*Numbers in parentheticals represent location of last ranking in MMAFighting.com’s pound for pound rankings*