Mixed martial arts or, in another way, fights without rules is one of the most popular sports in the world. The history of its appearance began in ancient Greece, at the Olympic Games. Martial arts later gained popularity in Europe: all young people began to be interested in this sport. And mixed wrestling, as a subspecies of wrestling, was officially founded in 1995.
There is currently a variety of sports to be fond of. Some are keen on football, while others prefer racing. Luckily there are now plenty of opportunities to rent a sports car. Any rental service or rental company will be happy to provide you with such an option and you can do it wherever you like, so now even hiring sports cars in Dubai is not a problem at all. So while somebody just observes football matches and F1 competitions, others feel that nothing is better than speed and experiencing it themselves.
What concerns MMA, today this sport is developing at a high pace, and many people, despite their age, love and honor it.
Who is Jon Jones?
Jonathan Dwight “Jon” Jones is an American MMA fighter competing under the aegis of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the light heavyweight division. He is the UFC’s light title holder and its youngest winner.
In April 2015, the managers of the UFC stripped him of the title of champion and terminated him from performing in the competitions indefinitely for breaking the law.
During his entire career, Jones had just one defeat, which was granted due to disqualification (the fighter used illegal elbows), and before being suspended from fights, he was evaluated by different sporting news organizations and websites as the best light heavyweight fighter worldwide.
On March 5, the mixed martial arts tournament UFC 285 took place in Las Vegas (USA). In the main fight, two-time UFC light heavyweight champion (up to 93 kg), American John Jones fought for the vacant heavyweight title of the organization (up to 120 kg) with Frenchman Cyril Gan. The fight ended with the victory of John Jones at the beginning of the first round. Thus, the American became the owner of the heavyweight title.
Let’s see the 10 most outstanding fights of this sportsman.
1) Jon Jones – Rashad Evans
Jones himself considers this victory the best in his career and says the following: “This victory is the best. In the fight against Rashad, I did a lot of things that were not planned. In a stand–up fight, I didn’t look my best, I acted too simplistically, and I didn’t want to make a single mistake. Winning this particular fight is very important to me.”
2) Jon Jones – Vitor Belfort
In this fight, the youngest UFC champion almost lost his title when the challenger held the elbow lever in the first round, but Jones managed to get out of such a difficult situation, eventually winning an early victory in the fourth round.
3) Jon Jones – Mauricio Rua
With this victory, the happy era of Jones in the UFC began. He beat “Shogun” Rua and became the new champion.
4) Jon Jones – Lyoto Machida
Some believed that Machida with his style would be able to unravel Jones and become the new UFC champion, the first round of the fight confirmed this, but then Jones still showed who the champion is.
5) Jon Jones – Quinton Jackson
The champion completely demoralized Jackson surpassed him in literally every component and eventually achieved an early victory.
6) Jon Jones – Chael Sonnen
The difference in class was so obvious that Jones easily knocked out his opponent already in the opening round, while he received an open fracture of the thumb on his left foot.
7) Jon Jones – Stephan Bonnar
Before this fight, people had no idea who Jones would later become. Jon won by demonstrating his excellent skills, but he never managed to finish the fight ahead of schedule.
8) Jon Jones – Brandon Vera
And again, Jones‘ total superiority and an early victory in the first round. Jon also received the “Knockout of the Evening” award.
9) Jon Jones – Vladimir Matyushenko
Many thought that Matyushenko would be able to resist Jones in the stalls, but that was not the case. Again, the audience watched Jon’s total superiority, as a result – an early victory in the first round.
10) Jon Jones – Andre Guzmao
Jones ‘ first fight in the UFC. By definition, the most important.