Jon Jones

There are times when there is someone who you just watch and you just WOW!! You had Jordan, Ali, Woods, Tyson... Their never really has been one in MMA... The closest thing to that has been Fedor Emelianenko and that went away when he lost to Fabricio Werdum in June... But, do we have a fighter like that right under our eyes and he is only 23 years old? Unequivically we sure as heck do! His name you ask? Jon Jones

Jon Jones is a 23 year old man from upstate New York who won a JUCO National Championship in wrestling... Jones has only been fighting for two years and he started fighting by watching videos on You Tube and learned from those videos... Jones is 11-1 with 7 wins via TKO and his one loss was to Matt Hamill via disqualification and it was a fight that Jones was winning... He dominated the whole fight and many people consider it a victory he really is undefeated...

You watch Jones fight and he is so fluid in his style... He always shows so much poise for only being 23 and doesn't let anything affect him... Take all the buildup that was going into the UFC on Versus 2 this past Sunday against Vladimir Matyushenko... He defeated a man who had more victorious than Jones' age, which is astounding in its own right... Jones made Matyushenko look like an amateur... A simple sloppy left hook by Matyushenko and about 2 minutes later it was all she wrote after 11 straight sharp elbows for the victory...

You look at Jon Jones' body and he has room to grow into his body and will one day move up to heavyweight, but for the time being he will terrorize the light heavyweight division for the time being... But, the question that is looming is, who will he fight next?

UFC President Dana White before Sunday's card and after Sunday's card is that he will put Jones against a "top 8 fighter"... Jones said during the post-fight press conference that he is ready for a top 3 fighter... The problem is UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Shogun Rua is out till early spring of 2011 and has a title defense scheduled against Rashad Evans... Then, you have Lyoto Machida facing Rampage Jackson with the winner of that fight facing the winner of Shogun-Evans... So, what does the UFC do with Jones?

I say you put him against the winner of Ryan Bader-Little Nog at UFC 119 or if Matt Hamill beats Tito Ortiz have him face Hamill to avenge his only loss... A fight with Bader or Little Nog makes more sense and hopefully that is what the UFC decides to do...

I talked to Jones the other day and he said that needs a couple more fights and then he is ready for a title shot... I feel that he needs 2 more wins and then he is ready for his title shot and become the man... He is the most charasmatic and exciting fighter right now in the UFC and he has that aura of invincibility surrounding him... The only thing that will stop him is himself and he has a great fight team around him led by the best trainer in the business in Greg Jackson and a great support system around him... Jones could have let the hype get to him, but he went out there and dominated a top 15 light heavyweight with ample easy...

Get ready world because the next big thing is here and his name is Jon Jones...