Jon Jones: I'm motivated to break Tito Ortiz's record
Posted on July 25, 2012, 08:46 AM by Anton GurevichUFC Light Heavyweight champion, Jon "Bones" Jones spoke about his goals as a fighter. According to Jones, Tito Ortiz's record of consecutive UFC Light Heavyweight title defenses is what pushes him to work hard in training. Jones wants to go down in history as the most dominant 205'er in MMA history. Breaking Ortiz's is the first step to glory(via MMAJunkie.com):
"One of my primary goals right now is to top Tito's record, so that pushes me. I'm big on setting goals, and that's one of my goals.
DVR also pushes me, too. You get knocked out, that's on TV forever. I know that I have to be at my best."
Jones currently has three title defenses on his record, with victories over Rampage Jackson, Lyoto Machida, and Rashad Evans. The champ will face Dan Henderson at UFC 150 on September 1st, with sights on going even with Chuck Liddell's record of four title defenses.
Jon Jones is 16-1 in his MMA campaign, losing only to Matt Hamill via DQ. Bones is the most consistent UFC Light Heavyweight championship since Chuck Liddell. Quinton Jackson and Lyoto Machida are the only 205 champions who were able to defend their title once, while Rashad Evans and Forrest Griffin lost the belt in their first title defense.
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Breaking Tito's record amount of excuses or times claimed he "gave his all"...is a whole other catagory. Give it a shot.
i think tito's excuse record is one that tito can have all to himself.....
watching the Bisping fight must have him kinda scared, Ive never heard him say anything about getting KOed,.. sound like Hendo is in his head
That's quite interesting about the DVR comment, it's obvious he really wants to leave a legacy that can't be mocked by doing the what everyone does to Bisping (no matter how good he does everyone brings up the Hendo fight) and I guess Jon really doesn't want to be in that situation.
Jon saying beating Ortiz's record - That's the best way to put it, beat the record and not be a better champion because in my books the belt Jon has held and defended is worth 10 times the one Tito defended even without the record, completely different competition level.
It will be nice when Jon sets the record for LHW defenses though, the competition he broke the record with will be held in legend.
couldn't have said it better. Jones is doing all this in a LHW division that has WAY more talent then when Tito held the belt. The other thing is he's still a kid! which is why he's going to break every record the UFC has most likely. he's still young still getting better and he takes little to no abuse in a fight. his body will hold up great into his later years.
TRUE TRUE!!!!!!
Jones and Andy are the two best active figthers imo...if he dominates Hendo he will be in the path to be next to Fedor and Andy for Goat....just to end with controversy...GSP is boring.
That's not a controversial statement unless it's an anderson silva thread.
Jones is that Dude - the guy to beat.
IMO it wont be Hendo - Jones is too long and if there is one thing that shows Hendo's age it's how he gases.
My prediction first 2 rounds Jones on the outside 3rd round - Jones by Sub.
Similar to Rampage. Lastly GSP IS Boring... I Am not Impressed
If you're worried about being on the wrong end of a DVR highlight, you can't retire soon enough. It's a virtual certainty that it's going to happen in any sport, no matter how good you are...especially MMA.
The consensus top 2 p4p fighters, Silva and St. Pierre, have both experienced that. (See Serra, Matt and Chonan, Ryo) It's damn near inevitable.
Those happened for totally and completely different reasons you shouldn't forget..
Andersn is the best fist of all.... i wanna see jones in silvas age...
i hope we dont se hendo get hurt bad in that fight...
jones need to fight machida againe and then step up to fight HW
or let him fight cain v. in LH if cain v. can make it LH
fighters reach their prime at different ages. Anderson is probally only a year or two past his best if not still in his prime. One things for sure is that jones is much better then what silva was at at jones's age. Still can't believe how people don't give gsp enough credit, i know he don't finish fights like anderson but his job is to go in there and win and thats what he does.
GSP is p4p athlete, Anderson is p4p fighter. GSP is not top 3 p4p fighter.
Dumb.
Truth.
Far from truth.
Fact: GSP is one of the least fighter like in the UFC.
Fact: GSP is probably the greatest athlete in the UFC.
Fact: GSP is a sportsman at heart as indicated by his reluctance to try for a finish even when his opponent is completely done.
Fact: GSP is far from Anderson in terms of p4p fighter.
Fact: you know I am right.
Fact: Bullshti opinion from a guy who thinks he's a lot smarter than he is.
Fact: Fights go to decisions.
Fact: "GSP is one of the least fighter like in the UFC." Makes absolutely no sense.
Fact: GSP has 7 finishes in the UFC.
Fact: GSP is the only thing close to Anderson when it comes to PFP mixed martial artist.
Fact: GSP fought Jake Shields half blind for 4 rounds.
Fact: GSP fought the last two rounds of his title fight with Thiago Alves with a torn groin.
Fact: You are far from right.
Fact: GSP finishes are hard to remember they are so long ago.
Fact:''GSP is the least fighter like'', makes perfect sense.
Fact: GSP is not one eyed and was fighting the worst striker in the UFC.
Fact: Fights in a SPORT go to decision. Hence p4p athlete rather than fihter.
Fact:I am a lot smarter than I think I am.
Fact: No one is close to Anderson, GSP is further than the 5 closest.
Fact: Facts I say are facts are facts.
Fact: You are trolling, and doing it well. Good show.
I am just being a di*k.lol. I truly however do not see GSP as number 2 and certainly not comparable to anderson.
"Fact: GSP is the only thing close to Anderson when it comes to PFP mixed martial artist."
That's pretty retarded to say since we're in a jon jones thread.Don't know how someone can say that with a straight face. "John stockton is the closest thing to Michael jordan in basketball!Nevermind Kobe bryant."
GSP fought jake shields half blind because jake shields bettered him for an instant even though he was a notoriously bad striker at that point.That's a FACT.It's not like shields took him down and eye-gouged him or threw salt in his eye.
Most of GSP's finishes came before he entered "safe-mode" after being KO'd by serra,that's an actual fact.
GSP is actually really well liked.
Yes, because MMA has different positions like PG and SF while basketball has champions for each weight class...
GSP is really well like unlike Anderson, right? They guy everybody hates...
Anyway...
GSP has 6 title defenses in a row in the UFC. That is the second longest sustained era of dominance currently in the UFC. Making him easily the closest fighter comparable to Anderson Silva.
GSP fought half blind against Shields, as Anderson fought back from getting the crapped kicked out of him by Sonnen. It had nothing to do with his eye "getting battered" (although that's completely false it was just a well placed jab), it was about the heart he showed to continue on while fighting at a serious disadvantage. Kinda like fighting on with an injured rib.
yea, everyone does hate on anderson...similar to how people hated on brock for the nasty nasty offense of eclipsing Fedor.
You don't think jones can easily get a high amount of title defenses?
No wonder it's completely false, i said he was BETTERED for an instant not battered.
Yea i don't see the comparison. You're comparing someone who took literally hundreds of punches from a guy on steroids while he was injured,winning basically at the buzzer,to a guy who wasn't planning on getting hit, panicking and holding on to win by timeout.
I swear i can remember his very own cornerman saying "Calm down man it's not even bleeding!" and the shocked look on GSP's face.
Oh, and had to say "I told you so" about how eager you would be to miss the point of an analogy no matter what it said.
GSP gets more hate now than Anderson Silva, because of his conservative style. You can't even bring him up in a PFP debate anymore without people complaining about how boring he is.
I think Jones could be the greatest ever. He just hasn't done it yet, and its quite possible that if he does GSP will stay ahead of him, However, if he moves to HW and wins right away he could surpass everybody.
Oh, so you were just saying he was bettered. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt of it being a typo, because the thought an open hand swipe "bettering" somebody just makes no sense.
I'm glad I do then. Both showed immense heart, and patience to stick in scary situations to come out victorious. I'd have to disagree about panicking though. Fighting on half blind while doing enough to win is kind of the complete opposite of that.
Yea they did say that. Glad the doctor's caught it, though.
http://www.mmamania.com/2011/5/3/2150786/georges-st-pierre-eye-injury-update-eye-filled-with-blood-but-no
I intentionally missed the point, because the point had little validity to it. Comparing a great player from a team sport (one who never won a title) with a mixed martial artist makes zero sense in the context you were using.
You were comparing GSP to John Stockton; c'mon man, you're better than that.
Well as long as your motivated to stop drinking and driving...
I'm a long time MMA fan and I will admit that i didn't know how many times Tito successfully defended his belt.
How can you call this a news article and NOT MENTION WHAT THE RECORD IS?
LOL. One point for funny, wikipedia ftw
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