Longtime UFC announcer (and rabid MMA fan) Joe Rogan understands why so many people are upset at light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. He might even agree with them to an extent. However, Rogan has also kept perspective on the entire situation instead of instantly labeling Jones as a coward or questioning his contributions to the sport.
Rogan recently went online to offer up his take on the situation where he reminded fans about another UFC champion who was once viewed in a negative light but has since regained status as one of MMA’s biggest stars.
“Everyone was SUPER pissed at Anderson Silva after the Demian Maia fight, and even (UFC President Dana White) said he would cut Anderson if he fought that way again. Look at what time has healed,” explained Rogan in a post on The Underground. “After the spectacular Vitor Belfort KO, the Chael Sonnen comeback Triangle and the complete dismantling of Chael in the rematch, no one ever talks about Abu Dhabi and the Maia fight anymore.”
Silva took a good deal of heat after his win over Maia for toying around and refusing to engage instead of going in for the kill against a massively out-classed competitor.
“If Jon Jones can stay on track, keep being the amazing fighter that he’s shown himself to be inside the Octagon in EVERY single fight he’s ever had, and continue to improve at the staggering rate that he’s shown so far, in two fights no one will talk about this cancelled fight,” Rogan concluded. “The man is young, and he’s made a mistake or two, but he’s still got all the potential to go down in history as an all time great, if not THE all time great.”
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Jones will get a chance to make the first step back towards getting in the good graces of his superiors and former supporters in a few weeks when he faces Belfort at UFC 152.
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