{"id":124691,"date":"2015-01-04T09:27:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T17:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=124691"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:58:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:58:13","slug":"jones-2015-will-year-solidify-goat-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jones-2015-will-year-solidify-goat-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Jones: &#8216;2015 Will Be The Year I Solidify GOAT Status&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/joNES.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/joNES.png\" alt=\"Jones\" width=\"730\" height=\"512\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-124108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/joNES.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/joNES-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/joNES-570x400.png 570w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/joNES-356x250.png 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With his win over Daniel Cormier last night at UFC 182, the talks of Jon Jones status as the &#8216;GOAT&#8217; (Greatest Of All Time) have become more apparent.<\/p>\n<p>Jones spoke about his resume for potentially being the GOAT, at the post-fight press conference, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;My plan is to be the greatest fighter of all time. It&#8217;s so feasible. It&#8217;s so attainable,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;All I have to do is to stay focused, keep believing, and keep working. I do believe 2015 will be the year I solidify it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anderson is the guy I&#8217;ve been looking up to since I was 18, 19 years old. I&#8217;ve studied his fights, and I really want to model my career after him,&#8221; he said about Silva, who has long been considered as MMA&#8217;s best. &#8220;Anderson has won so many world titles and you can&#8217;t discredit what he&#8217;s done. That being said, with all due respect, I believe I&#8217;ve had the toughest resume in the history of the sport. I&#8217;ve fought so many tremendous athletes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will put Georges and Anderson above me, and that will keep me honest. It will keep me determined and driven. I&#8217;ll keep that as my psychology until it can&#8217;t be argued anymore,&#8221; he states. &#8220;2015 will be my best year.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Watch the post-fight press conference <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/replay-ufc-182-jones-vs-cormier-post-fight-press-conference-full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>, and catch highlights from the Jones-DC bout <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/replay-jon-jones-vs-daniel-cormier-highlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Where would you rank Jon Jones among the greatest fighters of all time? Sound off in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With his win over Daniel Cormier last night at UFC 182, the talks of Jon Jones status as the &#8216;GOAT&#8217; (Greatest Of All Time) have become more apparent. 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