APMMA.net<\/a>). \u201cHis title reign, I\u2019ve seen him train before, how he\u2019s beaten so many great light heavyweights before. And then after that it starts to get cloudy, I\u2019m not gonna lie. I think there are athletes that are on their way, like if Khabib would keep on fighting and do five or six or seven or eight more fights, then I\u2019ll definitely throw him in.<\/p>\n\u201cFor me, I like to see longevity,” Johnson added. “I like to see dominance. Longevity is a big thing. When you look at Jon Jones, I think he\u2019s 15 world title fights? That\u2019s a lot of work of staying motivated, staying on top to keep on winning. I think Izzy is on his way. If he goes up to light heavyweight and beats the champion there, and he goes up to fight Jon Jones, he\u2019s definitely on his way.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it a popularity contest? What exactly puts you in that discussion of greatest of all time? For me, it\u2019s longevity, how many championships have you done, a little bit of everything,\u201d Johnson concluded. \u201cFor me, that\u2019s why I put Gegard in there [too] because when I watch him, I\u2019m like, look at his hands, look at his grappling, look at his submissions. He can do it all.<\/p>\n
\u201cJon Jones, look at his grappling, look at his hands, look at his submissions, look at how long he\u2019s been a champion.\u201d<\/p>\n
What do you think of these comments from Demetrious Johnson?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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