{"id":58023,"date":"2013-04-29T11:05:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T18:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=58023"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:08:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:08:58","slug":"jon-jones-anderson-silva-is-1-p4p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jon-jones-anderson-silva-is-1-p4p\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones: &#8220;Anderson Silva is #1 P4P&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/jon-jones.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57976\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/jon-jones.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMMA fans love to argue about who they think is the best pound for pound fighter in the sport. Jos\u00e9 Aldo, Georges St. Pierre, Anderson Silva and Jon Jones are names usually at the top of that debate.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whom he thought was the best fighter in the world at the UFC 159 post fight press conference, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones stated that Anderson Silva was the best fighter in MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was asked directly if he was the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA. He responded with the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cNo, That would be extremely disrespectful of me to try to disregard what Anderson has done outside of the Octagon and inside of the Octagon.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI celebrated my two-year anniversary of being champion this year, and Anderson has been doing it for about six. That\u2019s phenomenal. That\u2019s phenomenal pressure that he\u2019s been able to uphold and continue moving forward with it, so I admire him so much.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYes, I\u2019ve had some great fights, and I\u2019ve had a great career, but Anderson is still an amazing guy. He\u2019s still my idol and I\u2019m not going to disregard what he\u2019s done.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Does &#8220;Bones&#8221; know? Or is he really the best P4P fighter in the sport, and just being modest. Or is there a third fighter you think is the best P4P in MMA?<\/p>\n<p>Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MMA fans love to argue about who they think is the best pound for pound fighter in the sport. Jos\u00e9 Aldo, Georges St. Pierre, Anderson Silva and Jon Jones are names usually at the top of that debate. 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