5 Reasons Jon Jones Is Already The Greatest MMA Fighter In History

4. Quality Of Opposition

This area is one that gives Jones a distinct advantage over Anderson Silva. During "The Spider's" reign of terror with the Middleweight Championship, his 15 straight victories consisted of wins over only 3 former UFC world champions (Rich Franklin, Forrest Griffin and Vitor Belfort) and 1 Pride titlist (Dan Henderson). The rest of the streak was filled with guys who had no business being anywhere near a championship bout, and Silva's disinterest allowed those fights to turn into boring displays that caused arenas to fill with boos and Dana White to unleash tirades. The only win on Jones' record that is questionable is against Chael Sonnen, who talked his way into a title fight, but the fact that he had previously given Silva all he could handle negates this one in favor of how quickly and viciously the LHW champ gave him the business. Conversely, upon winning the title by finishing the legendary "Shogun" Rua, Bones went on to defeat 4 straight former champions (Quiton Jackson, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans and Vitor Belfot), stopping 3 of which and totally outclassing the other (Evans). Three of his next 4 fights were against the undisputed number one contenders in the division and other than the razor-thin win over "The Mauler", he worked them all over.