May - 2016
Scrapp! FIGHT MAGAZINE
14
(Dave Mandel/Sherdog)
UFC 197:
Is Jon Jones Still
the P4P King?
Article By: Nedu Obli
Following what some have
echoed as a subpar perfor-
mance by newly-crowned in-
terim light heavyweight champ
Jon Jones in the main event
of UFC 197, his status as the
#1 pound-for-pound king in
the MMA stratosphere has
been brought into question;
even
USA TODAY Sports
have
jumped on the bandwagon.
So, is the former 205-pound champ
still head and shoulders above the
rest of the chasing pack?
Absolutely
As a result of various infractions
and distractions, “Bones” had
been out of the game for al-
most 16 months. But the night
he threw down with Ovince St.
Preux, April 23, the Native New
Yorker did what he had to do
to get that win. By far it wasn’t
his best outing in the eight-
walled cage, however, when
all is said and done, and after
such a lengthy layoff, a victory
was all that mattered.
As most know by now, Jones
(22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) never
