Jon Jones is the only one to break this curse

Jon Jones is the only one to break this curse
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[@youngclueless7364]

Jones didn't escape the curse tho: He tested positive for coke before his next fight and even though he won the fight, he was then stripped of the belt for the hit-and-run

[@308Man]

still ain’t lose tho

[@308Man]

@@iaqh he lost it to some shit that happened outside the octagon lmao it don’t count. and he got that mf riiight back immediately lol.

[@reacteddoughnut6774]

@@308Manhe lost the belt

[@sean6218]

@@reacteddoughnut6774to who ? You mean he was stripped big difference 😂😂😂

[@jimsmith9744]

Baaaaa 🐐

[@deamon152]

The EA curse lives on

[@JASNSOUNDS]

Yes if you ignore facts. Izzy and Jon won so...

[@ibrahimbarro5432]

@@JASNSOUNDSexactly

[@joegood9186]

​@@JASNSOUNDSJon lost tho mr casual

[@azul1964]

Well, there are very few all time champions.... that never lose...

[@augustusmaximus891]

​@JASNSOUNDS Izzy lost. Jon never lost. Before or after video came cover

[@Mr.Ripper113]

Whenever an athlete is at the peak of their careers they get featured on EA but where there's a peak it eventually must go back down the slope

[@NuffStuff777]

Are you trying to take away from the legitimacy of the curse? They still could have won their next fights which most of them didn't. Curse still somewhat in tact.

[@Asswipes123]

@@NuffStuff777the curse isn’t legitimate it’s pure luck. And when bones keeps winning they’re like “it’s a once off”

[@20jumps]

There is no legitimacy to the curse because of adesanya ​@@NuffStuff777

[@user-ki4xw2rb8q]

​​@@NuffStuff777 Volk beat Yair, this is not a curse, it's a matter of chances, if you are at the top of the UFC the chances of losing your next fight are so high, you are fighting against the best fighters every time. So unless you are Khabib or John Jones, everyone loses eventually.

[@noadroidemail]

Izzy won his next fight!!!!!

[@YaNeK92]

What if you're on the cover of EA but Drake bets on you to lose your fight? 😂😂😂

[@ranjitharanaweera6279]

Alex broke Drake fight Then Lamar broke Drake

[@YaNeK92]

@@ranjitharanaweera6279 I'm referring to the Drake curse.. not sure what you mean unless you can elaborate

[@user-if9ur8hv8v]

Alex pereira already breaked drake's curse in ufc 300

[@YaNeK92]

@@user-if9ur8hv8v *broke 😂😂😂

[@EliasRoy]

Ooof

[@198746779838]

Lol this guy changing the terms of the curse😅

[@bigbay1159]

The izzy one is a complete stretch, his next immediate fight he beat costa and his next fight was at the next weight class for the first time in UFC and lost a decision. Grasping at straws for that one

[@kanyenorth3523]

Facts. People be reaching

[@user-hj3xk1dl9b]

He developed that boob right after the shoot tho lol

[@gabrielsilvas692]

Na Izzy sucks now man just a point fighter losing has gotten to him to where he just trys to counter and point fight

[@byroncowell6883]

​@gabrielsilvas692 lol when he regains the title, il be back here to tickle your bum slit.

[@Michael_Krombopulos]

@@gabrielsilvas692 Bro don’t be retarded Izzy knocked Pereira out cold before he lost to Strickland which is a feat on its own 🤦‍♂️ short memory fools

[@dallassylvestre8155]

That head kick from Holm was straight destruction

[@donniefaust2763]

That's what Rousey gets for thinking she could strike with Holly.

[@SaltySouthTexan]

Knocked her into depression

[@SaltySouthTexan]

@@donniefaust2763To be fair, Rouseys delusional coach telling her she could.

[@donniefaust2763]

@@SaltySouthTexan Rousey should have known that she needed to stick to BJJ

[@SandipChavan-lj5nm]

Dominic Reyes - remember the robbery

[@genesiscruz2000]

You're still crying after all this time 😅. Get over it .

[@BillyBob-wq9fl]

@@genesiscruz2000no we wont get over it. Only sus jj fans support his legacy of cheating and favoritism.

[@smilingdreams2042]

Dominic Reyes - remember that robbery

[@Hamzethegoat]

It wasn’t no robbery it was a close fight

[@GDL88]

Worst robbery in ufc history

[@handzofstone1152]

@@HamzethegoatA close fight that clearly should’ve been scored for one fighter is still a robbery

[@milton7763]

It’s not a curse kids. People don’t tend to last long at the top of MMA. Too much going against you: - All the fights taking their toll - Success gets you into all kinds of parties and other stuff taking you away from training - Everyone wants a shot at the champ and all your moves have been studied to death By the time they get these type of deals they are at the height of all of the above

[@thinkoutful]

This guy gets it!

[@JSL-ru1cq]

The EA curse is in every game lol😂😂

[@user-ki4xw2rb8q]

Not in FIFA

[@troubleman9822]

He lost to Reyes

[@ghost.7566]

What does his record say?

[@OscarAcademy839]

​@@ghost.7566record made by steroid jones dad uncle dana😂😂😂

[@KingLeonidas300_]

They never rematched?

[@thememeconnoisseur4088]

​@@ghost.7566 So you agree with bad decisions

[@jayr.3720]

🧂

[@luliu4572]

"Sometimes, the system fails us." - Hank Hill, King of the Hill (Three Days of the Kahndo)

[@Celina_from_YSL]

dirty carpet floors with cigarettes in em and booze lying around everywhere people cartoon.

[@ayandamthimkhulu851]

He even beat the Drake curse

[@user-wg7qo5ge8n]

The EA cover curse lives on!! 😂

[@jaidyn-7156]

izzy mighty mouse and jon broke it

[@districtbruh5742]

Izzy got koed and got a dui mighty mouse got traded to one and jones popped for peds

[@Jayce37377]

@@districtbruh5742how is choosing to go to onefc getting cursed??

[@Jayce37377]

@@districtbruh5742also Izzy go ko’d later on not his next fight

[@rzblde]

​@@districtbruh5742What a foolish comment.

[@infiniterer287]

​@@districtbruh5742 the curse is that you lose your next fight, none of them did. And in Jones' case he just never lost at all.

[@amggaming8261]

“It’s still counts“ 🤣 idk why but that sounds hilarious to me.

[@user-yk8ej3ls6y]

He's different.

[@barnacleboy8011]

Bro y’all going to make every sports cover a curse

[@renaldo1]

Keen observation. Noted !!

[@jamestopliss7029]

What about Mighty Mouse on ufc 3 cover?

[@Look_He_Is_Good]

That’s the icon edition. Mcgregor is the real cover athlete on ufc 3

[@jamestopliss7029]

@@Look_He_Is_Good does that make a difference?

[@Look_He_Is_Good]

@@jamestopliss7029 yes you dumb fuck… the curse is based off the cover athlete of the original version. You know how many different athletes are on the new higher versions of madden… not part of the “cover curse”

[@youngclueless7364]

Mighty Mouse was struck by the curse as well. He was unveiled as the cover star for the icon edition of ufc 3 in July 2018. Just one month later he lost his title in the rematch with Henry Cejudo and then left the UFC shortly after

[@mmaforce]

But after being put on the cover, he was stripped of his belt (pretty sure it was for PED usage)

[@jms7265]

You shouldn’t be so sure here because officially it had nothing to do with that.

[@Hamzethegoat]

Still means nothing he was cleared and came back within a year and kept winning again

[@handzofstone1152]

@@jms7265Cocaine, but I mean to be fair, he has tested positive a lot and multiple times it was for “PEDs.”

[@WADDADOO]

The check came in

[@RedceLL1978]

And that still continued the curse because lemme just change the rules around here and move the goal posts lol

[@Ivanlocke23]

Whoa Jon is different!.. he’s like Annunaki guy he’s different from us humans!..

[@samuelnathan90]

Annunaki look like Jon Jones . They look like Black people, who were the first on the planet By Default.

[@GDAWG.]

🤦‍♂️

[@Ivanlocke23]

@@samuelnathan90 🤦🏻‍♂️I didn’t mean it like that 😂 I was just jokingly laughing I meant it like he’s enhanced version of us.. we’re before and he is the after of some product that works.. and he beats World Champions the day after he gets cooked up on coke!..

[@handzofstone1152]

“Even though he won his next fight, I’m still counting it just so it fits the narrative” basically lmao

[@nateaustin362]

Happens in NHL also

[@lostintheark5728]

Great pride before the fall, adage.

[@wassar7526]

Maybe that's because they get on the cover when they are at the top and then fight someone who is hungrier than them.

[@SulliP1776]

He got destroyed by Gustafsson 110%

[@jamelholoman9229]

Yes he did

[@nyakallomakhele-qy9is]

Wait A Minute👀👀

[@mrpk1719]

"EA sports it's in the coke".

[@chriskeepit100]

didn't know the Madden curse made its way to the ufc games 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@krkMuse]

It’s not a curse. While you’re busy looking good, your opponent is working day and night. Heavy is the crown

[@drewskifrosty5955]

Just like the Madden curse!

[@un0wn175]

You have to Pay to Win

[@EyeOnlyHaveEyes42]

Same with basketball and football

[@blazenmessiah2211]

Yall make anything into a curse lol

[@SageMcMahon-xs7dl]

A win is a win. Every damn thing is a drug .water is a drug....go a whole day without water .u gonna lose a fight.. drug is a drug...a win is a win

[@chrislowe8212]

Jon got his own curses

[@kagomakabe9285]

Its was MADDEN...NBA2K and now UFC cover curse😮

[@HenriqueBuiu]

It is not a curse, but a statistical phenomenon. It is called regression to the mean. Someone on the magazine cover probably overachieved that year, and therefore is prone to go back to prior performance. Prof Daniel Kahneman talked a lot about this.

[@beastwaynes4868]

And I thought I was the only one who noticed this. 😅

[@Beerme-pl2ml]

It’s the fight game

[@redveinborneo4673]

So if you don't go an entire year without losing you're "cursed"?

[@SAGEEDITZ24]

Fighters like Khabib who go undefeated and stay humble stay away from curses like that.

[@user-ye7sm1kt1d]

always someone much more hungry

[@TrapGramFitness]

That EA curse worse than paranormal activity

[@heartwarrior9762]

You and your brain 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@ramjiin1665]

I have this theory on a curse, it's just that there's one exception out of 5 examples. 😂

[@demibasan1714]

valentina got robbed ina decision twice and that choke wasnt even close yet, early stoppage.

[@zoluhwa3508]

Jon broke the curse with some drugs

[@therandomiser841]

He is above the system

[@TonyTarantula]

I'm a couch potato but I will refuse EA.

[@Malik-ft7oe]

Alex was on the cover of ufc 4 after he beat Izzy then lost to him after. Izzy was on the cover of ufc 5 deluxe then lost to deseasn. This and the Chiesa curse are scary

[@rlip67x36]

It does live on I felt so bad by the way Volk lost the belt to tuporia it was painful to see that happen but there comes a time when the champions rein has to end

[@MONEYMIKE-lg7vz]

EA said "we will put yall on the cover of the game" but yall got to lose and take dives to fix fights afterwards so make it look great.....THAT THE SACRIFICE YALL HAVE TO GIVE LOL 😂🤣💯🎯💀

[@Joey71420]

Wasn't forest griffin on the cover of UFC undisputed

[@juyale2564]

GOAT

[@queloquepasaaqui]

All he has to do is fight Apinall for that to happen.

[@gasac81]

So the curse started with Ronda & Connor and hasn't been broken yet.

[@lukahnapeirogon8197]

Hes just built different

[@grey_hd]

You should've said: "Jon Jones is the only one the break this curse, and by curse i mean a pregnant woman's arm."

[@naturalbornkiller361]

Who's on the cover now?

[@DogThroat]

Izzy broke the curse

[@tebogolata4133]

And people still ask who is the mma goat, it's ridiculous news flash no one who competes professional without touching enhancement drugs it's world we live in

[@stuartdrayton8143]

Either a curse or overconfidence

[@1StepForwardToday]

I remember the Modelo curse years ago that was up to like 3 out of 3, or 4 of 4 ufc fighters Modela chose to work with. They were the Champ or next big thing that Modelas UFC Star forcasters picked to be their spokesperson, but as soon as they signed with Modelo, or as soon as the commercial aired the fighter was either an ex-champ, or rag dolled n no longer the next big thing. I think that Brian Ortego was last fighter they signed (just after signing Stipe Miocic.... prior to the Miocic-Ngannou 2 where Stipes longest UFC HW Title run was ended by a devastating KO). Then, Ortegas next fight was Max Holloway 😬 ! Yep, bad things. Maybe cartel kingpins were paying Modelo to voodoo curse whatever fighter they picked so that the other guy, whoever it was, would be who to put money on, as a huge underdog, and then theyd win🤔

[@J_Sca]

What's Harry Kanes' excuse for the most cursed footballer? 😅

[@fulumukwevho4744]

Izzy broke the curse too

[@Juiceworld21]

I thought tito was on pne of the early game covers

[@thanos1335]

Anybody in UFC: Im the best fighter in my league, undefeated and everything EA: Wanna be on the cover of the next EA game? Anybody in the UFC: Of course, what could POSSIBLY go WRONG?

[@1ma4ighter]

But both Jon and Gustafsson were on the same cover... N they fought each other

[@bluezdr]

Because most of the MMA world still feels Jones lost against Gustafson, and again against Reyes... I'll say that the curse of the UFC game can't overcome paid judges or blind favoritism.

[@Sensei.shonuff]

Theirs a similar curse about late night TV shows shows I think DC broke it

[@chasedownblocks1736]

Jones EA stands for Enhanced Alternatives

[@tonyjunior-thefirstgentlem410]

Jon Jones didn't break the curse. He defeated himself when he kept getting high between bouts.

[@garyangel3885]

Im a bit superstitious so something like this would prob keep me off a game cover if i was a fighter lol

[@georgesantana3888]

Easy, EA comes to me for the cover, and im in a championship situation, im like no thanks 👍🏻

[@CountryBoysurvival]

It's the same as Madden the Star will get injured

[@bigpapaplantman5126]

It's not a curse, it's an ego issue

[@Nate-ml3tr]

He's also the only one to brake Drake curse in his fight against Cyril Gane if I'm I remember it correctly. That's why love it or hate him he's an exceptional athlete. 👈☝️👊💪

[@djbrianeye]

Is it cursed, or rigged?

[@kevinbrown2684]

🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐💯

[@Eaj20]

#ValantinaGotRobbed

[@thewizardsofthezoo5376]

Also because they usepeople at their peak and the only way is down from there. Jon jones was clever enough to quite the scene for a while and recover 100% before coming back, the others were just squeezed to defend their titles asap, because ppv.

[@ChickasawMal28_]

Why Amanda nunes never been on the cover?

[@Chase11211]

Break the curse ??? Foo hasn’t fought in HOW LONG???

[@WhelmedButReady]

I don't even like Jones but this is easily his best claim to being the Greatest Mixed Martial Artist of all time

[@dcigsfan2306]

When EA asks you to be on the cover of any one of their games it’s almost like seeing the grim reaper standing behind you in the mirror

[@user-ki4xw2rb8q]

Messi was on the cover of FIFA for years and later Ronaldo too. Both did quite well.

[@johnrambo3048]

Ma' fxckaz get their face on a game cover and forget they can still get Knocked out 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pistamessi]

NURMAGOMAYYYDOOFFF 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kennethestes1828]

Yeah, but Izzy was playing with House money by going up in weight. Still is a loss, his first in MMA, but he went on another run after that before the Alex and Sean fights.

[@erugila]

John Jones has never lost a fight. Let’s remember that kids. If you had to pick someone to have your back in a scrap, who else would you pick

[@iflex1963]

He's the 🐐

[@Blackopme]

Who is on EA UFC6? 😂

[@belesprint]

Khabib not featured on EA sports?

[@countme1235]

He also broke the drake curse

[@JR-ARIZONA623]

Jon Jones couldn't have broken the curse, if the curse occurred after UFC 1. The curse started on UFC2 and continued through 3,4, and 5. He would have to appear after the curse was in place and win to break it.

[@drustill]

Now we are moving the goal posts and claiming the curse is still intact if cover athlete loses before the next instalment drops? No, that’s not how these proverbial “curses” work from my recollection. You get the cover and you immediately lose, especially coming off a win or win streak, which generally is the case since cover athletes are usually top stars/belt holders, then we can add it to the list and further give credence to it. I’ll admit that this is the first I’ve heard of a UFC curse, and now I know why. It’s nothing compared to the OG of this entire phenomenon, the well documented and much dreaded “Madden Curse”. For those unaware, this refers to NFL players being featured on the cover of the most storied football gaming franchise, only to immediately encounter something vile, which in best cases is a decline in play, although truly recognized as the quintessential video game to real life curse whereby the athlete suffers a serious, sometimes catastrophic injury, which, at the least, puts them out for the upcoming season - think ACL, Achilles, other freak injuries requiring immediate surgery followed by a rather lengthy and lamented rehabilitation period. However, a cover could be shot and then released much later, so again, need to clarify whether it’s the moment they’re announced as cover athlete or the moment the game hits the market. I don’t make the rules, I just have a brain. Having done a bit of research, it’s observed that the curse and its impact have diminished over the years, only affecting a quarter of the cover athletes featured in the last decade. In contrast, the period between 2000-2013, resulted in 14 of the 24 players (or 58%) falling victim to the aforementioned curse. So, it’s not everyone. And I’ve always noticed that many of the athletes almost embrace the decision and ultimate acceptance from the developers to be the cover star, outside of the obvious monetary compensation, as almost a challenge whereby they can be recognized as the one to have broken the curse. No surprise that this extremely egotistical stance and ultimate decision befalls those participating in one of the most physically demanding, and some would argue, barbaric, sports around.