Jon Jones talks Conor McGregor's 'box office' persona, UFC 247 fight vs. Dominick Reyes | First Take

Jon "Bones" Jones joins First Take to preview his Light Heavyweight Championship fight vs. Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 and weighs in on Conor McGregor's "box office" persona.
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[@leandersantos2477]

This is so painful to watch, Why did they keep asking jones about fighters in other weight classes??

[@SM-tu5cn]

leander santos for real

[@allenmk138]

I think we can all agree that Max and SAS are the true definition of mma casuals.

[@TechniqueDOTexe]

They're attempting to appeal to the casual fans, not hardcore fans. I agree, it's hard to watch lmao.

[@chultimatemuscle]

Pico is tryin to be a "Conor" supporter to hopefully gain fans back from all the times he's been popped positive in drug testing and everything else. So fake

[@AdRuiZxD]

You guys sound like losers lmao

[@btdrunkartist8292]

MMA exists ESPN: Conor McGregor

[@nicoduran98]

BT Drunk Artist more than ESPN, every media

[@btdrunkartist8292]

@King Delevingne not only MMA,probably bigger than any basketball star right now.

[@jaychris6636]

@@btdrunkartist8292 you sir are not drunk, you are high! connor is not bigger than lebron. i'd say hes bigger than anyone else in the nba thou

[@Reel___]

@King Delevingne who has he beat?

[@btdrunkartist8292]

@@jaychris6636 Lebron posts about McGregor bruh. Lebron is bigger in USA fo sure but McGregor is bigger in Europe. Specially after fighting Nurmagomedov,everybody in the middle east knows who McGregor is. It's open for debate who is bigger between McGregor and Lebron globaly. In Europe(UK) people don't care about basketball. McGregor became huge on middle east after talking trash to Khabib on his relegion.

[@dustin502p]

This was terrible John Jones handled that so well. You can see him smiling and thinking these guys are idiots

[@sebastian8167]

Bro this was irritating to watch lol

[@Mike81139]

Jon's an idiot too

[@jamesstpatrick473]

Dustin Embry 👍🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@jaycourtel4478]

He even commented on it saying they were really fishing for some drama lol

[@Jay-407]

I thought it was good questions what’s the problem?

[@419LOVE]

I’m surprised they didn’t bring up the fact that Reyes is an athlete.

[@lukaslofgren9622]

Jay Quan well he is 30 pounds heavier😂

[@trevortyner899]

Props to Jon for being respectful through this embarrassment of an interview

[@tonytoni1150]

Trevor Tyner “Megamedoff”

[@bobsmith962]

ESPN plus partnership for ya

[@kissmycons9541]

Molly "SCARY.. Cringe Asf

[@James2213-]

Bob Smith very true other than max for the boxing perspective

[@keithkelly50]

Yeah they lost me quick on this one

[@househounds-webuyruffhouse4687]

Max’s breakdown is like listening to a vegan trying to explain why we should eat meat and dairy...

[@vishalsheoran8257]

House Hounds - We Buy Ruff Houses ahahhahahaa

[@chita4114]

Eyeball test

[@robertblake1228]

ESPN should be the worldwide leader in.. what?

[@raymondrodriguez6605]

It's nothing but awful. Cringe AF

[@xxfrank12]

@One She's married to Jaylen Rose...

[@chainsawhanshaw]

Jon Jones clearly has a higher IQ than both interviewers

[@Nailuszn]

chainsawhanshaw But a very low EQ

[@mikehopkins7384]

Especially SAS

[@thehammer9286]

I wouldn't say a higher IQ. They're all brilliant people. He can just see the baiting. He wasn't there to downtalk fellow martial artist, he just wanted to talk about the fight and leaving his mark in mma history. I'm sure he constantly has interviews like this.

[@imnick693]

@@thehammer9286 They aren't brilliant, they suck at being sports analyst, all they do is tell me and say who wanted it more , they only look at base stats and yell

[@Mickyboi1]

Because he’s a sociopath

[@doshman8460]

Max's wife: "I'm off to bed" Max: "ok but what do you think of Khabib right now?"

[@miccuzzzo]

Max to his wife : you look ok... khabib pound for pound is just killing the eye test

[@ousamahachoumi838]

How can you have one of the best fighters on your show and just ask him about conor and khabib

[@Visualiize]

If Conor wasnt in the title half of the people here wouldnt even have clicked on the video

[@acekc661]

Big facts ☝️

[@lautarorodriguez7778]

@@Visualiize cause he draws a lot of casuals that's for sure

[@Visualiize]

@@lautarorodriguez7778 well he draws everyone, he draws his fanbase new fans hardcore fans even haters like yourself everyone wants to watch him

[@lautarorodriguez7778]

@@Visualiize What makes you think i'm a hater?

[@antenellobenjaminraju957]

4:35 anybody else notice Stephen A act like he knew who Matt Hughes was ......it's hilarious 😂😂😂

[@noslen1988]

Antenello Benjamin 😂😂😂 spot on

[@mr.Swartz]

Sass followed Matt Hughes on IG today

[@manotopalian4286]

Yup lmaaaoooo

[@michaelvick4588]

You really think SAS doesn’t know Matt Hughes? We know these guys aren’t experts at mma but casual mma fans know about the Matt Hughes/GSP arc. No doubt a man like Stephan A who covers sports for a living knows about Matt Hughes. I think this is a reach.

[@yomammasboo713]

@@michaelvick4588 MMA folks have a hard time accepting new people(casuals) give it time.

[@fullcirclewithcainbradley5924]

Why doesn't espn just have chael sonnen become a regular and have him do these interviews with mma fighters make so much more sense

[@mrman3414]

True but Jon won't talk to Chael

[@adaml5917]

@@mrman3414 why wouldnt he talk to cheal ?

[@georgephillips3794]

Chael always destroys him on his channel😂 And Jon took notice, so Jon won't answer any questions from Chael

[@genobatchelorallrightsmatt5666]

GREAT point 👌

[@invisibletriangles9735]

These people shouldn’t talk about MMA. Like ever

[@genobatchelorallrightsmatt5666]

Agreed!

[@Plastico48]

@Adios Kid Max kellerman is one of the best boxing analysists we have haha

[@therealestmc85]

What did they say wrong.

[@franciscomarroquin9243]

Invisible Triangles max could

[@alialahmad9929]

These are some of the dumbest questions I’ve heard in a while. JJ did well to keep it together.

[@regor9]

Yeah ,like asking him about khalabib

[@overshot8331]

These were real questions fans wanna know.not cookie cutter easy ones

[@simmonslee1]

Alamander Beaster lol how dumb is max asking mma questions, he thinks lhanin has a good stand up game to go with wrestling lol

[@randyjohnson2373]

JJ doesn’t want it with Ngannou I’ll tell you that much

[@TheTruth-mv7hm]

@@randyjohnson2373 facts he would knock him clean out and dana and jones know that

[@pauldiaz3507]

He's only undefeated bc he's never faced somebody who can throw Stephen A's killer uppercuts

[@AdLast]

Hehehehe...nice!

[@h20tay42]

More like down cuts lmao

[@BrianCheng24]

Lowercuts

[@haydensadowsky9111]

Paul Diaz duuude 😂😂

[@PrinceHamiltonAyuk]

Paul Diaz, why did you try to break my lungs?

[@yungdub568]

ESPN please hire people who watch the sport and care, this interview is with the championship of the light heavy weight division and they spend time asking him about fighters at 155? You have to be kidding me and that’s on top of all the interrupting and ignorance like please you guys look like clowns

[@gerarddonnelly5327]

R1 Kira they have people like Chael sonnen and Ariel Helwhani who know what they r talking about and should conduct these interviews

[@elvisrodriguez9891]

Cause his legacy's tainted they asked other questions

[@yungdub568]

Elvis Rodriguez oh yeah that’s why 🙄

[@pcproff]

Gerard Donnelly I like Michael Bisping too he is great. These commentators are not up to snuff.

[@Infinilectics]

Dissing GSP for losing to Matt Huges, Not remembering all of Anderson Silva's loses, SO Silly these boxing guys pretending they know mma.

[@azelanders9295]

True they were about equally as dominant. I give the edge to Silva because he was winning by ko/tko, with much more memorable fights. Also all of Silva's loses were early in his career, or past his prime. I say the Goat mountain should be Silva, Fedor, GSP, and Jon Jones, in no order. But hey, even Ali had loses in his prime.

[@allenrhodes6657]

ESPN acting like Jon can't wrestle . Jesus Christ people do some research . Jon is one of the best grapplers.

[@pro316s5]

That's why he's just smiling 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@tbesoto7512]

That man Jon thinking about how easy he can beat both of them 😂

[@pro316s5]

@@tbesoto7512 🤣🤣 right!

[@o1h823]

Hones will be full wrestling this match

[@lettruthbetold5732]

Better kno it 👊

[@hashem1811]

There's an odd inverse relationship between ESPN's exposure to MMA and their grasp of it. They seem to understand even less now than when the UFC/ESPN deal was inked.

[@littlelizard3483]

Ha Shem It seems that way because before they were holding their tongue, now they feel confident enough to speak their opinions. However, they still know less than the average casual fan. I’m sure that will change as time goes on and ESPN analysts actually start studying the art.

[@hashem1811]

@@littlelizard3483 Interesting. I see your logic. Let's hope it proves true.

[@TheTruth-mv7hm]

I think its cause mma is so freaking oversaturated right now

[@rockyrivera6397]

@MegaGolgo13 Yet every espn channel is football

[@amorgan5844]

5:02 the GOAT exposing Khabibs record.

[@kevindurantburner3592]

Can't be the GOAT if you were juiced in most of your fights lol. Imagine a juiced Khabib as if he wasn't dominant already

[@lebumjames1373]

@@kevindurantburner3592 It’s the ufc nearly everyone’s juiced lol. Also Khabib would’ve got killed if he moved up to his actual weight.

[@bboybreezi2417]

@@kevindurantburner3592 lol Khabib was juiced

[@kevindurantburner3592]

@@bboybreezi2417 Yeah good one lol

[@bboybreezi2417]

@@kevindurantburner3592 Russia is the most dirty country when it comes to PEDs look how many wrestlers got they're olympic gold medals taken away...many of them were also muslim so don't use that excuse...

[@abdinasirfarah6983]

Jon Jones is why I watch MMA what are they talking about. This is insult

[@trill6469]

abdinasir farah On God ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️

[@awaaahe]

It s the truth though, he s not as famous in the mainstream..stop being salty we know you watch the ufc for a decade or whatever, so what?

[@te179]

@StrawPoll You’re the one who sounds salty lol

[@Wasrael]

@@awaaahe who cares what casuals think? It's the die hards who make the sport what it is

[@bighoncho1314]

Stephen “Magamaydoff” A. Smith

[@legendal2463]

i laughed so hard when i read this

[@irvingfr33]

You a fool man 😂

[@jairodelossantos8677]

Hilarious

[@Zach-lv5qs]

Megamaydoff

[@maricecraig9687]

@)

[@ozz2762]

This is just an embarrassing you have probably the greatest fighter of all time on and you spend more than half the Time telling him how you think other people are better and isnt he jealous of their fame. Ask about the fights. Hes defended the belt waaaaay more than khabib and for waaaaay longer against way bigger talent. ESPN needs to start hiring mma guys to do these interviews

[@palloaa]

This is so painful right?? Khabb is a legend but the goat above JJ?? the guy is on a 10 YEAR title defense streak....its insane to say Khabib is more legend then JJ......

[@manny2door]

ozz amen

[@tuomaskallio5766]

I watch them talk about mma purely for comedy. What do you want to bet that these guys know next to nothing about jon, who is like, you know, maybe the GOAT of MMA?

[@yomammasboo713]

@@tuomaskallio5766 they only know about Conor because hes got the complexion for the connection, says all the funny click bait things, puts himself out there so when he falls the same media that was propping him up can tear him right back down. I think Jones is probably happy he's not forced to deal with the amount of attention Conor demands, honestly.

[@Visualiize]

Jones is much better fighter than Khabib, jones is great everywhere khabib only good in the ground against a cage.. And on top of that khabib literally has not fought any good ground game fighters just look at his wins he's only fought strikers

[@lettruthbetold5732]

Jon rarely use all of his skills the guy is completely rounded 👊 A lot stronger than people think 👊

[@wanda1396]

This is the downside of ESPN’s involvement with UFC - having to listen to clowns like Max Kellerman and Stephen a Smith

[@rektscrub8800]

Max understands combat sports. He was a boxing commentator for many years along side Teddy Atlas. Steven A Smith on the other hand.......

[@robp2203]

RektScrub I agree, Kellerman is knowledgeable particularly with regards to boxing. Stephen A Smith is a joke

[@xSayPleasex]

@@robp2203 It's not a lack of combat knowledge in general, it's a lack of knowledge in MMA history and having no depth of MMA specific combat. Even comparing Khabib's current legacy and stand-up skill to that of Jon's is pretty humorous...maybe if Khabib has 5 more title defenses.

[@cbaileychamp]

@@xSayPleasex khabib gets more respect from me then jones just because i feel like jones has had some fr assistance from roids and faulty decisions

[@MicEBeats]

Max doesn't have a clue what he's talking about

[@khabibistheking7686]

Thag man called ANDERTAP SILVAROID a great hahahahah

[@danielpatrickdwan7167]

None of these clowns do. How you can say Nurmagomadov is more worthy of GOAT status than Bones is beyond me

[@unknowninfinite8081]

@@khabibistheking7686 Anderson Silva is a 🐐

[@jackgreenway4646]

@@danielpatrickdwan7167 No idea, Khabib is great on the ground but his stand up is lacking bucket loads.

[@shade4520]

@@danielpatrickdwan7167 28-0

[@alnuedling1519]

WOOOOOOW. First Take has the greatest mixed martial artist on the planet. And they talk about Conor and Khabib(Nurmagomedov) I’m not even sure they know that Khabib is his first name at this point lol

[@khabibistheking7686]

McGregor and khabib are the greatest in top 5 khabib is top 3

[@tejasbhat4477]

@@khabibistheking7686 conor isnt top 5... He's top for the most famous... But nowhere in top 5 in fighting

[@rickyd2929]

@@khabibistheking7686 Conor lost to Nate, was getting thrown around by Mendes, got destroyed by Khabib. He doesn't have a gas tank, he was literally praying that Nate and Khabib finish him so he wouldn't have to go on. Khabib needs to beat tougher competition. He should be going for that second belt at welterweight especially considering how much he would struggle making lightweight. But Ferguson is a great step towards facing tougher competition.

[@rogerphilabaum4563]

@@kamran2035 most fighters don't cherry pick fighters to lose to. Just saying.

[@niteshkhatiwada2511]

Stephen "I know only about Conor so I'm gonna drag him in every ufc conversation" Smith

[@ccf3195]

Jon doesn’t care about the money or fame. He cares about LEGACY.

[@RevanX]

The legacy of doping.

[@teabag4046]

legacy? his legacy is being caught with PEDS 3x. Reyes won the fight yet jon got the nod, yeah no corruption there

[@themanstan0785]

Ro _ jon isn’t that impressive now that he ain’t drugged

[@pghbeaster]

@@teabag4046 I agree about him being a drug cheat, but you gotta decisively beat the champ to be the champ. Unless it's a totally one sided beatdown, you can't really expect to win the title via decision, IMO. You could argue how corrupt judging is and i'd agree there too, but atm it is what it is.

[@himalayarajsinhparmar7368]

It's not the exactly opposite, but not accurate.

[@MikeJones-gz3wb]

Jon- "If you would ask some MMA Experts...." 😂😂🤣🤣🤣 . Jon just 💩💩💩💩 all over Max and Stephen, especially after S.A.S. just got ripped by the MMA Community. ROFL

[@tlbjr25]

No he didnt lol, you're makin it more than what it really is

[@Chandroization]

I’m dead. You’re spot on

[@nightryder16]

Yea I peeped that too

[@ItsAnEndlessWorld]

😭😭😭😭

[@khbrown8963]

Mike, I wish I could give you 2 likes

[@shanejoseph7848]

I wonder if either of them ever even watched Jon Jones actually fight.

[@littlelizard3483]

Shane Joseph probably not but a couple glances at a sports bar tv.

[@hamadalshaqsi2005]

They probably did. I’m sure they don’t understand the sport.

[@lettruthbetold5732]

You better kno it 👊

[@warnamir7434]

Stephen A was in the crowd for DC vs Jones 2.

[@happyjemini]

If they did you'd think Kellerman wouldn't be dumb enough to bring up the ground game... Like Jon Jones is some scrub on the ground.. What a failure of an interview.

[@UnclePyro21]

“I like what you’re saying Jon... but you mentioned Connor” Max in response to Jon answering one of their questions on Connor

[@thedagestaniperm8272]

GSP avenged both of his losses, Defended his title 9 times, went on a 13 fight win streak, then after 4 years of retirement came back to beat Michael Bisping to become a 2 divisional champ😂. If anything he should be right behind Jon Jones when it comes to p4p

[@KingsV1]

These guys had no idea what they were talking about looooool

[@levelhickbros]

Max did. Jones is acting like its stupid to think Khabib is better pound for pound. I don't agree but its not stupid to think that. and Max knows more about fighting than me and u both he been doing this

[@MrKingmike1231]

@@levelhickbros u sound like a casual only for saying he know more then you wen he is not a top mma / ufc follower & Khabib a bigger star then Jones buh no doubt Jon Jones is p4p #1 right now

[@liljuan206]

@@levelhickbros yessir

[@levelhickbros]

MrKingmike1231 no doubt??? Are u crazy? I think jones is the best in the world but to say no doubt is just dumb . Khabib is DOMINATING his fights like jones did on the rise whereas jones just won a split over a guy who tore both hamstrings😂 if there is any doubt about jones it is khabib

[@levelhickbros]

Khabib and jones only fighters I have never seen in a vulnerable moment

[@amiririce69]

Stephen A Smith knows nothing about fighting how does this man say Jon “bones” Jones is not box office I knew who Jon was before I knew who McGregor

[@ettorebugatti9354]

Khabib is a bigger draw than Jones right now. Masvidal is also bigger draw than him just like Adesanya. And Conor is bigger draw then half of them combined. It is what it is. But Jones is p4p #1 and better fighter than all of them, no question about that.

[@oglaighnaheireann6814]

@@ettorebugatti9354 all of them combined x 5 that woyld be closer.grannies in the nursing home know who mcgregor is.😂

[@ettorebugatti9354]

@@oglaighnaheireann6814 Yeah i agree. Conor is just on another level when it comes to numbers.

[@yaircato8613]

@@ettorebugatti9354 Yes mate but I honestly think Conor as a draw he is declining little by little and mostly was a big draw within his fellow country men or the surroundings mostly and also WWE fans to no said casuals 😁 ... People who really are fans that was before Conor now and will stay long after Conor is gone will know who Jone , Jose , GSP , Khabib , Tony etc.. ARE and what have they done in the sport not only that but we will appreciate much deeper... Unlike those Conor fans who most likely 90% of them will retire with Conor .. meaning when he goes they will also go from MMA . And that is a good thing if you think about it . We don't need casuals ... That is what is hurting the ranks and how they stack and who deserves the Championship shots and who doesn't... I get it is entertainment but we can't never let the sport aspect aside because that is in fact exactly what it is ... Conor's fans hurt all that .. now we getting the Colbys , Usman with 17 personalities trying to get some benefits out of them if people like one of them 😁😂🤣😅😆 which is not happening by the way...

[@dfunk4186]

not selling as much since he fucked up a while ago, also not fighting as reckless

[@4sakenreaper42]

Jon “it’s not about the money it’s about sending a message” Jones

[@Ironsky04]

Conor never made positive in doping.

[@techinfra4505]

Jon Jones never assaulted people purposely

[@4sakenreaper42]

VA Sports and entertainment except for a stripper homie, and DC when he was roided up, and when he was driving high and crashed into the pregnant lady...

[@KARALISinc]

ESPN: mcgregor mcgregor mcgregor Jones: if u compare mcgregor hes not the goat ESPN: I see u mentioned mcgregor, lets talk about it

[@warking3523]

😂😂😭

[@EZdelFresco]

They just can't have an MMA segment on this show without mentioning Conor. I remember they pulled this on Bisping once and he said "Yeah, because I wanna discuss Conor when I'm the one fighting."

[@EZdelFresco]

@@nicholassimmonsthomas8504 It's not even about salt. It's obvious why they do it. It just has to be annoying for fighters not named Conor.

[@michaelj450]

Nicholas Simmons Thomas That comment was kind of dumb, no real disrespect to you. If you watch boxers get interviewed i.e Crawford, Spence, Porter, they’re not asked about Canelo Alvarez who’s the cash cow in boxing right now. So why should MMA fighters be asked questions about the MMA cash cow? Lol even way back when fighters weren’t constantly pestered with Mayweather questions unless your name was Manny Pacquiao.

[@nicoduran98]

Michael J Because the impact that Conor generates is higher than the ones you listed and everybody wants to see him involved in one way or another.

[@michaelj450]

Nicholas Simmons Thomas Once again I said what you just said, which is that Conor is the cash cow. So is Canelo Alvarez yet boxers are not asked questions about him. So try again.

[@michaelj450]

nicoduran98 How so? You know Alvarez was generating over a million PPV buys before DAZN came in and picked him up? Conor generates similar numbers to Alvarez

[@MohFit.]

5:30 “ the eyeball test “ 😂

[@ItsAnEndlessWorld]

💀

[@losganns3674]

Bruh lol. Jon had already gave his answer and reason. Max comes back with no i dont mean who you've beaten, i mean the eyeball yest.

[@izzyb2789]

Lol dude sounded dumb asf 😂😂😂

[@tylerprocter921]

Jon showed his maturity here by not going off on these idiots props to him.

[@eduardoguadalupe7709]

I Like Jon Jones reaction to Kellerman opinion on Kabib being the best " Right" lol

[@antzyfi]

Anybody notice how Stephen A was relatively silent this whole video

[@tlbjr25]

He was on twitter lol

[@luisvargas1520]

He should stop pretending to know MMA so good.

[@tlbjr25]

Nobody was ever questioning stephen As credibility until people heard that "cerone quit" which he didnt even really say. Stephen A aint all that bad.

[@allenmk138]

@@tlbjr25 Bro, he doesn't have to say those words for you to know that he meant that. The man made it seem like Cowboy was some washed up fighter, but in reality, he's a top 5 fighter in his division. That's like saying Aldo folded against Conor or Askren folded against Masvidal.

[@MatheusOliveira-dx8lb]

@@tlbjr25 Man, he really is.

[@God-my5tu]

This man is interviewing Jon Jones and he brings up Conor.

[@TheTruth-mv7hm]

Cause connor is more popular

[@recipoldinasty]

God well jones has massive respect for mcgregor so i dont think he care

[@AR-jr8sm]

Conor will never be mentioned when people are talking about the goat of mma

[@God-my5tu]

@One no he won't

[@AR-jr8sm]

Conor always had it easy he fought Dennis siver to get a his first title shot !

[@Jay-jk8lk]

You can tell max is really doing is homework on MMA and is slowly becoming more knowledgeable. Fair play to him 🙌🏾

[@itsatrap4386]

What the heck is the “eye ball test”? Even after explaining it still makes no sense. I’ll sooner know where Kevin Lee fits into all this... smh

[@FMD023]

Geez i love Max but both him and SAS straight up cut off Jon and won't let him finish his sentence. Horrible on ESPNs part.

[@Samuel-zo5eq]

How long you’ve been watching this 2? Cutting off is like breathing to them

[@JesseGovenderMusic]

Hardest interview too watch if you follow the sport

[@felix3033]

So so so bad

[@haydensadowsky9111]

One Way Out - Band f’realll dude

[@Panacea8]

The ESPN circus continues

[@freshhbro]

You guys think Stephen knew about Hughes v gsp when he nodded his head when max mentioned it ?

[@Tannytkn]

Jon’s face at 5:52 when Max is saying Khabib has a good stand up game 😂😂

[@anthonyryan1463]

I know everyone loves Max Kellerman, but he made that interview awkward.

[@Monalexander799]

Very lol

[@amiririce69]

His job is to ask tough questions I don’t have a problem with it

[@For_The_Watch]

Where we at in America where we criticize the press for asking tough questions. Everyone wants their guy to get a pass. No one asked Jon Jones to do tons of blow or run his car into a pregnant lady, those were his decisions.

[@anthonyryan1463]

@@amiririce69 not his questions, the way he asks and how he was talking about Khabib was awkward.

[@anthonyryan1463]

@@For_The_Watch what does that have to do with Max Kellerman being awkward. And what "tough questions" did he ask? I'm not even a Jon Jones fan, but I recognize a bad interview when I see one.

[@TizzleF]

Max had the audacity to talk about khabib’s ground game and stand and compare it to Jon Jones who literally is A++ at both ground and stand up lmao 😂

[@Korkortssidan]

Tee D. You follow Gary V right?

[@maaz2897]

@G P khabib too little LMFAO Jones would love to play with him u saw his smile lol

[@dandillinger23]

Right and Jones’ record dwarfs Khabibs

[@makishimashogo2164]

Khabib's ground game is THE ground game. Polished from mountains to modern mma gyms. His strenght as a 80kg:er can grapple out with 100kg+, add to this that he's cutting to 70kg for fights.. truly overpowered. Even though untested (many blows to the head), it looks that his skull is like that of Nate Diaz' who can take many blows. His standup is literally average. Cardio maxed out. As much as i hate him for beating the best example of patriotic pride- and confidence, you can't deny that he'd beat everyone from middleweight and lighter. Most of lightheavy too. He can eat punches and then grab you till the rounds end. Others in ufc are humans who train their body and learn mixed martial arts, Khabib is a savage and way too overpowered for people who have taken even a few days to enjoy normal life (like all people do including mma champions)

[@semansco]

@Tarik Hodzic I think Stereoids would make a great name for a band. Good thinking.

[@chainsawhanshaw]

I automatically thought of eyepokes when he said the eyeball test lol freudian slip is what that was lol

[@jimmicrackhead12]

4:30 Stephen A nodding as though he knows these guys lol

[@CaspaGaming]

No one Literally no one Dominic Reyes: I’m also Mexican

[@Defy510]

Na, he is not one of us. He sounds more American. 😂

[@j.3o21]

I thought he was an athlete who played College Football.

[@julioarroyo751]

@@Defy510 no hes mexican his mom and pop's are hella mexican cool people too

[@uyema5275]

The smirks from Jon knowing that these two know absolutely nothing about MMA.

[@jaysonantonio2916]

Ricardo Uyema this fools asking questions that are annoying. How I wish it was face to face interview . Let see if max has that courage to ask those dumb questions

[@kartinmarl.7804]

“The eye ball test” dear god 😂

[@smoothcriminal7118]

when stephen a. smith asked him second q jon started laughing cuz he had pictured stephen hitting the pads haha

[@mohammedbilllah6620]

Thanks first take Now chael can make 4,5 video out of this interview

[@bryantb856]

I keep seeing these comments about Chael everywhere. LMFBO!!!

[@NeedMoreJuice.]

Mohammed Billlah You’re so right 😂 Uncle Chael will make 4,5 videos out of this !!! Hahahaha

[@chessplayerspoets6482]

Haha

[@tigerhoods7927]

Molly ruins everything. Espn should ban her instead of lavar ball.

[@-robdphd-9741]

As well as* lavar

[@Sykogene]

7:20 good point right here

[@Maximus90277]

I enjoy these interviews becaus it’s questions we don’t see often

[@drewcoate8671]

I like how even with the "I'm Dominick Reyes" meme, the interviewers still say his name wrong "Riyes". Dont they know he is an athlete?

[@Joker9586]

When the most competent journalist there is Stephen A. Smith, there is a bit of a problem

[@jonn8911]

Aright I’m coming back

[@boogyjuggy]

Smith is just dreadful...clueless.

[@tramarparker7725]

Molly was the smartest she stfu abt something she ddnt know abt 🤷🏽😂😂

[@Brandough001]

@@jonn8911 🤣🤣🤣 read that in GSPs voice

[@jonn8911]

B-RECK Zildjian lmao

[@DarkPhantomSky]

Loved the Transformer sounds in between.

[@Trello513]

"I predict that I'm gonna finish this fight before the championship rounds"

[@DudeFromCleveland]

It was going good.. then it got real awkward. Lol

[@bullettomy7thheart]

The best fighter on planet earth

[@peraltaman]

He's the eye poke legend

[@kellz1703]

peraltaman still beat everyone

[@ettorebugatti9354]

@@peraltaman DC is also known for eye pokes.

[@johnbrittain8695]

Definitely without question, people hold Jon's past against him.

[@Demonthxg]

Best eye poker*

[@jona6373]

If I were Jon, I would’ve walked out of the interview

[@lightsout6393]

Why?? SMH

[@justbleed1172]

@@lightsout6393 the interviewers

[@ct6382]

Can you imagine how good this interview wouldve been if Uncle Chael was there?? Wouldve been interesting to see not only see a fighter but someone who actually fought against Jones

[@podgemuller]

Max stick to boxing

[@larry557]

podgemuller was gunna comment something along this line.. but thank you

[@bobsmith962]

Mma is where the market is going. Boxing doesnt fight enough.

[@podgemuller]

@@bobsmith962 there is world championship fights on most wknds.

[@JoseGuzman-ne3pk]

UFC has to take that one loss from Jon Jones

[@bertfinland6720]

Matt Hammil messed this scrub up

[@JC-nt6pq]

UFC cant take away a loss.

[@johnnyj5226]

Nah, he's a steroid cheat eye poker, he deserves it

[@JehovaArmy7144]

Thats on the state athletic commissions not the ufc

[@Arcelaeus]

@@johnnyj5226 Irrelevant to the situation

[@DannyJuke]

Jon Jones grew up fighting perennial Pro Bowlers in his household. I guarantee he can take on the heavy weights in the UFC.

[@leecoleman7495]

Jon “ at the end of the day” jones lol 😂

[@austinatomTV]

KEEP STEPHEN A OUT OF MMA DISCUSSIONS. HE’S TERRIBLE.

[@ricoskino488]

Yea

[@danh4435]

Naw he uses rationality

[@Maximum_37]

Austin ATOM even Jon said mma experts

[@piricoula5366]

Austin ATOM You must be a Conor’s fanboy

[@robertblake1228]

Max thinks MMA is like boxing and that makes him sound so stupid...he does knows his boxing but this is sad

[@terrellsims8041]

Mann.. This man has real confidence. He believes in what he can do so realistically.. & he never downs his opponent to do it, he just keeps bringing himself up.

[@BlackLocs14]

Jones was thinking to himself "I'll Beat Him Up" when they kept bringing up others names

[@adamflores5027]

Sounds Nice lol true fighter mantality

[@samueltriad7103]

You see Stephen A Smith is uncomfortable in this segment after everyone was roasting his pad hitting 😂😂😂

[@tope115]

Fairness: Jones' grappling is as good as it gets, he was able to contain DCs grappling. As much as I hatwe that man for being a cheat & he shoulndt get that kinda platform. That statement by Max was ignorant & you could sense that Jon took notice.

[@demetriussmith9234]

Max disrespectful 😂😂

[@kloserlook]

Super

[@dominickschrute3084]

He said a guy with 3 title fight wins was better p4p.... but its still early 😂. Sure max Jones still has work to do at his weight class...

[@jeffreymartin3361]

Jon saying “.......riiiiiight” sums up the quality of the questions

[@Abdullah-ec4ns]

Jon's Resume is no doubt the best in MMA, The big question is how important is his failed drug test? As of right now Gsp, Khabib, DC, Stipe, Cejudo, even Adesanya are all clean. Out of all of the current clean fighter yes Khabib should be considered the p4p (GSP is technically retired).

[@kainoizking]

You're delusional if you think they're all clean.

[@marcusneeras2568]

@@kainoizking no proof

[@kainoizking]

@@marcusneeras2568 anybody competing at an elite level in sport is on some kind of gear. Olympians, football, powerlifting etc

[@marcusneeras2568]

@@kainoizking no proof of those elite mma fighters using gear lol thats why we have USADA

[@kainoizking]

@@marcusneeras2568 believe what you want champ 👍

[@Sir-Seaniel]

I love Stephen A but after Joe called him out it’s so obvious how little he knows about MMA. Still love Stephen A. But he definitely shouldn’t be analyzing MMA

[@cameronroyse2520]

Sean Reilly who are you to say? What credibility do you have over Stephen A to talk about anything 😂

[@Sir-Seaniel]

Cameron Royse it’s just something I noticed. And it’s pretty obv. Especially considering he admits it himself

[@prime7042]

Cameron Royse he knows nothing about mma

[@roleiosports3695]

@@cameronroyse2520 He literally just quoted what joe said lol. Read his comment. Stephen does not understand this sport but hey it still gets clicks so who cares

[@SlyLyfe]

Bones Jones is the reason I started watching MMA.

[@cssChiakii]

So refreshing to hear Jones saying he's gonna finish it and that he's gonna finish it BEFORE the championship rounds. Let's go Jon

[@grandtroll]

'...Jones, you got enough picos? Or do you want me to drop the megamedoff?'

[@orlandocastro9282]

Max...stick to boxing...

[@ItsAnEndlessWorld]

😂😂😂

[@ShadowVille2770]

what he say wrong?

[@itsrn4l817]

I didn't know that goats could speak

[@100ovrbatmanbron7]

wait for all of the “steroids” people to come at you dispite Jon beating 10+ roided up fighters, and having such a small amount in his system that it doesn’t make a difference.

[@goatedcrafty7733]

5 failed drug tests

[@rowdypalmer6012]

@@goatedcrafty7733 not all steriods. That matters.

[@peraltaman]

@@100ovrbatmanbron7 don't forget eye poking every single oppenent

[@100ovrbatmanbron7]

peraltaman nah that’s fat boy Cormier

[@mikeross111]

Pops to Jon for being respectful...

[@DefaultName-vk7ok]

Totally agree with the previous comments. It would be wise for these Espn shows to use Chael and Ariel along with their regulars when talking about mma. Sas was looking down in the beginning trying not to think of joe rogans criticism.

[@muhammadmousa4192]

Kilo for kilo, the greatest fighter in MMA history

[@xordus]

outside of Anderson Silva, no doubt about it.

[@spikeleo5941]

I see what you did there!

[@spikeleo5941]

@Matt Rowland- Don’t forget about Mighty Mouse.

[@DG-pk3fh]

@@xordus Jon would have beat Prime silva no doubt about that

[@igot5onit423]

What u know bout kilo's 😈

[@kronjohnkc]

He's already the best of all time.

[@kloserlook]

And still more to add to the story

[@raybans8712]

Don’t count when you are a drug cheat

[@MasteIsIllmatic]

@@raybans8712 8/10 of them are drug cheats. Jones is by far the greater in skill. Also what drugs is he taking. His legs look like sticks.

[@TheTruth-mv7hm]

@@MasteIsIllmatic I think gsp is all around more skilled but I see your point

[@MasteIsIllmatic]

@@TheTruth-mv7hm my dawg GSP is a beast no doubt.

[@jakobparker529]

I feel like Jon had a look on his face at one point, trying to remember when he said "yes" to this interview...and I'm not even done with this video for the first time yet.

[@dauriced7921]

I love this interview 😎

[@IamTonyStark1]

Lets talk to JBJ about everything other than his next fight...😬

[@jnike4230]

Ikr🤦‍♂️

[@garethhancock8525]

They talked to him for 9:47 mins before this interview about his next fight

[@jhnnykid3805]

ESPN is painful to watch when they interview MMA fighter

[@nandoj88]

Jones quickly figured out this was going to b a goofy interview 😃

[@Willifordwav]

Lmao “the eyeball test”

[@mariomarcos2148]

Who tf reads Reyes as “rise” that’s just slow af

[@ExphazedGames]

Max thinks khabib is more dominant than jones cause of the wrestling but cmon khabib hasn’t fought anyone compared to jon it’s not even close. I wanna see what max thinks after the tony fight cause trust me that’s gunna be a war

[@vaterpolistzg]

I would say if anyone has even more impressive wrestling than Khabib that's Jon Jones.

[@vaterpolistzg]

@MrShadowinko I agree about Usman but I would expect more from Romero. He is Olympic silver medalist and he has trouble to hold down opponents when he scores a takedown and he gets taken down a lot.

[@EScoglio]

Imagine asking a fighter going into his 15th title fight, who has 13 wins in those fights, who has not only defeated some of the best in his weight class, but dominated them, and who has never even been knocked down once in his career is somehow not as good as we think or that he is not box office. Leave it to Max and Stephen A to make me feel bad for Jon Jones.

[@alidol8181]

Jones. One thing my old man said to me when I was a kid. No matter how tough you think you are there will always be someone tougher.