Jon Jones dominance is partly due to his size and reach advantage. Given he has a figher's acumen and has developed very good skill set in a short period of time. But his dominance shows he is leagues ahead of everyone else. Which have grown up mostly fighting. Not just getting into in the past 4-5 years like Jones. This is where his size controls a big part of his dominance. He is a freak. Yes he has the right to stay at Light Heavyweight and welcome all comers. The only person I see coming on the horizon and still is a few fights out from even becoming a serious contender is Alex Gustafsson. He has potential but is lacking in key skills to be an actual threat to Jones. If Jones wants to create a legacy he goes out after dominating the field in LHW and moves up to HW after putting on size and keeping his skills up and makes a go of it. If it doesnt work out he can always come back to LHW but it will be harder to cut the weight and as he gets older cutting gets more tedious anyway. It will be interesting in which way he decides to go after another couple fights.
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