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Jones: 248 lbs

Aspinall: 250 lbs

Stipe: 234 lbs

Jones-Aspinall age gap: 6 years

Stipe-Jones age gap: 5 years (which is arguably much more of an advantage for Jon because Stipe is literally at retirement age and shows a lot more obvious wear and tear on his body)

I don't even know anymore. Is he trolling?

He presents it as if the fans have been trying to bait him into fighting someone with these extreme advantages, but he's too smart to bite.

If Jon thinks it's not impressive for such a "bigger" and younger fighter to win, he should take a look back at his own career. He's basically trashing his own legacy.

Let's see if there's some sort of pattern we can identify in his first 10 title defenses:

9 years younger than Rampage

9 years younger than natural middleweight Lyoto

8 years younger than Rashad

10 years younger than natural middleweight Vitor

10 years younger than natural middleweight Chael

Same age as Gus (who really won that fight?)

9 years younger than Glover

8 years younger than Cormier

4 years younger than OSP

8 years younger than Cormier (caught cheating, win overturned)

Thoughts? Does Jon even realize how bad this last presser made him look?

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By nearly every metric, Fedor's accomplishments and legacy dwarf that of Miocic (who, to be fair, is the UFC HW GOAT). Let's delve into the numbers.

Fedor: 40–7 (1) pro record, Fighter of the Decade (2000-2009), Pride HW Champion (3 defenses), 12 elite wins over highly ranked opponents, 9-1 against UFC Champions.

Stipe: 20–4 pro record, UFC HW Champion (4 defenses), 10 elite wins over highly ranked opponents, 6-3 against UFC Champions.

Now, let's take a deeper look into their careers. Fedor went essentially undefeated in his prime (the sole loss being a cut that wasn't actually that bad, a highly disputed loss), tore through the heavyweight division for a full decade as a 6 foot heavyweight (he arguably had a middleweight / light heavyweight frame), and was one of the great innovators of the sport's history, particularly as a transition fighter and in his vicious application of GnP. Fedor beat a who's who of heavyweight greats from the era, including Nogueira 2x, Crocop, Arlovski, Big Tim, Coleman, and Randleman (Couture being the only major heavyweight champ of the era that Fedor didn't fight, and not for a lack of trying by both fighters). In the second decade of Fedor's career, his prime years behind him, he went 9-6, and became more of a burst counterpuncher, clocking in 7 of 9 wins via KO/TKO.

Stipe had a legendary career, and was certainly the most accomplished UFC HW Champion. A true heavyweight, 6'4 and 235 lbs with a six pack, Miocic is one of the great boxer-wrestlers of heavyweight history. He had a game which was simple but effective, using crisp straight punches and good movement to outduel most of his opponents, although he was notably felled by 4 of his rivals in his prime UFC run (3 of those 4 losses by KO/TKO). Despite losing to those 4 men, Miocic was also able to score wins over 3 of them, and overall holds some great name wins, including Cormier, Ngannou, Cigano, Werdum, Arlovski, and Overeem. Unlike Fedor, Miocic's career largely took place inside of one decade; the second decade of Miocic's career contains his close decision win in the rubber match with Cormier, and getting starched by Ngannou.

At the end of the day, Fedor simply had higher highs in his career, had a better prime, and had more longevity than Stipe. If Miocic beats Jones, it does breathe life into the second decade of his career, but won't be enough to unseat Fedor as the heavyweight GOAT.