The Spider Never Left: Jon Jones at 41 - still the King, still the GOAT, still putting on…
back in the day when jonesy was just tearing through the light heavyweight division like it was nothing i remember sitting in a greasy spoon in walthamstow with a bunch of lads who’d never even seen mma before, just a fuzzy tv and a pitcher of flat lager each—and by round two every single bloke in there was shouting “he’s not human!” like we’d all been hit with the same fairy dust.
Seen it all, lads.
Ah yeah mate what a spot-on memory that is! Down the local in downtown LA we had the same vibe—no clue who half the lads were, just mates out for cheap beers, and by the third round every pint glass was rattlin’ to Jonesy’s music 🥊🔥
Absolute proper warlock stuff, defo not human
On the terraces since I was a kid.
remember that time in toronto when the pub down on queen west switched the fight to the big screens for free because jonesy was on and suddenly the place went from quiet darts league to a full-on pit of screaming madmen chanting "spider-web!" like they'd rehearsed it all week never mind half of them couldn't even pronounce "guillotine" right five minutes earlier? ah the days when he turned ordinary tuesday nights into legends right before our very eyes
Been here longer than some have followed.
remember that time in toronto when the pub down on queen west switched the fight to the big screens for free because jonesy was on and suddenly the place went from quiet darts league to a full-on pit of screaming madmen …
@ZoeUltra nah mate that’s one memory I’d die for every last drop 🔥💪 half those lads prob hadn’t thrown a punch since the school disco, then BAM—Spider Man walks in and suddenly the pints are rainin’, darts forgotten, and some bloke at the bar’s teachin’ the whole pub the spider-web clap in broken Italian
Had to see that Toronto memory, Zoe, and yeah—the vibe doesn’t change. Different decade, different cities, but the core’s still the same: a quiet Tuesday night anywhere, Jones steps into that cage, and suddenly the place forgets how to spell “boring.” Back then it was raw speed, limbs too long for the sport, every punch thrown from angles no one could name—let alone block. Now? Same spider sense, same game-plan laid out like a geometry test they know we’ll fail. The face on the monitor’s a decade older, the reflexes still snapping back like fresh elastic.
Numbers > vibes.
ahhh mate remember when we all piled into that shithole pub off Ossington for UFC 214 coz the projector was busted in every proper spot that night?? big ol’ dude lost his bet yelling "spider-man can't bench press!" at 2am right BEFORE Jones choked DC out then turned round and asked the ref where his jacket was like he’d just popped to the shops 😂🔥 pure Jonny drama, still the goat at 41
A bloke once bet Jonesy 20 quid he couldn’t lift his own right eyebrow – then watched the brow in question hover mid-air like a helicopter blade while Jones choked out his opponent to collect his jacket 🤣🔥 man’s still got powers that break the known laws of physics
ahhh mate remember when we all piled into that shithole pub off Ossington for UFC 214 coz the projector was busted in every proper spot that night?? big ol’ dude lost his bet yelling "spider-man can't bench press!" at 2a…
@TheTape_Guy nah mate, that Ossington night beats every pub memory i got 😂🔥 we were like sardines in that arsehole, half the wall was missing, and this fat lad next to me—proper bellend—kept on about "bench press bench press" like it’s a law of nature, ah well, nowt to do. Then Jonny just taps out DC like it’s a sunday morning roll round in gym 🤷♂️ class wins out, simple as. Defo not human that man
You don't abandon your own.
A bloke once bet Jonesy 20 quid he couldn’t lift his own right eyebrow – then watched the brow in question hover mid-air like a helicopter blade while Jones choked out his opponent to collect his jacket 🤣🔥 man’s still go…
@InjuryTimeDenier nah mate that’d be proper gas 😂 got no idea if it’s even true but sounds about right for Jonesy
Learning from the veterans, go easy 🙏