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Seems to be taking a long time to get this question answered.

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#1 ·
Haven't been around here for a while but see that this question I've posed here a few times still hasn't been answered for certain yet.....although someday I know it will be.

I always seem to get different & interesting replies to it. I think I last asked it about 10 or 11 months ago.

And it's nobodys fault here that it hasn't been answered yet because neither of these guys will allow it.

I think I know which way most folks will be leaning at this time....but I could be wrong.

O.K. - Who is going to lose first.....Jose Aldo or Jon Jones?
 
#8 ·
Great question and a difficult one to answer...I'd say Aldo, but I have literally no rationale to back that up, both are just way too good for their division. If Aldo gets by Edgar, damn, who else is left? The UFC needs to bring over Pat Curran, because that is the person I see who could really challenge Aldo.

As for Jones, If he can get past Henderson (a fight that desperately needs to happen), he will have beaten everybody in the LHW division, all the way down in the rankings to Forrest Griffin, which is shocking.
 
#11 ·
I would say Aldo, but only because he is going to move up a weight division first.

Preferably after defeating Edgar and Korean Zombie, he will move up to lightweight and have a tune up fight before fighting the lightweight champion. Imagine Diaz vs Aldo...man. Then Edgar can get the featherweight belt and dominate for a long long time.
 
#12 ·
I would say Aldo. He has to get passed Edgar and possibly the Korean Zombie while Jones is fighting Sonnen next and after that he may fight the winner of Shogun and Gus. I would favour Jones over all three of those men.
 
#24 ·
Aldo not a single doubt in my mind. Jones has been fighting elite level guys, Aldo is taking a big step up in the level of fighter he is facing stepping in with Edgar.
 
#28 · (Edited)
Jones has already beaten most of the top guys in his division, while Aldo has yet to face his greatest challenges, seeing that his division is not as stacked. Knowing Edgar, if the fight is close enough to be slightly controversal, he'll ask for a rematch, and he'll probably get it. Jones still has challanges ahead of him (Cormier, Gus, etc...) while Aldo is more likely to move up a weight class.

So if I had to flip a coin and guess, I'd probably say Aldo.

Basically what it comes down to is which fight is going to happen sooner between Jones/Cormier and Aldo/Edgar, and which champion is more likely to defeat his toughest challenge.
 
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