In the immediate aftermath of a performance as dominant as the one that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones had over Glover Teixeira at UFC 172 in Baltimore on Saturday night, it’s easy to label it his greatest. Jones, now 20-1 as a professional fighter and on an eleven-fight winning streak, certainly deserves all the accolades and adjectives that we can send his direction. The champ, however dominant he was in the fight – he won a 50-45 nod from all three judges – still wouldn’t hold this individual fight up as his “best.” “I felt as if I got sloppy towards the end,” he said when asked about the bout at the post-fight press conference. “I started getting booed for running and things like that, but guys like Vladimir Matyushenko, that was a fast fight, Chael Sonnen , that was a really fast fight. I feel like those were my best performances as far as being a clean performance. “But to beat a guy that hasn’t lost in 20 fights, I can’t complain about that performance.” Teixeira had won 20 consecutive bouts, including five under the UFC banner, before stepping into the Octagon opposite the UFC light heavyweight champion
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