I have long appointed Jon Jones as the greatest fighter we've ever seen but after last night's demolishing of Frank Mir, I think I've actually been overlooking JDS. Yes Jon Jones has been beating legends and former champions (with 3 title defenses), but at some point should we be accounting for the fact that some of these legends are "over the hill"? Rampage Jackson hasn't looked impressive since beating Liddell/Dan Henderson in 2007, and Shogun Rua has an asterisk after every fight due to his knee problems (never know when the REAL Shogun showed up). Machida/Evans are big wins but Rashad seems to choke in every big fight he has (he wins but he doesn't look overly impressive doing it), and the "Machida era" has been pretty sad since he KO'd Evans. Plus if there's any part of Jon Jones game that is still lacking, it's that one punch KO power which JDS clearly has.
On the other hand, JDS resume look like this: Cain Velasquez, Fabricio Werdum, Roy Nelson, Stefan Struve, Crocop, Shane Carwin, and now Frank Mir. All guys who were legitimate contenders for the title, and none of which were in the twilight of their careers except for maybe Crocop.
I think it's time that Junior gets the respect he deserves.