After Rashad, I think Machida poses the biggest threat right now stylistically to JJ, besides perhaps a Shogun rematch. Judging from tonight's performance, Phil Davis isn't anywhere close to being at that level. In a few years, Davis could be amazing but right now he's around the level that JJ was at when he fought stephan Bonnar. The difference is that Phil doesn't have Greg Jackson to super boost his career and bones will continue getting better. So I don't see anybody being actually better than him any time soon but I do see a lot of room for potential upset when someone can catch him on the chin.
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