
Some of you guys are fukking delusional.
Jones would get wrecked. Jones is a fighter who makes the most of his physical advantages in his division. Those advantages go away at HW. Stipe would box his ass up.
He'd still have the physical advantage anyway if he didn't need to cut weight, OSP is probably bigger than him and he couldn't do shyt, Gus lost on his feet to a guy people say that can't even strike. No one can match his length in the HW, and he knows how to use it, he also control's the center of the octagon and the pace of the fight. If it was that easy to overpower him then DC would've done it, if all he had was reach then Gus would've won the fight since he had a slight edge on the ground, surprisingly.
Stipe is bigger then Jones. He is thicker(

) in terms of physique. And he obviously hits harder. Jones may have reach but his boxing is still iffy. Plus we've seen him struggle against guys his own size in Gus and OSP. I just don't buy him dominating at HW like he does at 205. Gotta understand too the weight difference between those two division two. We talking about usually 35-40 lb difference unlike the usual 10 between other divisions.
Jones walks around 240 lbs and he can easily get stronger if given him time. I have no doubt in my mind that DC would dominate the HW category today, and he's not the greatest striker either. Jones can still control the distance off of his legs alone and only Werdum can give him problems when grappling, his wrestling is elite, on par with DC's, he would dominate these guys, the difference in technique and intelligence is just too much.
Jones after weight cut
Stipe (who doesn't even cut weight)
If there isn't that much difference one day after the weight cut, imagine if he didn't have to do it.