Jon Jones is the best fighter of all-time, no less than so says the UFC.
On Tuesday night time, throughout the newest episode of Contender Sequence, the world’s main MMA promotion unveiled a brand new trailer, not selling their subsequent pay-per-view or occasion, however one strictly selling heavyweight champion Jon Jones as the best fighter to ever compete in MMA.
The video exhibits a lot of Jones’s finest profession highlights, interspersed together with his spectacular statistical accomplishments — together with 15 championship wins, eight wins over UFC champions, most wins in UFC gentle heavyweight historical past (20), amongst others — all with voiceover from Dana White, Jon Anik, and others proclaiming Jones to be the best fighter in historical past.
The video is the newest salvo from White, who not too long ago grew to become considerably of a meme for his repeated insistence that Jones is the best ever and his ire on the reality Jones isn’t the present high pound-for-pound fighter within the UFC’s personal rankings. Over the previous a number of weeks, White’s argued with reporters over the which means of “pound-for-pound” and Jones’s place on the present listing. White even beforehand promised he had one thing ready for many who disagreed with him, so throughout the Contender Sequence post-fight press convention on Tuesday night, he had a smug response for these in attendance.
“Did you guys learn the stats?” White stated. “He not too long ago simply beat the No. 1 heavyweight on the planet. I hope you guys learn that stat. You understand what’s f*cking nice about expertise? We’re not distant from A.I. really doing these rankings and it is going to be an amazing f*cking day when A.I. begins doing this shit. So I’m actually enthusiastic about that.”
Jones is presently ranked No. 3 within the UFC pound-for-pound rankings and No. 8 within the MMA Preventing World pound-for-pound rankings. He most not too long ago competed again at UFC 285 in March 2023, when he submitted Ciryl Gane in simply over two minutes to say the vacant heavyweight title. Although not but official, Jones is predicted to defend his belt in opposition to former champion Stipe Miocic in the primary occasion of UFC 309 which takes place on Nov. 16 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
