You’ll be able to shut down the GOAT debate, based on UFC CEO Dana White. Jon Jones has gained it, and it’s not even shut.
Arguments over who’s the Best of All Time in blended martial arts get fairly heated. That’s simply the way it goes when you might have guys like Georges St-Pierre, Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, and Khabib Nurmagomedov to select from. However White has settled on his GOAT, and shocker! It’s Jon Jones, the fighter he’s nonetheless earning money off of.
“Jon Jones, there’s no debate,” White stated on the Lex Fridman podcast. “No person can debate who’s the best of all time. It’s completely positively Jon Jones. He’s by no means misplaced. He’s by no means been overwhelmed within the octagon ever.”
“He destroyed everyone at mild heavyweight, which on the time was the hardest weight class within the firm and the game. After which he moved as much as heavyweight, gained simply at heavyweight. And the opposite factor is that you need to consider too is longevity. It’s simple. You’ll be able to hate all you need. Jon Jones is the best of all time.”
Jones could also be undefeated within the cage (ignoring the Matt Hamill DQ loss), however his quite a few drug check failures and scandals have some puritans ruling him out. After which there are more moderen followers like Lex, who’re Khabib appreciators.
“I feel that Khabib had the potential to be within the operating for that,” White stated. “He simply didn’t stick round rather a lot. To begin with, he had accidents that, you realize, he ought to have been the place he obtained rather a lot sooner had he not had the accidents that he had, and the setbacks in his profession. However there’s little question Khabib is without doubt one of the all time greats.”
