After a seemingly straightforward win over Ciryl Gane at UFC 285, Jon Jones not solely received the vacant heavyweight title, however he additionally rocketed again into the UFC’s primary pound-for-pound spot. Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski, the person who beforehand held the massive seat on the high, fell down a notch to quantity two.
Volkanovski lately appeared on Steve-O’s Wild Trip podcast and was requested about these current developments. Steve-O isn’t absolutely satisfied but, provided that it was Jones’ solely displaying since his layoff. Volk, nonetheless, didn’t debate the brand new rankings and acknowledged what “Bones” did compared to his accomplishments.
“You’re proper, it was simply that one (struggle), however what he did, transferring up. At the least he moved up and confirmed that the pound-for-pound comes into play. The physique of labor that we’ve performed in the previous couple of years, clearly, lots of people are gonna be like, ‘Have a look at what Alex has performed in the previous couple of years,’ and you will get that.
“However on the identical time, take a look at what Jon Jones has performed, as effectively. So can I actually argue that? He’s gonna be one of many biggest of all time. So for him to take that (P4P spot) is like, ‘Dammit! (however) what do you do?’”
Volkanovski understands that current accomplishments bear extra weight when it comes to rankings.
“You might need performed a complete heap 4 years in the past, that’s obtained nothing to do with now. You aren’t pound-for-pound, we don’t know what you’re doing proper now. That’s nonetheless at all times going to return into play, although.”
Volkanovski needs a rematch with Islam Makhachev after a failed light-weight title bid at UFC 284. The UFC, nonetheless, is reportedly concentrating on Volkanovski’s title protection in opposition to interim champion Yair Rodriguez to happen at UFC 290 on July eighth in Las Vegas.
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In regards to the writer: Milan Ordoñez has been protecting fight sports activities since 2012 and has been a part of the Bloody Elbow employees since 2016. He’s additionally competed in newbie blended martial arts and submission grappling tournaments. (full bio)
