Those unprofessional media scumbags are at it again!
Per the latest official UFC rankings â which are voted upon by UFC selected members of MMA media â Heavyweight champion Jon Jones is currently the third best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. He sits behind fellow champions Islam Makhachev and Alex Pereira in that order.
Pound-for-pound rankings will always be an endless source of debate, but the logic here is fairly simple: Makhachev and Pereira are actively winning fights and putting on high-level performances. Jones, conversely, has been away so long that thereâs an interim champion racking up title defenses. Heâs won just once in the last four years, so he loses points based on activity despite being nearly unbeaten as a professional throughout his entire remarkable career.
UFC CEO Dana White disagrees. Strongly. During his recent interview with Kevin Iole, White talked extensively about the Heavyweight title picture, asserting that interim champion Tom Aspinall deserves nothing and can wait as long as Jones vs. Stipe Miocic requires. While discussing Jones, White brought up the recent pound-for-pound snub and positively unloaded on the whole situation.
Itâs a rant for the ages.
âJon Jones is ranked number three pound-for-pound in the world,â a smoldering White began. âThe most fucking ridiculous, embarrassing, stupid, no-nothing-about-fâking-fighting ranking of all fâking time. Jon Jones is the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world, period, end of story. To have anybody above Jon Jones right now just goes to show that you know absolutely fâking nothing. Itâs undebatable!
âAnyone who even tries to debate this with me, youâre just hating on Jon Jones, and you donât like him as a person. These are fâking facts. Itâs not like me and Jon Jones have this unbelievable relationship. What I am saying about Jon Jones is undebatable: the baddest dude to ever walk the face of the Earth in combat sports.â
Jones is expected to return to action in November opposite Stipe Miocic. If heâs victorious in impressive fashion, another win might be enough to elevate him back up to the top spot on the pound-for-pound list.
If not, expect to hear about it.
The only way to solve it is to put them all in a room. Every weight class, all of em. The one that walks out would be pound for pound number one B.
âI almost feel like maybe Jon [Jones] has some dirt on Dana [White] or something. Because Dana generally wouldnât put up with this type of behavior,â Askren said. âThis is what the UFC has been founded on, whereas boxing [isnât]⌠âWe want the best guys to fight, we want to see who the best guy is, no shenanigans, no padding records to go to 40-0ââŚthe fact that Jon, I donât know if allowed is the right term, but that Dana is playing along and letting him and Stipe [Miocic] fight, when Stipe is going to be close to four years [out] by the time they fightâŚ
âAnd you have this young, interim champion who, heâs a beast! He smashes people. The fact that they wonât put them in there together, and thereâs this obvious guarantee that Jon beats Stipe, and says âIâm done!â. And then you never get to see that.â
Jones and Aspinall are two of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the UFC. Miocic hasnât fought since a brutal knockout loss to Francis Ngannou in 2021.
Danaâs diameter is definitely Jon Jones sized.
Its Jon Jones dude. His diameter is probably Dana Sized
How can he keep his ranking when he doesnât fight anymore? How long does he stay pfp#1 without actually fighting?!