Jon Jones rightfully has a spot on the pound-for-pound rankings.
The UFC light heavyweight champion made his second consecutive title defense following his submission victory over Lyoto Machida at UFC 140. It earned Jones his fifth straight win inside the Octagon.
“Bones” has endured one of the most remarkable years in mixed martial arts history.
The 24-year-old’s incredible run has impressed many fans and critics, including UFC President Dana White, who told a media scrum following the UFC 140 post-fight press conference that Jones’ unprecedented rise has made him one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in MMA.
In fact, White places him directly behind reigning pound-for-pound king, Anderson Silva.
“(He’s) number two (in the world),” White said. “He’s literally walked through everybody. He fought four times this year, probably the nastiest schedule in the history of the company. He’s incredible, man.”
While White did stop short of ranking him above the UFC middleweight champion, he was very adamant of Jones’ accomplishments so far, indicating that the champion is well on his way to overtaking the Brazilian’s spot in the future.
“The guy is, I hate to talk too much about it…like nobody’s gonna hear this (laughs) … because he’s so young, you don’t wanna put that kind of stuff in a guy’s head who is that young but he’s walking through serious, serious guys and bustin’ ’em up bad,” he said.
“You don’t see somebody come in and wreck people like this.”
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