The light heavyweight division in mixed-martial arts has long been considered by pundits or hardcore fans its premiere weight class.
And now, as MMA evolves from its nascent beginnings, Jon Jones has emerged as undoubtedly the most talented and dangerous fighter among the 205 pound ranks.
In truth, any currently known light heavyweight faces a hopelessly daunting task would they hope to dethrone the young American.
While Jones’ status as the division’s best is certain, the order of the nine Zuffa combatants under him in a top ten power ranking can still be debated.
But only if you’re really quite bored. And I hope you are!
The proceeding rankings are judged with more weight given to a fighter’s ability than his accomplishments—anyone can use MMA math and connect dots—but here we’ll try and use wisdom as well as knowledge.