With his fourth-round submission win over Quinton Jackson at UFC 135, UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones scored his first successful title defense. He also moved to the No. 3 slot in the latest Yahoo! Sports pound-for-pound poll.
Jones, who debuted in the poll back in March in the No. 4 spot, leapfrogged UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo in the latest installment.
Twenty-one MMA journalists, including MMAjunkie.com’s John Morgan and Dann Stupp, vote in the monthly rankings.