5 Best UFC Champions across Weight Classes

#4 Light Heavyweight: Jon Jones

Jon Jones became champion at the age of 23

Jon Jones might not have the best track record when it comes to PEDs but that doesn’t mean he is a bad fighter. In fact, he is one of the best fighters that have stepped into the Octagon. Jones underlined this fact when he won the UFC Light Heavyweight championship at UFC 128. He was 23 at that time.

He went on to defend the title eight times and outclassed legendary names like Quinton Jackson, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans, Vitor Belfort and Chael Sonnen among others.

Let’s also not forget the wins he secured against Alexander Gustafsson, Glover Teixeira and Daniel Cormier during his run as the champion. When all was done and dusted, Jones held the title for a whopping 1501 days before he was stripped due to his involvement in a hit-and-run case.

To be precise, he never lost the title in the first place. Despite such an impressive resume to showcase it’s sad that Jones is always in the headlines for the bad reasons.