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#2 Jon Jones has several UFC and MMA legends on his resume
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Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua. Rashad Evans. Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson. Lyoto Machida. Vitor Belfort. Alexander Gustafsson. Daniel Cormier. Glover Teixeira.
If there's one aspect of the GOAT debate in which Jon Jones is head and shoulders above everyone else, it's the quality of competition. Fighting savages right from his introduction to the UFC, the New York native has amassed a resume of several world champions and future Hall of Famers.
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Speaking about this, Jones once said while comparing his resume to that of Khabib Nurmagomedov:
"I think Khabib's an amazing fighter. He's done a great job representing UFC. He's a great ambassador for our sport. But if you were to ask some MMA experts about myself and Khabib, I think most people would be able to tell our resumes are completely different. I've fought so many world champions that I've defeated. Khabib, a lot of his victories are against a lot of people that are relatively unknown. I've been fighting legends since I was a young man."
#1 Jon Jones' title defenses and other UFC numbers
Jon Jones' UFC numbers make for astonishing reading. He has the most wins in title fights (14), the most wins in the light heavyweight division (20), the joint-most successful title defenses in UFC history (11), the joint-most submission wins in the light heavyweight division (5) and the longest unbeaten streak in UFC history (18).
As mentioned earlier, Jones is the youngest champion in UFC history (23 years and 242 days). His fight against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 has been inducted into the Fight Wing of the Hall of Fame.
These numbers by themselves may not make Jon Jones' case to be greatest of all time, as others like Georges St-Pierre, Anderson Silva and Demetrious Johnson boast of similar accomplishments. But a combination of the various points on this list makes a compelling argument for the 33-year-old to be the best to ever do it.
