“Jon Jones has gotta be No. 1 for me,” says, ‘Mighty Mouse’ Demetrious Johnson

“Jon Jones has gotta be No. 1 for me,” says, ‘Mighty Mouse’ Demetrious Johnson
Jon Jones and Demetrious Johnson

Since the retirement of Khabib Nurmagomedov following his win against Justin Gaethje at UFC 254, the question that who is the G.O.A.T of UFC is a part of almost all the conversations related to MMA. Jon Jones heated this conversation even more hailing himself as the G.O.A.T. He also faced criticism for this, especially from his arch-rival Daniel Cormier.

Cormier ruled out Jones from the UFC G.O.A.T conversation pointing the dope test he failed. But one of the UFC’s greatest flyweight fighter Demetrious Johnson thinks Jones is the man for him to be called as UFC G.O.A.T.

‘Mighty Mouse’ holds the record for a most consecutive title defense in UFC and he also holds the number one position in the pound-for-pound rankings at UFC for almost two years. Johnson lost his spot when he lost the fight against Henry Cejudo with a controversial split decision. ‘Mighty Mouse’ doesn’t see himself as the UFC top guy instead he backed Jon Jones for this.

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Demetrious Johnson

While talking to MMA Junkie in his latest interview Jonhson says, “Jon Jones has gotta be No. 1 for me, His title reign, I’ve seen him train before, how he’s beaten so many great light heavyweights before. And then after that, it starts to get cloudy, I’m not gonna lie.”

“I think there are athletes that are on their way, like if Khabib would keep on fighting and do five or six or seven or eight more fights, then I’ll definitely throw him in.”

He also added, “For me, I like to see longevity. I like to see dominance. Longevity is a big thing. When you look at Jon Jones, I think he’s 15 world title fights? That’s a lot of work of staying motivated, staying on top to keep on winning. I think Israel Adesanya is on his way. If he goes up to light heavyweight and beats the champion there, and he goes up to fight Jon Jones, he’s definitely on his way.”

The diversity of skill set that Jones possesses made ‘Might Mouse’ to choose him as his favorite. He says “Jon Jones, look at his grappling, look at his hands, look at his submissions, look at how long he’s been a champion”.

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