In UFC's more than 30 years of history, Jon Jones is one of the most prominent faces. He is the youngest person ever holding the championship belt, and has never received failure in belt matches. After 3 years of competition, Jones returned and immediately won the Heavyweight weight championship.
When asked about the 5 best boxers in UFC history, Jon Jones surprised everyone with the answer. The reigning champion of Heavyweight is ranked in the first place. However, this does not cause too much controversy, because Jones is almost the same experts.
Besides herself, Jones reminded the name of 4 other faces in the top 5 best boxers in UFC history. These are Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Jose Aldo. Below is the achievement table, as well as the brief information of 5 boxers reminded by Jones's name at the rankings given by him.
Jon Jones (29 matches, 27 wins, 1 losses, 1 did not recognize the results). Considered to be the boxer born to play MMA, Jones had 6 first victories in just 3 months before joining UFC. He first won the championship at the age of 23, and defeated all the most fierce opponents of the tournament.
Anderson Silva (46 matches, 34 wins, 11 losses, 1 do not recognize the results). Having played in prestigious MMA tournaments such as Pride and Cage Rage, Anderson Silva was able to compete for the Middleweight UFC championship after only one competition. Silva held the belt for 7 years, and only lost the first match at UFC when he was 38 years old.
Georges St-Pierre (28 matches, 26 wins, 2 losses). At the time when UFC was still behind many other international MMA tournaments in terms of market share and reputation, GSP was the one who raised it. His matches always have a huge number of viewers. GSP itself also impresses when winning the belt after 4 years of retirement.
Khabib Nurmagomedov (29 wins). Khabib's perfect performance table is the reason why he is appreciated by Jon Jones more than many popular faces like Conor McGregor or Dustin Poirier. Khabib always wins the opponent by ending the match early, or leading the game very safely.
Jose Aldo (39 matches, 31 wins, 8 losses). Sticking with WEC before this tournament merged with UFC, Aldo had 7 years of unbeaten in the weight of Featherweight. After announcing MMA competition in late 2022, Aldo decided to return this year. He is scheduled to play at the UFC 301 event to meet Jonathan Martinez.