Who does Jon Jones put on MMA’s Mount Rushmore?
“Top four — Demetrious Johnson, Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre and myself,” Jones told Vic Blends on YouTube. “In no specific order. We’ve all done really great things in this sport.”
Johnson, of course, is the former UFC flyweight champ—with a ONE Championship title reign to boot. Brazil’s Silva, who Jones infamously sparred in secret, had a legendary middleweight title run. Canadian St-Pierre, a former Jones training partner, is best known for an iconic welterweight title run. However, he later became a two-division champ with a win over Michael Bisping at middleweight.
Most fans are likely to agree with the version of the MMA Mount Rushmore Jones put forth. However, there a few other fighters who arguably deserve a mention. How about former PRIDE heavyweight star Fedor Emelianenko? And what about Jose Aldo and Alexander Volkanovski, both legends at featherweight? How about Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor, both legendary lightweights? And Islam Makhachev?
Ultimately, it’s impossible to argue with the choices Jon Jones put forth. The whole debate is subjective.
