The real champ, Jones, fought on Saturday for the first time in more than a year and a half and beat up Miocic at UFC 309. With that return, along with the recent return to MMA by Ngannou in a PFL fight, heavyweight seems to be sorting itself out.

Unlike UFC CEO Dana White, Jon Jones had a very different take on his pound-for-pound placement in the UFC official rankings. Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC), considered by most as the greatest fighter in MMA history,

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has a resume unlike any the sport of mixed martial arts has ever seen. He does have a blemish on his 28-1 record, though that one loss came during a December 2009 disqualification against Matt Hammill — a fight that he was dominating at the time — for using 12-6

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones only wants to compete in "fun fights" at this stage of his legendary career.

Jon Jones added another impressive achievement to a career that has been full of them, capturing his first heavyweight title defense with a

Jones fought wave after wave of light heavyweights prior to holding up the heavyweight division, but one fighter he never faced was current #1 contender Magomed Ankalaev, unbeaten in his last 13 fight but late to the party in terms of title contention.

Jon Jones may or may not continue fighting beyond UFC 309, but if he does, the reigning heavyweight champion has declared he would be willing to return for one more fight against light heavyweight king Alex Pereira over Tom Aspinall.

Jones, regarded by many as MMA’s all-time great, defends against the former champ viewed as the greatest heavyweight ever at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden

Jon Jones once again entered the octagon with a title on the line. He once again took home a belt. In the heavyweight title bout against Stipe Miocic on Saturday night, Jones won via knockout 4:29 into round three.