Dana White Says Jon Jones Is Greatest Ever If He Beats Ciryl Gane

Who’s the best UFC fighter ever?? It’s among the most fiercely objected to arguments among MMA fans, and now Dana White‘s weighing in!

Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Jon Jones are the names frequently tossed out there (there’s likewise Demetrious Johnson, Amanda Nunes, and a couple of others) … and every one can undoubtedly stake their claim as the very best.

But, with Jones ready to go back to the Octagon (very first time in 1,121 days) versus a bonafide monster in Ciryl Gane (11-1 professional record), and increasing to heavyweight from the light heavyweight department which he controlled for a years, Dana informed Babcock on the TMZ Sports television program (airs weekdays on FS1) previously in the week that Bones is one win far from being the 🐐.

“There will be no arguments over who the G.O.A.T. is if he beats Ciryl Gane on Saturday,” White stated.

As for the other fighters … they’re all non-active in the UFC.

Silva is the previous middleweight champ. He beat everybody from Chael Sonnen, Vitor Belfort, Forrest Griffin, Dan Henderson, Rich Franklin therefore much more. He held the UFC title for longer than anybody in the history of the promo … 2,457 days, protecting his belt effectively 10 times.

GSP, a previous 2x welterweight and 1x middleweight champ, had an expert record of 26-2, just losing to Matt Serra (2007) and Matt Hughes (2004). St-Pierre beat the similarity Michael Bisping, Johnny Hendricks, Nick Diaz, Jake Shields, Carlos Condit, Dan Hardy, B.J. Penn and practically every other fighter of his generation.

Khabib is the just of the fighters in the G.O.A.T. discussion to go unbeaten, retiring with a 29-0 record. Nurmagomedov beat Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, Edson Barboza, Michael Johnson, Rafael dos Anjos and Conor McGregor.

There’s far more with Dana … we spoke to the UFC honcho about whatever from Valentina Shevchenko‘s resume, to 3x NCAA battling champ Bo Nickal‘s UFC launching.