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Jon Jones continues to creep up pound-for-pound rankings despite not fighting in three years

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Published 03:28 15 Feb 2023 GMT

Jon Jones continues to creep up pound-for-pound rankings despite not fighting in three years

The imminently returning Jon Jones hit the top ten on the P4P rankings.

Jayden Collins

Jayden Collins

The release of the UFC pound-for-pound rankings threw up some surprises upon their release this week.

Fans were shocked to see Alexander Volkanovski retain his number-one position despite losing to the number-two-ranked Islam Makhachev.

The matchup was billed as Makhachev’s lightweight title on the line against Volkanovski’s number-one ranking.

But the tightly fought nature of the fight meant the Australian kept his spot.

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And although this was somewhat surprising, there was perhaps another fighter on the list that has crept up under the radar.

The imminently returning Jon Jones hit the top ten on the P4P rankings.

This comes despite the heavyweight championship challenger not fighting in over three years since February 2020.

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It seems to indicate that perhaps the rankings aren’t the be-all-and-end-all in the UFC, especially after the commotion Islam not taking top spot has caused.

The former light heavyweight champion was ranked #1 until October 4, 2021, before Kamaru Usman knocked him off the top spot.

He has progressively slipped down the rankings over the past two years.

With Jones set to face Ciryl Gane for the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 285 some are predicting that the 35-year-old will jump to number one if he were to win.

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One fan wrote: “Mad that this P4P #1 spot will only last three weeks until Jon Jones returns.”

Another said: “At this point, the P4P #1 is a joke, didn’t really matter if Islam or Volk got it because Jon Jones was about to take it back within 3 weeks.”

A third tweeted: “Let’s be real if Jon Jones is active, he’s the p4p #1…”

A fourth added: “The only person in the UFC that has any business being P4P #1 is Jon Jones.”

The MMA star overtook Jiri Prochazka in the rankings despite the Polish fighter going 3-0 since Jones last competed.

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But it seems despite being away from the game for quite some time now, many still believe Jon Jones is the best in the world.

Jones vacated his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship following a conflict with Dana White over his earnings.

He also expressed his desire to move up to the heavyweight division.

Featured Image Credit: Zuma Press, Inc. / Alamy. @jonnybones/Instagram.

Topics: Jon Jones, MMA, UFC

Jayden Collins
Jayden Collins

Jayden Collins is a Journalist at SPORTbible. He has worked across multiple media platforms in areas such as sport, music, pop culture, entertainment and politics. He is part of the editorial team for LADbible Australia.

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