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Jon Jones Record Consisting Of 16 Wins In UFC Title Fights Is The Best Ever, With ‘Bones’ Arguably The Greatest MMA Fighter Of All Time
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As the reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion and one of the greatest MMA fighters to ever live, Jon Jones’ record is undoubtedly a phenomenal one. Read on to find out more about his professional MMA record, previous fights, his UFC title record and how many finishes ‘Bones’ has.
Jon Jones Record
Jon Jones turned professional back in 2008 with a debut victory against Brad Bernard at the age of just 20. Since then, Jones has had another 29 professional MMA fights, with all but six of them coming inside the UFC.
Jones’ career has been an example of arguably the best mixed martial arts career of all time. Of course, his career has been on hold for a few years on more than one occasions for outside of the octagon matters, but the Albuquerque man is still widely regarded as the best MMA fighter to ever grace the octagon.
Jones now boasts a record of 28-1 (1 NC) with 18 stoppage victories. The New Mexico resident claimed UFC gold in a second weight division in 2023, putting him on the illustrious list of two-weight world champions in the UFC. There is no denying that he is the greatest mixed martial artist of all time.
As previously mentioned, Jon Jones made his professional MMA debut over 16 years ago now. He was on a FFP: Untamed 20 card where he made the perfect start to his career by winning via TKO in the very first round of the fight. Jones then had five more fights as a pro MMA fighter before signing a deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
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‘Bones’ won his first three UFC fights easily, before ‘losing’ in his fourth UFC fight – the only blemish on his resumé. However, he didn’t really lose the fight.
Jones was fighting Matt Hamill and was beating his opponent up before throwing an illegal downward elbow. This meant Jones was disqualified and handed the first loss of his career. However, there has been talk of Jones’ sole defeat getting overturned as that exact move is now deemed a legal shot within the UFC rules.
However, since then Jon Jones has won every single one of his fights. He won his next six fights by stoppage, winning the UFC Light-Heavyweight Title in the process. The 37-year-old has won ever single fight he has contested since then, apart from a contentious no contest in his rematch with bitter rival Daniel Cormier back in 2017.
Jones won the fight with a sensational finish at UFC 214, but the result was overturned to a no contest due to a failed drugs test. ‘Bones’ popped hot for a turinabol metabolite – an illegal substance to use in the UFC. He was then stripped of his title, before winning it straight back after he served his ban.
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Jones won the UFC 205-pound crown when he defeated Shogun Rua back in 2011. Since then, Jones has won 15 straight fights, defending his UFC title on every occasion and winning the UFC Heavyweight Title as well. Even the fight that was deemed a ‘no contest’ was a fight that Jones won by stoppage.
The list of names he has defeated is simply incredible. Stipe Miocic, Ryan Bader, Shogun, Quinton Jackson, Chael Sonnen, Alexander Gustafsson on two occasions, Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort, Rashad Evans and Daniel Cormier twice are just a few of the stellar names Jones has defeated.
There is no denying that Jones is one of the greatest mixed martial artists to ever live. If not THE best. No matter who he faces, he will go into the fight as a resounding favorite with the best UFC betting sites in the UK. No matter how good the opponent is, Jon Jones is better.
After beating Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 and defending his UFC Heavyweight Title, fights with either Alex Pereira or Tom Aspinall are the only ones that will be discussed for ‘Bones’. Another option is of course retirement.
Should Jones decide to call it a day, he will likely retire and go down as the greatest MMA fighter the world has ever seen. Jon Jones’ record is perfect and is an example of what elite performance at the highest level looks like.
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