UFC star Jon Jones compares his dominance with Michael Jordan and Babe Ruth's

While Last Dance has me NBA fans reminisce  golden days of Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls from late 1990s, UFC superstar Jon Jones has seemingly tuned in and has w compared himself to Michael Jordan. While every sport has its own icon often labelled as greatest in sport, re have been numerous debates arguing who is greatest athlete of all time. For a number of sports fans, Michael Jordan is often considered as greatest athlete for his competitiveness and his drive to win. UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones believes he is on same level as Michael Jordan and MLB legend Babe Ruth.

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UFC: Jon Jones claims he is superior to Michel Jordan

Jon Jones recently took to Twitter and claimed that Michael Jordan has faced considerable competition and lost numerous games in his illustrious NBA career. However, Jon Jones went on to say that he is yet to taste competitiveness inside octagon and boasts an undefeated record in UFC. Jon Jones went on to label himself as GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) in light heavyweight division, stating, “Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, all best at any sport lost games. My fights aren’t even allowed to be competitive. I got mess though, I’ll kick it up.”

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UFC: Jon Jones career update

Jon Jones mand to defend light heavyweight title in his last performance against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247. However, a major portion of MMA community billed contest as a “robbery” since Dominick Reyes mand to outclass Jon Jones with his striking throughout, but failed to tch victory as fight was taken to judges' scorecard. While Dominick Reyes has alrey been vocal about wanting a rematch against Jones, undefeated American is eyeing a move to heavyweight division.

Jon Jones recently revealed that he is planning to step into  heavyweight unit since he has swept light heavyweight division clean. Though Jon Jones is yet to finalise his plan on paper, light heavyweight champion expressed his interest in facing heavyweight contender Francis Nganu. ' Predator' also welcomed challenge thrown by Jon Jones. 

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