Dana White: Jon Jones' UFC P4P ranking shows voters 'know absolutely f*cking nothing about fighting'

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Jon Jones currently sits at No. 3 in the UFC's pound-for-pound rankings, and that, to Dana White, is worth scorching the earth over.

Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev is at No. 1, and behind him is light heavyweight champ and former middleweight titleholder Alex Pereira. UFC CEO White has been banging the Jones No. 1 drum for a while, which he admits flies in the face of the history of his very public spats with the current heavyweight and former light heavyweight champ.

But White doesn't care whom people put at Nos. 2 or 3 - as long as Jones is atop the chart.

"Jon Jones is ranked No. 3 pound-for-pound in the (UFC)," White recently told longtime combat sports writer Kevin lole. "(That is the most) f*cking ridiculous, embarrassing, stupid, know-nothing-about-f*cking-fighting ranking of all f*cking time."

Much of the debate over Jones' placement has to do with his inactivity. He won the heavyweight title in March 2023, putting him on the short list of fighters to hold belts in two UFC weight classes. He was set to return in November 2023, but suffered a training injury. Now Jones is expected to fight former heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic in November at Madison Square Garden.