"Jones (28-1) is widely considered the greatest fighter of all time by virtue of his light heavyweight title run, which saw the most title defenses in UFC history. However, Jones' legacy is marred by multiple performance enhancing drug violations, threatening his GOAT status. Khabib Nurmagomedov 's coach, Javier Mendez, recently said he picks Khabib over Jones as the GOAT, as "Bones" was caught cheating."
""I don't know that Jon ever took anything that the rest of them didn't take, but he got caught for it," Sonnen said on his YouTube channel. "I'm going to have to go with no... Jon Jones failing a PED test makes him not the cleanest fighter of all time. It does not disqualify him from being the greatest fighter of all time." Sonnen suffered a first-round stoppage loss in a failed title bid against Jones in 2013. Jones went on to defend the title a record number of times before stepping away from competition in 2020. Jones returned after a three-year hiatus and won the heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane. "Bones" defended the title against Stipe Miocic and kept the division hanging for over a year before announcing his retirement last year. While Jones was rallying to return again at the White House, his plans have seemingly been jeopardized after news of his arthritic hip was leaked."
Jon Jones is widely considered the greatest fighter of all time based on his dominant light heavyweight title run and the most UFC title defenses. Multiple performance-enhancing drug violations have marred his legacy and created debate over his GOAT status. A prominent counterview favors Khabib Nurmagomedov due to Jones being caught cheating. An opposing viewpoint holds that PED failures do not disqualify Jones from GOAT recognition, noting that many fighters likely used PEDs and Jones was the one caught. Jones defeated Chael Sonnen in 2013, defended titles repeatedly, won a heavyweight belt after a hiatus, and later announced retirement amid reports of an arthritic hip.
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