INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Move over, Jon Jones: There’s a new UFC pound-for-pound No. 1 in Dana White’s book.
While lightweight champion Islam Makhachev officially has been ranked as the promotion’s pound-for-pound best for quite some time, White has spent the past year vehemently making the case for Jones. But that changed Saturday night after Makhachev submitted replacement Renato Moicano in the first round of the UFC 311 main event at Intuit Dome.
“Yeah, I’ll give it to him,” White told reporters, including MMA Junkie, during the UFC 311 post-event news conference. “Are you happy? Is everybody happy now?”
