{"id":818319,"date":"2026-07-23T08:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818319\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:04:08","slug":"dana-white-again-names-jon-jones-mmas-goat-compares-him-to-michael-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818319\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White again names Jon Jones MMA\u2019s GOAT, compares him to Michael Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dana
\nWhite<\/a> isn’t changing his stance on the GOAT debate in MMA.<\/p>\n

During a recent appearance on “The Pivot” podcast, the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> CEO once again declared Jon Jones<\/a> the
\nsport’s undisputed GOAT despite their well-documented business
\ndisagreements over the years. White even compared Jones to an NBA
\nHall of Famer.<\/p>\n

Dana White\u2019s Jon Jones GOAT argument and Michael Jordan
\ncomparison in MMA history
\n
\nWhite recently addressed the GOAT debate, upholding his earlier
\nstance. He once again called Jones the greatest in the sport\u2019s
\nhistory.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and Jon have our… there\u2019s the business side and then there\u2019s
\nthe personal side,\u201d White said. \u201cBut even on the business side, I
\nalways respect Jon Jones. Jon Jones knows who he is and Jon Jones
\nknows what he does, and there\u2019s no delusion there. I\u2019ve said it and
\nI\u2019ll say it again: He\u2019s the greatest of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

White acknowledged how Jones continued to win big despite issues
\noutside the Octagon frequently disrupting his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of these fights that he went out and won, he wasn\u2019t being
\nvery good to himself leading up to those fights,\u201d White added.<\/p>\n

He then likened Jones to NBA legend Michael Jordan, citing both
\nathletes’ ability to perform at the highest level despite personal
\nissues away from competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou hear these stories about Michael Jordan now,\u201d White said. \u201cThe
\nstuff that this guy was doing and then coming out and beating the
\nsh*t out of world-class guys who trained hard to try to beat
\nhim.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana White isn’t changing his stance on the GOAT debate in MMA. During a recent appearance on “The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[4225,64,63,786,223668,785,44,85],"class_list":["post-818319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-https-www-sherdog-com-news-news-ufc","tag-mma","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}