Earlier, UFC head Dana White expressed his opinion that Jon Jones, not Islam Makhachev, should be in that spot.
"I think Dana was speaking in general and overall. He wasn't saying who is the best fighter in the last 5-10 fights or the last 1-2 years. He was talking in general, you know?
I know Jon Jones is a dirty fighter. But his one loss was unfair. I watched that fight. And Islam is really good and everything, but he really lost one fight," Jackson said on the Demetrious Johnson podcast.
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White has named Jones' next opponent