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Jon Jones Must Move to Heavyweight to Take UFC GOAT Status to Next Level

Stop me if you've heard this one before: Jon Jones is still the UFC light heavyweight champion.

Jones capped perhaps the most violent pay-per-view card in UFC history with a plodding, close split-decision win over Thiago Santos in the main event of UFC 239. Jones was as measured and as calculated as he usually is; we haven't seen him willingly involve himself in a war of attrition since he nearly lost his first fight against Alexander Gustafsson back in 2013.

But when Jones plays it relatively safe, he's nearly untouchable.

That wasn't quite the case on Saturday night.