Jones: I’m not the GOAT, yet

Jon Jones is now the best fighter in mixed martial arts. At the UFC 192 post fight press conference, he was asked if he is Greatest Of ALL Time.

“My plan is to become the greatest fighter of all-time,” said Jones as transcribed by Dave Doyle for MMA Fighting. “It’s so feasible. It’s so attainable. All I’ve got to do is stay focused. I’ve got to keep believing and keep working.”

“Anderson [Silva] is a guy I respect tremendously. I’ve been looking up to him since I was 18, looking at all his fights. I really want to model my career after him. Anderson has won so many world titles and you can’t discredit what he can do.”

“I will give Anderson and Georges [St-Pierre] being above me,” Jones said. “I think that attitude will keep me honest, it will keep me determined and driven. I’ll keep that as my psychology until it can’t be argued any more.”

Although he did not mention his name Saturday night, Jones holds Fedor Emelianenko in the highest light.

He was asked just last year by UFC.com Brazil if Anderson Silva, Fedor Emelianenko and Georges St. Pierre were still the ones he consider to be the greatest of all times?

“Absolutely,” replied Jones. “And in that order.”

So who is the GOAT? Anderson, Fedor, Saku, Hendo, GSP, or?