Dana White, boss of the UFC and big fan of Jon Jones, fumes after the update of the pound-for-pound rankings (all categories combined) which did not place the holder of the weight belt in first position heavy.
Dana White wants to clean up her own organization. The UFC boss published an incendiary message on his social networks after the pound-for-pound ranking was updated, determining the best fighter in all weight categories. According to him, only one man deserved this place: Jon Jones, winner on Saturday by TKO of Stipe Miocic in the long-awaited fight between these two UFC monsters, cited among the best of all time in an octagon.
He still asks Marc Zuckerberg to change the ranking system
But Jones, who brilliantly defended his heavyweight belt (+93kg) won in March 2023 against the Frenchman Ciryl Gane, only gained one place in the ranking (by overtaking Alex Pereira), settling for second behind the Russian Islam Makhachev, champion of the lightweight category (-70kg), still number 1. Which makes Dana White mad with rage.
“I have to get rid of these clowns,” said the boss of the most powerful MMA organization in the world. He even called on Marc Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, to transform the much-maligned and subjective ranking system. “Marc Zuckerberg, let’s get this deal done on artificial intelligence as quickly as possible,” he added.
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Dana White has been denouncing for a while the incongruity of not seeing Jon Jones reign over the UFC. The rankings are established by a panel of journalists according to fairly vague criteria. Last month, Dana White had already opened the door to the use of AI algorithms to change this classification system. “I could go on and on, but I won’t,” he said. “We had meetings this week to work on this. I also spoke to Mark Zuckerberg about AI, so yes, I will definitely correct the rankings. We are going to make a lot of important changes heading into 2025. “
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