Jon Jones on being the number one pound for pound fighter

Jon Jones has taken a positive and humble approach to him becoming the pound for pound best fighter in the world after Anderson Silva was knocked out by Chris Weidman. He's not interested in earning that title from someone else's defeat, but rather his actions:

It means a lot to me, but at this point it doesn't really feel real.  My goal is definitely to become the number one fighter to ever do it.  To become number one because Anderson lost doesn't really make me feel like I accomplished anything. So I am going to continue to work extremely hard to become the No. 1 light heavyweight to ever play the sport and to eventually creep up on Anderson Silva and the things Anderson Silva has done in his career.

If Jon Jones can defeat Swedish UFC superstar Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 in Toronto in September, then Jones will have earned his sixth title defense. Pretty amazing because that will be sixth defenses in a span of two years. From that point Jones can continue to earn more wins and try and defeat Anderson Silva's record of an incredible 10 title defenses. Right now the only person who is close is Georges St-Pierre, who has defended his UFC welterweight title an astounding eight times.

However, Jones has also expressed interest in jumping up to heavyweight, so if he goes get past Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165, then there is the chance Jones will move up and test his waters at heavyweight and become a champion there. Therein lies an opportunity to become the greatest of all time (GOAT).