UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is already considered one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in history, and while it was long thought an eventual move to heavyweight was all but inevitable, “Bones” doesn’t see it that way.

“To be honest with you, heavyweight really doesn’t really seem as appealing to me as it once did,” Jones told MMAjunkie.

Jones stands 6-foot-4, and he was just 23 years old when he first gained the UFC light heavyweight title. Conventional wisdom at the time stated that as Jones got older, he would struggle to continue to make 205 pounds, but Jones, who turns 29 next month, says that hasn’t been the case.

“I’m almost 30 now, and I’m not really having any more growth spurts,” Jones said. “This is pretty much the size I’m going to be, and it’s so easy for me to make light heavyweight.

“As I get older, and as I mature and take things more seriously – you know, diet and everything – it’s become easier for me to maintain, and I’ve never missed weight.”

Jones (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) was infamously stripped of his UFC belt in 2015 after a string of legal incidents, allowing Daniel Cormier (17-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) to claim the title.

Still, Jones is ranked No. 1 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light heavyweight rankings, while Cormier checks in at No. 2.

The two will meet in the headlining bout of UFC 200, which takes place July 9 at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, and the winner will emerge as the undisputed UFC champ. Reclaiming his belt is Jones’ immediate goal, though he also wants a chance to rematch Alexander Gustafsson (16-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) – the man who gave “Bones” his toughest fight to date – as well as to eventually face the hard-hitting Anthony Johnson (21-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC), as “Rumble” has lingered at the top of the division since moving up to light heavyweight.

“I would love to rematch Gustafsson at some point,” Jones said. “Anthony Johnson is obviously a fight that I need to get out of the way. Beating Daniel Cormier again is huge for my legacy. But really, just those three names, Cormier, Gustafsson and Johnson, are the guys I want to fight again the most, and that’s it. That’s as far as my eyes can see right now.”

And that long-discussed move to heavyweight? Well, Jones isn’t going to completely rule it out. After all, if a chance to fight for the title was on the line, Jones admits he’d have to consider the opportunity.

But to leave his light heavyweight title behind and make a permanent move to a new division? Jones admits he doesn’t foresee that as a possibility.

“The only way I will go up to heavyweight, it will really have to be stylistically the right fight for me, and the numbers will have to make sense,” Jones said. “Or, obviously, just fighting the right champion for that opportunity to go straight for the title.

“Move up and finish my career there? I don’t see a point when I’m doing so well where I’m at.”

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