Alexander Volkanovski is the latest fight to weigh-in on the fan favourite discussion of who the all-time greats are in mixed martial arts.
"The Great" produced one of the most impressive UFC title reigns of all time during his run as the featherweight champion which came to an end earlier this year.
However, Volkanovski unsurprisingly doesn't include himself in a list of the top five fighters to have ever stepped inside the cage.
During a recent video on his YouTube channel, Volk capped off 2024 by answering a whole host of questions from his fans.
The former champion was able to relatively quickly rattle off five names when tasked with picking his own shortlist for the best of the best.
Four of the names that he selected are sure to feature on most lists with the likes of Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Georges St-Pierre and Demetrious Johnson being incredibly difficult to deny.
Where Volkanovski's selection may vary to others is in his fifth pick where he decided to give a fellow City Kickboxing fighter the spotlight:
“Top 5 fighters of all time. Damn,” Volkanovski said on his YouTube channel. “Alright, let’s get into it. I’m going to say Demetrious Johnson. I’m going to have to throw Jon Jones in there. Everyone knows my take on the trouble outside of it, but he’s just been champ — he’s been at the top forever. So you can’t not. I know a lot of people are always going to throw out them things — and I do myself because I pride myself on trying to stay away from all that crap as well — but you can’t deny his skill. He’s definitely one of the greatest of all time, so you have to give Jon Jones that.
“So Demetrious Johnson, Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre. Georges St-Pierre has definitely got to be there. ... I’m going to have to throw Anderson Silva in there, and I’ll throw my boy Israel Adesanya as well. A lot of championships [and] when it comes to striking, I honestly think he’s the greatest striker the UFC has ever seen. So I’m going to go with Israel Adesanya as well.”
