UFC CEO Dana White is still not interested in having Francis Ngannou back. With Jon Jones retiring and relinquishing his UFC heavyweight title, White was asked if he'd be willing to re-sign Ngannou. Prior to Jones calling it a career,

According to UFC president Dana White, the deal for Jon Jones, 37, to face Aspinall was “done” before Jones called White on Saturday and retired from mixed martial arts competition.

If you want to suggest "The Eagle" warrants higher placement, we won't argue. In fact, the only smudge on Nurmagomedov's record in the UFC is that his stay was too brief, comprising just 13 fights from the moment he appeared on a UFC on FX undercard in 2012 to his tearful goodbye after choking out Justin Gaethje in 2020.