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Deciding on the top 10 fighters over an entire decade is an invitation for an open-ended debate.

Throw in a mandate from MMA Junkie managing editor Simon Samano that each person on the staff was free to set their own criteria on what qualifies as worthy of consideration for the decade’s best list, and a staff that pulls from a wide variety of ages stationed all around the globe, and you have plenty of leeway for a diverse variety of selections.

The end result was a vibrant list, one that demands more conversation. So we gathered MMA Junkie’s Las Vegas crew — MMA Junkie Radio personalities “Gorgeous” George and “Goze,” fight analyst Dan Tom, and lead reporter John Morgan — to debate the results of our top 10 fighters of the 2010s in a roundtable format.

In this segment, the guys discuss Jon Jones’ placement at No. 1. No one in their right mind would deny the UFC light heavyweight champion is one of the greatest talents ever to step foot in the cage. But his history of drug-test violations caused some panelists to deny Jones the top spot, and one to keep him off his list altogether. What do we make of this?

Watch the video above to hear the conversation about Jones’ No. 1 status. And to watch the full roundtable, check out the video below.

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