LAS VEGAS – Thiago Santos was all class after falling short against Jon Jones on Saturday at UFC 239. Santos (21-7 MMA, 13-6 UFC) gave UFC light heavyweight champ Jones (25-1 MMA, 19-1 UFC) his toughest fight in years when he pushed one of the sport’s pound-for-pound best to the limit over five rounds and came up just shy of the victory in a split-decision result . “Marreta” is the first fighter to ever earn a winning scorecard over Jones, and he did it while fighting the majority of the contest with a badly injured leg, which he said was of his own doing while throwing a kick in the opening frame
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Thiago Santos won’t make injury excuses, thought he ‘outpointed’ Jon Jones at UFC 239 – MMA Junkie