Long-reigning champion Jon Jones narrowly won a fight which the UFC president Dana White said he should have lost

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• Jon Jones narrowly won his UFC 247 fight at the Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday.
• The long-reigning light heavyweight champion beat the game challenger Dominick Reyes despite statistics saying he was hit far more often.
• Even the UFC president Dana White thought Reyes had won, and said he was being terrorized by his children who were apparently telling him Reyes was the winner.
• Jones, though, highlighted the difference in takedowns. "[It was] A hard-earned victory, but a victory," the champion said.
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Long-reigning champion Jon Jones narrowly won a fight which the UFC president Dana White said he should have lost in the UFC 247 main event at the Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday.

Californian southpaw Dominick Reyes proved to be a game challenger for the champion's light heavyweight title, attacking Jones with a combination of strikes and varying his target from the head to the body and even the legs.

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