more a feather in his cap and the cherry top of his career rather than the whole story of course. Just can't say he didn't win a second title and defend it. It's a great feather in the cap of an incredible career as fighter.
It was just a best ever LHW vs best ever UFC HW scenario that only comes once in a while. It was more just the for fun both guys retire on their own terms kind of fight. It's very unlikely that a new LHW goat will emerge and will be active at same time as a new HW goat, then they would also have to fight. There will never be a fight like jones vs stipe again, in that way. It was very historically unprecedented