JacksonWink on the brink of history

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- It's the day before Thanksgiving. Most people in this mile-high desert city are either heading out to their holiday destination or making last-minute preparations.

But as far as Jon Jones and Andrei Arlovski are concerned, it might as well be just another Wednesday.

Jones, the sport's top pound-for-pound fighter, and Arlovski, the former UFC heavyweight champion, see an opportunity to sneak in another workout while the world around them frets.

Arlovski has a Jan. 2 date with Stipe Miocic on his docket. Jones doesn't have a fight date lined up, but he's plotting his comeback after a 2015 gone awry.

So they take to the main, eight-sided cage at the dazzling new…