Jon 'Bones' Jones

[Syn7]

well im glad shogun is gon... i never saw him as the best so it annoyed me that he had the title... he shouldve been fighting in the ufc 6 or 7 years ago when he was an absolute killer...

i dont think rashad has a chance at beating jones...


jones, greg jackson and mike winkeljohn took down a mugger a few hours before the fight... i can imagine the horror in greg jacksons mind when jones engaged the robber... jackson took over real quick to protect his fighter... legally and physically... his day was too important to lose over legal bullsh1t, or heaven forbid he should roll his ankle or break his hand or something...


the other fights were all good... both miller fights were good... lil bro is the real champ in the fam tho...

nice too see faber doing well in his new class... he should have been in 135 all along... i suspect he was only light and feather because of lack of options when he started and then he just went with it... anyways, nice too see him at a more competitive weight...

[sanjuro_ronin]

Mirco really needs to retire, seriously.
Good on Jones, seems like a nice kid.

[GeneChing]

Before beating Shogun, he had a Successful Street Application. Gotta love this!

UFC Star Takes Down Robber Before Fight
3/19/2011 2:44 PM PDT by TMZ Staff

Jon "Bones" Jones -- who has a huge UFC fight tonight in New Jersey with Shogun Rua -- just subdued a robber with an awesome fighting move -- TMZ has learned.

Jones was doing what has become his ritual before a fight ... he was meditating at a park in Patterson, NJ when he heard a woman scream, "I've been robbed!"

Jones began chasing the man for a good distance. When the fighter caught up with the alleged robber, he knocked the guy's legs out from under him, then placed him in a figure-four leg lock until Paterson cops arrived.

Jones' fight tonight -- UFC 128 -- is in Newark.

Jones tells TMZ, "It was a great pre-fight warm-up for me!"



UPDATE: Jones tweeted about the incident, and even posted a photo (see below) his driver took of the aftermath. He wrote, "I caught him....Coach Jackson finished him ... It feels so good to help others. It gives me power and energy."

[Syn7]

did you even read the thread before you put that up?

[GeneChing]

I actually posted it on that other thread initially, but then moved it when I saw your thread here, Syn7. I only changed my 'minimum text sentence' to link it back to that other thread. I suppose I should have been more responsive to your initial post.

Bones Jones is on Leno tonight.

Thursday, March 24, 2011
First Guest
Kirstie Alley

Second Guest
Jon "Bones" Jones

Music Act
Peter, Bjorn and John

Episode 4011

[MasterKiller]

Jones is seriously missing the boat on his nickname.

[Syn7]

Pus$y or shrewd for ducking sonnen at 151? I dunno. He shoulda done it anyways, he could've demanded a rematch clause. I guess the new Nike sponsor has gone to his head. I'm rooting for Belfort now. Can't see it happening tho. I wanna see Jones Sonnen. That's the fight to see. Unless hendo can heal fast and get back in it, sonnen is a great test for jones. I lost all respect for that kid. Yeah he has talent, but his heart is weaksauce.

[Frost]

Sonnen is a big mouth idiot who will get creamed by jones, if he couldn’t take Silva down in the second round, or do any damage in the first when he did get him down what on earth can he do to jones (who is probably a better wrestler than sonnen anyway)

If by some miracle he does get him down I can see Jones doing more damage from guard bottom with elbows than sonnen can from top lol

Why didn’t he take the fight, don’t think it was his call Jackson to be honest is known for planning fights specifically around his fighters opponents game plan and didn’t like the last minute switch so pulled the plug

These are pro fighters respect has nothing to do with it money and earning power does (and seriously like he cares what some fans think)

Sonnen had everything to gain and Jones everything to lose. Sonnen probably knew the fight never was going to be taken so he gets some free publicity, if by some act of god it happened and he won jones would be the guy who couldn’t even beat an out of shape unprepared fighter making his first appearance at that weight and go the way of Machida et al and see his earning drop through the floow and his chances of being seen as the best pound for pound go. IF Jones won so what he just beat an unprepared fighter who has never fought at that weight before big deal, so why take the match?

[goju]

nope he was scheduled to fight hendo, a fighter should not have too jump on board fighting another guy on short notice i he or she doesnt wish too.

It is the ufcs fault they are over saturating the market by making too many cards where the whole event depends on the single main event fight to sell. Further the ufcs lack pf professionalism shined clearly when they immediately announced lyoto would be rematching jones and they didn't even so much as notify machida that this was happening lol.

further the shael fight was pointless. He is going to end up as a wash out from the org sooner rather than later and a fight with Jones would merely allow him to cash in and secure a stable financial future for himself before they drop him.

[Syn7]

good point about the saturation. That was my first thought when it was canceled, "wtf, was that the only fight people wanted to see?"



Still, I think Jones should have taken the fight. Sonnen is a lot more like Hendo than a ton of other cats so he would have atleast have some training for aggressive wrestlers. Sonnens blast may have gotten Jones but he can get back up I'm sure. I think Jones would have kicked his ass, he should've taken the fight with a rematch clause. Nobody would have thought any worse of him if he lost on such short notice and he would get his rematch, even a rubber match if need be, and get his belt back. Shake up a rather boring weight class.

I really did wanna see hendo Jones tho. Can't count out Dan Henderson. Everytime you think he's finally done, he pulls out a big win. Dude is a survivor for sure. Would have been a potentially great test for Jones. But Hendo when he's bad, he's bad.

Now we have to hear Sonnen cry for six months about how everyone is ducking him. Shoulda taken the fight... argghhh.

[HumbleWCGuy]

Fighting is a business too. We would all like to see certain fights. If it were just about honor, I would have to believe that these fights would occur more readily. However, other things are involved.

[GeneChing]

There were more Bones threads, but those are more about specific fights. Perhaps some day I'll link those all into this thread, just to satisfy my OCD organization needs.

I've moved the posts off of the Busted-MMA-fighters-and-fights thread here as this is a developing story.

UFC star Jon Jones opens up on his positive cocaine test
By: NICK SCHWARTZ 22 hours ago



Days after Jon Jones beat Daniel Cormier at UFC 182, he checked into a drug treatment facility after it was revealed that Jones had tested positive for cocaine in early December. In a one-on-one interview with Fox Sports’ Charissa Thompson, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones revealed that he had experimented with cocaine in the past, but does not believe that he has a drug problem.

“Were you ever worried that you would have been suspended or not allowed to fight at UFC 182?

Yeah, it did cross my mind, being suspended or not able to fight — but, you know, once I got to weigh-ins or whatnot, I just realized that no one had said anything to be about it. I maybe thought the test didn’t pick it up or something.

Why would you do that so close to the fight?

That’s the big question: Why would you do that right before your fight? I definitely don’t have an excuse, I’m not here to make excuses for what happened. I did it, you know, basically at a party. I think a coward would sit here and try to come up with this elaborate reason to try to blame something. I’m not going to do that. I’m not going to blame my friends, I’m not going to blame pressure or stress. What I will say is that I messed up. It wasn’t a mistake, I can’t call it a mistake necessarily because I consciously did it.

How often had you used cocaine up until that point?

I had done it before, quite a few times in college I had experimented with it. But that’s really it. Mainly just college it was something I dipped and dabbed into, but it was never really an issue.”

[GeneChing]

Let's just move on to the next fight. Never mind any failed drug tests....

Jon Jones’ biggest problem now has nothing to do with cocaine
By Matt McNultyJanuary 26, 2015 | 10:16am


Anthony Johnson reacts after defeating Alexander Gustafsson in a UFC light heavyweight bout on Jan. 24 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Photo: Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Days after Jon Jones was revealed to have tested positive for cocaine and lost his Nike sponsorship, a new problem as emerged for UFC’s most renowned champion.
Anthony “Rumble” Johnson has earned a shot at his light heavyweight belt, and that’s a scary prospect, especially after his performance against Alexander Gustaffson in Sweden on Saturday night.
Johnson took on the Swede in his own backyard, and managed to become the first man to ever finish Gustaffson with strikes. This is the same Gustaffson who took Jones to the brink of defeat back at UFC 165, in a fight many thought Jones lost.
A title shot against Jones was hanging in the balance going into the main event in Stockholm, with Gustaffson lobbying for a rematch and Johnson looking to get a first crack at the belt.


Johnson pummels Gustafsson en route to his KO victory.
Photo: Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Gustaffson came out strong and landed a series of leg kicks before the action was halted due to an inadvertent eye poke to Johnson during an exchange.
Johnson hurt and dropped Gustaffson within seconds after the referee restarted the action. Johnson followed him to the mat with heavy strikes, and the fight was eventually called off amid Rumble’s brutal onslaught.
For a fighter who began his career at welterweight (170 pounds), it’s interesting to see Johnson fight at 205, the weight class he should have resided in all along.


Controversial champ Jon Jones
Photo: Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

After a middling career at welterweight, marred by submission losses to much smaller fighters such as Josh Koscheck and Rich Clementi, Johnson has really reinvented himself.
Now, Johnson has positioned himself to fight a champion embroiled in controversies and distractions. Jones reportedly spent a single day in out-patient treatment for his drug use, and now it looks like time to go to work in the gym.
Because if Johnson is knocking out guys who haven’t been knocked out before. Much like the current champ.

[GeneChing]

Well, here's a story worth following for a while...

UFC champion Jon Jones suspect in Albuquerque hit-and-run

Title defense against Anthony Johnson next month canceled: Report


Jon Jones celebrates after defeating Daniel Cormier during their light heavyweight title mixed martial arts bout at UFC 182, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times - Sunday, April 26, 2015

UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones is being sought as a suspect in a hit-and-run accident in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a title defense set for next month in Las Vegas has reportedly been canceled.

Mr. Jones is being sought a Sunday morning crash, the Albuquerque Police Department said in a statement Sunday evening after having declared him merely a “person of interest” earlier in the day.

Albuquerque PD spokesman Simon Drobik told reporter Mark Raimondi of the website MMA Fighting that a pregnant woman in her 20s had her car struck and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

The driver of the other car fled the scene, he said.

“Yes, he is the suspect and we’re hoping that he will contact us to give us his side of the story,” Officer Drobik told the site.

Police in Albuquerque, where Mr. Jones trains, had not been able to get in contact with the fighter and did not know his current whereabouts.

Fox Sports’ Ariel Helwani said others are having difficulty locating Mr. Jones.

“All the closest sources I know to JBJ have not spoken to him in over 24 hours,”he wrote on Twitter.

The repercussions were already happening Sunday evening, according to MMA Weekly.

“Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is out of his scheduled UFC 187 title fight against Anthony Johnson. Sources confirmed the development to MMAWeekly.com on Sunday,” the popular fight-news site wrote.

But according to Yahoo Sports, UFC president Dana White has not decided what to do about the Johnson title fight, saying the world’s top mixed-martial-arts organization was still trying to gather the facts and speak with its champion.

Earlier reports by MMA bloggers said Mr. Jones had been arrested on DUI charges and that police found drugs in his car.

But Officer Drobik told MMA reporter David Kano both that Mr. Jones was not in custody Sunday evening and that the drug reports are absolutely not true. “I don’t know where the hell that came form,” Officer Drobik said.

A call and two emails to the Albuquerque PD by The Washington Times were not responded to.

Mr. Jones has been light-heavyweight champion for more than four years, has successfully defended it eight times, and is widely considered the sport’s best pound-for-pound fighter. His only loss was a disputed qualification against Matt Hamill, a fight he had been dominating before throwing an elbow that was illegal by a few inches because of the angle from which it was thrown.

Mr. Jones has had run-ins before with the law, driving and drugs.

In 2012, he drove his Bentley into a pole and pleaded guilty to DUI charges. In January, he tested positive for a cocaine metabolite in the sunup to a fight and checked himself into rehab, though he only stayed there one night.

“I’m not a cocaine addict by any means or not even a frequent user. I just made a really dumb decision and got caught with my pants down in this whole situation,” Mr. Jones said in an interview later.

[GeneChing]

Maybe 'Bones' should be changed to 'blow'.

UFC champion Jon Jones announces he's entered a drug treatment facility
Kevin Iole
By Kevin Iole 2 hours ago Cagewriter
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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones announced Tuesday that he has entered a drug treatment facility. (Getty)

LAS VEGAS – UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones announced Tuesday that he has entered a drug treatment facility.

The announcement came just days after Jones defeated Daniel Cormier on Saturday in the main event of UFC 182 at the MGM Grand Garden in a five-round decision that left many considering him as the greatest mixed martial arts fighter of all time.

But in a random drug test given to him on Dec. 4 by the Nevada Athletic Commission, Jones tested positive for benzoylecgonine, the main metabolite in cocaine.

The Nevada commission follows the World Anti-Doping Agency code and benzoylecgonine is not banned out-of-competition. As a result, the commission was unable to penalize Jones or prevent him from fighting despite knowing of the positive test.

It conducted a follow-up test later in December that Jones passed. Yahoo Sports was unable to get the exact date of the second test that Jones passed.

Jones released a statement to Yahoo Sports through his attorney acknowledging his problem.

"With the support of my family, I have entered into a drug treatment facility. I want to apologize to my fiancée, my children, as well as my mother, father, and brothers for the mistake that I made. I also want to apologize to the UFC, my coaches, my sponsors and equally important to my fans. I am taking this treatment program very seriously. Therefore, at this time my family and I would appreciate privacy."

The UFC released the following statement in regards to Jones:

“We support UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones’ decision to enter a drug treatment facility to address his recent issue. While we are disappointed in the failed test, we applaud him for making this decision to enter a drug treatment facility. Jon is a strong, courageous fighter inside the Octagon, and we expect him to fight this issue with the same poise and diligence. We commend him on his decision, and look forward to him emerging from this program a better man as a result.”

Nevada commission chairman Francisco Aguilar said the commission is going to discuss out-of-competition drug tests at its next meeting and whether to break from the WADA code in similar situations.

"I am pleased that Mr. Jones is addressing this issue and seeking help for his problem," Aguilar said.

The test given to Jones was analyzed for anabolic agents, peptide hormones, growth factors and related substances, beta-2 agonists, hormone and metabolic modulators, diuretics and other masking agents, stimulants, narcotics, canabinoids and glucocorticosteroids.