– I don’t know what happened to Jon Jones. I’m sad because I feel like Jon Jones is my little brother. I tell my manager this all the time… Jon Jones doesn’t need this. He’s an amazing person. I feel sad. It’s hard for me to talk about Jon Jones, you know? – declared the Brazilian, in an interview on the podcast “The MMA Hour”.
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In recent years, Jones Jones has pegged his name to the police pages. “Bones” has been arrested twice more for car accidents: in 2012, when, while intoxicated, he crashed his car into a pole, and in 2015, when he was involved in a three-car crash and fled the scene. In 2019, the fighter was also accused of molesting a dancer at a nightclub.
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Former light heavyweight champion Jones, who hasn’t lost a fight since 2009, when he was disqualified for an illegal coup, trains to move up to face the linear champion, Cameroon Francis Ngannou. The American has 14 title victories and 11 title defenses, two records in the organization.
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