Jon Jones (martial artist)

Jon Jones
Jon "Bones" Jones
Data
Fight name	Bones
size	193 cm
Weight	93 kg
nationality	United States
Date of birth	July 19, 1987
place of birth	Rochester , New York , United States
team	Jackson Wink MMA Academy
Fighting style	Wrestling , Muay Thai , Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu , Gaidojutsu
MMA statistics
Victories	26th
Knockout	10
task	6th
Points	10
Defeats	1
Other	1

Jonathan Dwight Jones (born July 19, 1987 in Rochester , New York ), called Jon "Bones" Jones , is an American mixed martial arts fighter from Endicott . Jones has a solid background in wrestling , Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai and is currently training in Jackson's Submission Fighting in Albuquerque , New Mexico. He has been the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight title holder since December 29, 2018 , having held the belt between 2011 and 2015.

Career

In 2007, Jones began his MMA career with Team BombSquad in Cortland, New York. In 2008 he signed a contract for four fights with the UFC with a match record of six wins and zero losses, which made him the youngest fighter in the association at the time. He made his UFC debut in August with a points win over Andre Gusmao. In January 2009 he defeated Stephan Bonnar also on points. At UFC 100 in July 2009, he defeated Jake O'Brien with a guillotine choke in the second round. Because of unauthorized elbow strikes he was then disqualified against Matt Hamill in the final event of The Ultimate Fighter 10 . His next fights, against Brandon Vera in March 2010 and Vladimir Matyushenko in August, he won both by TKO in the first round. After Ryan Bader was defeated by a guillotine choke in February 2011 , a title fight against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua was scheduled for March 19, 2011 . Jones dominated the fight from the start and won by TKO in the third round. This made him the youngest UFC title holder to date.

On September 24, 2011 he had his first title defense against Rampage Jackson , whom he defeated in the fourth round by giving up. He defeated his next opponent, Lyoto Machida , on December 10, 2011, also by giving up, this time in round 2, and thus defended his title for the second time. His next title defense against Rashad Evans followed on May 21, 2012 . There were various verbal attacks between the two previous training partners before the fight. Jones won the fight on points. His next title defense was scheduled for September 1, 2012 against Dan Henderson . However, this fight was canceled due to an injury to Henderson, as was the entire event. On September 22nd, 2012 he successfully defended his title against the Brazilian Vitor Belfort by giving up in the 4th round. In April 2013 he was able to defeat Chael Sonnen in the first round and thus set the record for most title defenses in Tito Ortiz's lightweight heavyweight division.

On September 21, 2013 he defeated the Swede Alexander Gustafsson - albeit controversial - on points and thus set the record for the most title defenses in his weight class. He kept his winning streak by a dominant points win over his rival Daniel Cormier. In April 2015, the UFC stripped him of the light heavyweight title before the conclusion of a lawsuit for hit and run in which he injured a pregnant woman. His sponsor ended the collaboration. A year later he returned to the UFC and won the interim title in the light-heavyweight division against Ovince Saint Preux .

In July 2016, Jones should have fought Daniel Cormier . However, he gave a positive doping test for clomiphene and letrozole during a training check and was banned for one year. After the suspension expired, the duel against Cormier at UFC 214 was made up for in 2017 . Jones defeated his arch-rival with a heavy knockout in the third round and took the light heavyweight title back. After that, however, he gave another positive doping test, this time for dehydrochloromethyltestosterone . Then Daniel Cormier got the light heavyweight belt back.

The light heavyweight belt became vacant after arch-rival Cormier moved to heavyweight, and Jon Jones won it back in his second duel with Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 . Unlike in their first fight, Jones won this time dominantly through a TKO in the third round.

Struggles

victory	Dominick Reyes			Decision (unanimous)		UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes	5	5:00
victory	Thiago Santos			Decision (unanimous)		UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	5	5:00
victory	Anthony Smith			Decision (unanimous)		UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith	5	5:00
victory	Alexander Gustafsson			TKO (blows)		UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2	3	2:02
No contest	Daniel Cormier			Positive doping test after knockout victory		UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2	3	3:01
victory	Ovince Saint Preux			Decision (unanimous)		UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux	5	5:00
victory	Daniel Cormier			Decision (unanimous)		UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier	5	5:00
victory	Glover Teixeira			Decision (unanimous)		UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira	5	5:00
victory	Alexander Gustafsson			Decision (unanimous)		UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson	5	5:00
victory	Chael Sonnen			TKO (blows)		UFC 159: Jones vs. to sunbathe	1	4:33
victory	Vitor Belfort			Task (americana)		UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort	4th	0:54
victory	Rashad Evans			Decision (unanimous)		UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans	5	5:00
victory	Lyoto Machida			Task (guillotine choke)		UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida	2	4:26
victory	Rampage Jackson			Task (rear-naked choke)		UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage	4th	1:14
victory	Mauricio Rua			TKO (punches and knee kicks)		UFC 128 Shogun vs. Jones	3	2:37
victory	Ryan Bader			Task (guillotine choke)		UFC 126 Silva vs. Belfort	2	4:20
victory	Vladimir Matyushenko			TKO (elbow)		UFC Live 2: Jones vs. Matyushenko	1	1:52
victory	Brandon Vera			TKO (elbows / punches)		UFC Live 1: Vera vs. Jones	1	3:19
defeat	Matt Hamill			DQ (Prohibited Elbow Strikes)		UFC: The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale	1	4:14
victory	Jake O'Brien			Task (guillotine choke)		UFC 100: Lesnar vs. Me	2	2.43
victory	Stephan Bonnar			Decision (unanimous)		UFC 94: St. Pierre vs. Penn 2	3	5:00
victory	Andre Gusmao			Decision (unanimous)		UFC 87: Seek and Destroy	3	5:00

Private life

Jones has three daughters together with his partner. Both his older brother Arthur Jones and younger brother Chandler Jones play American football in the National Football League , and they both won the Super Bowl .

Jones was arrested and charged on April 27, 2015. He is said to have driven his vehicle through a red light on April 26, 2015, rammed a vehicle coming from the right and injured its pregnant driver. He left the vehicle and ran away. The next day he turned himself in to the police who had already found MMA clothing and documents with Jones' name in the vehicle. He was released from custody at the Bernalillo County Metro Detention Center on bail of $ 2,500.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ufc.com - Jon Jones
2. ↑ mmaweekly.com - JON “BONES” JONES JOINS JACKSON'S CREW
3. ↑ ^{a b} jonnybones.com - About ( memento of the original from March 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ msn.foxsports.com - Jones takes UFC light heavyweight title .
5. ↑ Jon Jones (martial artist) in the Sherdog database (English)
6. ^ Rashad Evans would rather beat Jon Jones' ass than be his friend for life In: mmamania. March 23, 2012, accessed May 8, 2019
7. ↑ www.sherdog.com - Jon Jones taps Vitor Belfort in UFC 152 Main Event .
8. ↑ UFC 159 results: Jon Jones wins via 1st-round TKO, Chael Sonnen indicates possible retirement In: mmafighting. April 28, 2013, accessed May 8, 2019
9. ↑ ^{a b} Jon Jones stripped of light heavyweight title, suspended by UFC. In: ESPN. April 30, 2015, accessed May 27, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Because of contaminated sex pills: Jon Jones blocked until July 2017 gnp1.de November 7, 2016
11. ↑ Jon Jones fails again through the doping test ran.de August 23, 2017

Web links

• Jon Jones (martial artists) in the database of Sherdog (English)
• Jon Jones on ufc.com
• Website