Getty Jon Jones takes questions during a news conference at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino to address being pulled from his light heavyweight title fight at UFC 200 against Daniel Cormier.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has had a rough few months, and it’s worse for the fighter than fans originally thought.
“Bones” wrote on February 23, 2022, that his fiancée left him two months ago and that she “won’t be coming back.”
“My fiancé left me about two months ago, today she finalized that she won’t be coming back,” Jones tweeted. “If you are a Jon Jones hater, have a toast, I feel like s***.” He deleted the tweet a little while later, and you can see a screenshot below:
GettyJon Jones’ deleted tweeted from February 23, 2022.
Bones’ tweet came a day after footage was released of his arrest in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 24, 2021. Hours after his induction into the UFC Hall of Fame for his fight with Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165 in September 2013, Jones was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery domestic violence and tampering or injuring with a vehicle, a felony.
Jones pleaded no contest to “a misdemeanor count of destroying another’s property and agreed to pay $750 in restitution,” according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and the two original charges were dismissed. Bones also had to take part in anger management as part of the deal in which he’s completed, the outlet reported.
Bones was accused of pulling his fiancée’s hair and headbutting a police car. Police body camera footage was shared by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and it shows Bones hitting the hood of a cruiser with his head. You can watch the scene below via the YouTube embed:
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The Video Shows Jones Calling the Police Officers ‘Nerds,’ Doesn’t Understand Why He Was Detained
During the video, Jones can be heard calling the police officer “nerds” several times, while bringing up that he was inducted into the Hall of Fame hours before. Jones also said that the reason he had been detained was because he is “big and Black.”
“Humiliating me [on] my Hall of Fame night,” Jones said via MMA Fighting. “You f****** nerd. I hate you. I hate you! I hate you! You f****** nerd. I hate you so much.
“Say your name publicly. … You turned me in my Hall of Fame night, just because I’m big and Black. And what did I do? …. I came from my Hall of Fame ceremony, and I’m Black, and I did nothing to you.”
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UFC 247 Was the Last Time Bones Fought Inside the Octagon
Jones hasn’t fought inside the Octagon since February 2020 when he defended his light heavyweight belt against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247. Bones vacated the title in summer 2020 in pursuit of heavyweight, a weight class he’s been preparing for since.
Jones has said on several occasions that he plans on fighting this year, and he has his eyes on becoming a two-division champion.
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