Bones - the alter ego of Jon Jones

thank you are you a good guy trying to be bad or are you a bad guy trying to be good good question I think I am a bad guy that's trying to be good just because religiously we're all Sinners we're all Sinners we're born into sin it's our nature to sin and it's a decision to try to do the right thing you know it's a decision to do the right thing when no one's looking right and so I think I think all of us as humans none of us are [ __ ] and uh and it's our choice to try to be more than and so so I was I had to say I lean closer to being an imperfect human that's trying to do the right things and be good [Music] the most controversial fighter in MMA is back on March 4th to pursue his goal of becoming UFC heavyweight champion a goal that was put on hold for almost 10 years but better late than never John held the pound-for-pound king status for almost six years considered by many to be the greatest fighter of all time but only the heavyweight champion can call himself the baddest man on the planet Jon Jones is a great fighter but he doesn't stand anywhere close to bones the dark Alter Ego of John the first time we saw Jon Jones transforming into bones was against the always dangerous Rampage Jackson so something's just so good on your knees and crawl up to him and then automatically the the dream voids itself of him knocking you out immediately right so I did that and I got to kind of I don't know fight in a fight in an alter ego kind of state and it was super powerful now to this day I I say that same kind of prayer over myself and I believe that that I transform it to something bones is ruthless there is no moral code No Boundaries his game plan is brutal damage their ability to move damage the vision of his opponents uh his saying before the fight that I'll end up poking him in the eyes at some point and the reason why he says that is because I do poke people in the eyes and it's very illegal his most ruthless moment was shown when he choked out Leota Machida in a standing Guillotine and let his body fall honestly felt like I could have broken his neck at that time I didn't but it choked him out it's beautiful [Applause] the closer Jon Jones gets to defeat the faster bones will come out and save his host a symbiote that seems to infect all parts of his life when Jon Jones made a mistake against Vitor Belford and got caught in an arm bar Vitor hyperextended Jones arm but Jon held on to it and used his freakish strength to escape this emission later in the fight bones almost broke vitor's arm [Applause] Idle Hands Are The Devil's play thing when out of competition and even deeper Darkness pervades his personal life winning fights became easy Jones wasn't threatened by Gustafson the young Europeans who had already been beaten in the UFC before John didn't train hard for the fight winning via controversial judge's decision [Applause] [Music] the bigger the threat is the more dangerous he will become to neutralize that threat and maintain his status quo his next title defense was a perfect example of that because his next opponent beloved to sheriff stepped into the Octagon riding a 20-fight win streak 18 of which were finishes Glover was best known for being brutally dangerous in the clinch with his boxing and Jiu Jitsu Jon welcomed the challenge during the whole fight he intentionally entered the clinch positions and destroyed Glover at his own game it was ugly and turned out to be a bloodbath for Glover at the time everything was going great for the young Superstar he was successful rich and he had the world at his fingertips most importantly though he could control his alter ego I rarely showed up outside of fighting foreign a former heavyweight and also an undefeated fighter posed the biggest threat in Jon Jones career personal hatred let the Symbiote get hold [Music] The Psychotic nature of his alter ego was clear and he carried it through the whole build up to the fight the moment bones took over John was crystal clear in this off-air interview The Mask completely fell off [Music] hey [ __ ] are you still there I'm here I'm here you're just the fakest person I actually admire that you can actually be this fake in like when the TV comes on how you can just change it's like you're a chameleon you're in a [ __ ] scum of the earth you are a terrible human being but you can sure turn it on huh thank you God I wish they would let me next door so I can spit in your [ __ ] face you know I would absolutely kill you if you ever did something like that you could never you could never kill me oh I bet you I could then you should try John you really should try John I would literally kill you you scared my face yeah let's try that John literally kill you let's try that John I'm not saying I would fight you I said I would kill you so John do you think I'm just gonna sit there and let you kill me John I mean really tonight that cold confidence was on full display in the fight John slowly started breaking down Cormier and was better at almost every exchange when he knew he had already beat DC's body he went for his mind there was no real need to take down Cormier but he wanted to break his Spirit he finished the round with Cormier being on the floor and Jones put his hand on DC's forehead bones started celebrating the victory before the fight was even over and he raised his hands up which led DC to put his guard down bones used that time to land a few more punches and ended the fight far less than respectfully [Music] in the next two years John fought only once and it wasn't the most decorated opponent despite beating OSP in all five rounds a lot of critics thought that Jon didn't look like the previous version of himself but it all changed when after another year of suspension for using banned substances Jon Jones came back to reclaim his title against then champion and former rival Daniel Cormier John showed up for the fight completely shaved with only a goatee on his face fitting for the greatest of all time in hindsight Jon Jones being Daniel Cormier for the second time was inevitable he fights to the level of competition DC knew what he needed for the win and what to avoid in this fight but fate was not on his side I know that there's one thing that I do that um that has gotten me in trouble if you want to call it trouble that I've been in the fight before and I haven't been in much trouble so in the instance that I did get maybe a cut or something I know it was because of that tendency he's talking about you're talking about the Josh Burnett fight but yeah so maybe we are on the same wavelength that will be figured out by September 27th so don't think you're gonna kick me in the head with your left leg feel so desperately that you're right yet to fail nonetheless dread it run from it Destiny arrives all the same John did not take half measures he was dropping bombs on DC's head to make sure the title was secured the same bombs that he dropped on gustafson's head 18 months later it looked like the best days for Jon Jones are ahead of him he got his title back stayed out of trouble for the most part and had new goals set in front of him arasanya was supposed to be his next big challenge but after adesanya lost to Jan blahovich John knew that wasn't the challenge that he needed neither Anthony Smith Thiago Santos or Dominic Reyes were threats to the greatest fighter in the world after average performances against them John went missing who is Jon Jones without fighting and what is he going to do without it ten years ago a young kid was thrown to fight wolves in the cage and all the fear brought the most danger out of him the alter ego of John bones had to be created to survive with time it overwhelmed him and took complete control over him he stayed within this kind of State for too long it killed Jon Jones The Quiet Christian and left only the darker side or was Jones the act all along we don't know but when he's not fighting John is empty miserable and helpless the video of him being arrested and crying in a police car is one of the most heartbreaking videos in MMA pick it up yourself comfortable okay [Music] of course okay you got this here as well as another incident only a year later I got the Hall of Fame tonight and then you're gonna put me on this by walking down the street thank you a black man can't drink getting elected into the Hall of Fame and now this is what I got do you that's right relax you're all right you're all right relax ing in your pockets man [Music] I hate you I hate you no please don't talk okay the year is 2023. Jon Jones is scheduled to fight serial gone one of the best heavyweights today for the last year John has been training and staying out of trouble he's getting another chance in this life the prognosis is not favorable for John however if he wins he gets back to the old vicious cycle Can Don break the cycle maybe for the sake of John bones needs to lose

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Length: 13min 0sec (780 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 02 2023