Why Everyone Hates Jon Jones

deep inside yourself are you a good guy trying to be bad or are you a bad guy trying to be good I think I am a bad guy that's trying to be good has there ever been a man as controversial as Jon Jones a fighter with near Limitless potential all of which realized to become a man who Inside the Cage is regarded as the greatest of all time have you ever been afraid of somebody yes who uh I did not think I was going to be John was the night that I fought John but underneath his good guy psychological veneer a front of Faith and family values is a man disgraced and dismayed clambering together the pieces of a life he seems so certain of destroying starf fighter J Bones Jones J Jones Jon Jones has been arrested in Las Vegas what did I do the 34-year-old has been charged with misdemeanor battery domestic violence and damaging a vehicle I hate you guy got a lot of demons man a lot of demons most recent actions in holding the division hostage prove that he is a man who deep inside his psyche simply won't ever change this is how and why everybody hates Jon Jones the year is 2011 Bones Jones is now the youngest champion in the sports history at just 23 demolishing newly minted Hall of Famer Shogun H to claim the throne but now with gold in his hands that athlete mindset was gone in its wake a man EAS easily tempted by the bottle the fame The Nightlife all of which easily accessible as the UFC's new poster boy with fre title defenses just over a year past his Ascension the fan perception was mostly positive but to DWI in the same year would be the first sign of a man mentally fractured struggling to handle the fame and fortune and perhaps the demons within him too a man who had cultivated a near symbiotic relationship with alcohol and drugs to turn himself into the perfect fighter one week before every fight I would go out and will get blacked out wasted and my logic was if this guy were to beat me somehow I I can look myself in the mirror and say that well I lost because I got hammered the week before the fight so it was a built-in safety net it was a safety net yeah exactly it would be his boss of all people that would again pile on the pressure and perhaps catalyze Jones's mental destruction with Jon scheduled against Dan Henderson for a routine defense at UFC 151 the latter's injury days before the bout would leave one Shel son as the man to step in but the advice of Jones's coaches matchup he would not risk taking as a result left an already decaying event and how without its main attraction lighting the fuse for Dana White to go on the offensive against his b star and his team he's been a champion that hasn't been very popular you know um and I don't think that this is going to do wonders for his popularity as far as the relationship with us me and Lorenzo are both disgusted you know what good for you Jon Jones you're rich and you got some money you don't need to take this fight but but there's a bunch of guys on the undercard this is how they feed their family and this is how they make a living despite the boss' scathing remarks Jones's Legacy would continue to be charted more title defenses more victories many of which immortalized are some of the greatest in history but it would be the match up with one Daniel DC Cormier that truly unraveled his psyche revealing the villain underneath the Sinister underbelly that perhaps lay there all of this time hey are you still there I'm here yeah I'm here you just the fakest person I actually admire that you can actually be this fake 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 right you could never you could never kill me oh I I bet you I could then you should try John you really should try John I would literally kill you if you sp in my face yeah let's try that John literally kill you let's try that John they buildup fueled by hatred the now iconic press of Face Off summarizes the feud to a te an event which would lead to Jones being penalized with a fine the opportunity to clash legally this time would eventually come at UFC 182 with the feud and fanfair boiling at fever pitch it was time good kick by goes the distance John [Applause] bones Jon Jones may have had his detractors and the lack of sportsmanship at the end of it all likely only add added to that number but at this point it was hard to deny his greatness a man who unlike anyone before him had seemed near enough Immortal and finding Victory with an AA of confidence unmatched but his story even as the irrefutable pound-for-pound King was far from over Kirk 911 operator 3830 where is your emergency yeah there was a car accident right here on onb in Southern Boulevard dude I wonder if this is that Fighter's car Jon Jones now to the latest on the investigation that John Bones Jones Albuquerque police are still looking for UFC champ JN Bones Jones for a hit and run crash that happened yesterday kind of freaked out and I was just more upset you know that he couldn't at least stay didn't at least said I'm sorry or something he's got to you know accept responsibility here and there's got to be some kind of punishment most of Jones's incriminating actions up to this point were solely on his shoulders with no one else in the firing line but this time was different gross negligence a pregnant woman left injured as as a result and a man looking out solely for his own self-interests in the most dire of situations I was definitely disoriented disoriented from the accident from the accident for sure just kind of like what the hell just happened it was a really big hit it all happened so fast and um I know I smelt like alcohol I just felt like if the police came I it would be a bad situation for me the punishment at least in the UFC's eyes fit the crime 18 months of supervised probation and in the world of mixed martial arts his belt stripped suspended from the company and his legacy forever tarnished in the wake of his actions old rival Daniel Cormier would find the throne and begin charting what was to many becoming an even greater Legacy Jones on the other hand would finally make his return against the admittedly ill matched o in St Peru for the interim belt as a rematch of Cormier fell through due to injury dominance as was expected of a man with Jones's fighting caliber and it felt like no time it even passed as the gold was wrapped around his waist it's somewhat telling that even after all of his actions his deor and Crimes of the fan sentiment was overwhelmingly positive but that feeling would falter come UFC 200 in which his anticipated rematch of Cormier would finally be coming to fruition come on there anything I can do like outside release and we can just fight can't do days before in the biggest Clash on quite literally the biggest stage in the Sports history Jones had decimated his reputation instantaneously to many his out of the cage dealings Were Somehow excusable but to be branded as a drug cheat in the world of MMA is the sports equivalent of a death sentence I wouldn't take anything that that would enhance my game like to like I wouldn't cheat that just I Public Enemy Number One and despite a protest of Innocence the B sample would confirm usada's suspicions a year suspension and the belt stripped away once more but eventually the two Rivals would Clash the UFC was never going to miss out on their rematch when considering the monetary ramifications too much was at stake and damaging just one little bit more of the sports Integrity for a super fight was part of the course UFC 214 and the fight long awaited was finally to take place unlike their last outing in which Jones's rash purposeful mindset led him to Fan plaudits he was now the ultimate villain the bad guy you're a bomb that's why you look like a bomb last time how do I look DC hey all that that's all just Hey listen that's all that's all just for show you're like a crackhead with a suit on I could look like a crackhead with a suit on but I've never been a crackhead like you though so you can say I look like one but I've never been one something out of a pantomim bones was looking to take everything DC had worked for amidst his absence the court hearings the charges the steroids all of it in the past it was the here and now the present and the fan sentiment at the end of it all teetered on whoever the Victor trying to press the issue here trying to surv outes has done it it's mix martial arts and so often there is no good ending no ride into the sunset and although Cormier had fared better than in their initial Jewel he now lay shattered broken dispatched by his greatest rival in a rematch he had long aimed to find Redemption through Jones would come out of the other side as the Victor and once more mma's poster boy devastating news for John Jones Jon Jones uh tested positive for Terina ball from a sample the day before your guys fight of course at UFC 214 in July you don't cheat the sport you don't cheat the fans you don't cheat me you have all the physical advantages sir once again this guy has has made a mockery of the sport it never is simple with Jon Jones and thus for a time order was restored Cormier once more the light heavyweight ruler and Jones banned from the sport for the next 15 months once to cheat always to cheat and Jones's long list of SCS had one more addition Daniel on the other hand would go onto Ascend to Combat Sports godhood in the watchful eyes of the fans double champ status by decimating steep miic before vacating the light heavyweight Throne to focus on pastures a new and it was there in that Gap the Jones would eventually return the rematch is upon us J Jones alexand Guston Alex just got to get in that boxing range and he can't get there so that's been the issue so far there he goes good entry there by Jones he gets his first top elbows by Jones oh big hasain the throne wow and newn Integrity shattered reputation ruined and yet here he stood once more as the light heavyweight King dispatching his old rival Alexander Guston with ease salvaged some reputation on the fighting front as their initial scrap was one of the rare times bones has ever seen mortal in the Octagon two more defenses Over The Perennial contenders in Anthony Smith and Thiago Santos were also clear but it was apparent that the tide was shifting Jones's performances no longer channeled the fierce chilling resolve that he once maintained the psychological Factor inside and out of the cage that drove him this far he was now A Man simply going through the motions his victory is now a routine pit stop in the long road to retirement and in many ways that speaks to the levels Jones was at to be at the very top of the sport and yet see any contenders in front of you as nothing more than simple distractions truly a luxury only the greatest Fighters can claim to have this mindset shift would culminate in a match up with the devastated Dominic Reyers about that like almost everyone before it seemed nothing but a foregone conclusion the classic story of a young hungry Challenger being put in his place and silenced like DC like all of them bro you're a pawn in this game you're just a piece in the puzzle bro in the puzzle I'm trying to I'm trying to be great bro and you're just a part of it everyone's undefeated before they fight me bro even with reyes's undefeated 12-0 record the overall fan perception in favor of the champion was a testament to his fighting ability however upon the cage door being locked shut tight and Bruce Buffer reading out those iconic lines the tide would begin a shift Big Shot both land on that one oh beautiful left Dominic Reyes and J Jones go the 25 minute distance tonight boy this one in the hands of the judges wow oh yeah you decision and still the by almost every metric Reyes had been the winner and yet it was bones who would have his hand raised that night even the Champions biggest Defenders saw his victory as debatable but mixed martial arts is a cruel mistress but as is all too common in Jones's Story the good guy doesn't always win what are the emotions going through your head right now disappointment I am proud of myself though man I know I won that fight I I know I won that fight I was in that fight I don't have to watch the replay I was there I I made Jon Jones look like just a man I I brought the fight to him and uh man yes the cry for robbery had and still continues to be overused today but this one was undisputable Dominic had everything unjustly taken away and now upon seeing his downfall in in 2024 only makes his story sadder as we imagine what could have been with those transpiring events the hatred of Jones had raised just that little bit more some would make the claim that he had simply fell out of love with the game so long at the top had left him complacent and maybe even bored with the contenders ahead of him and without a goal in life something to drive you it's all too easy to fall off the right track hey Jason H sir officer Brown alquerque police did you just hear a gunshot I did you did hear one yeah I did where did it come from I have to do a uh a DWI investigation okay sir walk me this way what you going to do is count backwards starting for number 47 ending with for number 32 47 46 45 43 44 43 my daughter's dis so I do have to place arrest for DWI okay yes sir his arrest an all to familiar Occurrence at this point will result in a Year's probation which compared to his other crimes was generous to say the least that claim of his complacency may have warranted some Merit to as his eventual vacation of the light heavyweight Throne would soon prove but this time it was of his own accord rather than any legal means some obviously outside Contender series news yesterday Jon Jones announced he was vacating the light heavyweight title is that official is that it's official yeah when this whole heavyweight thing plays out we'll see what what works for him Jones with all his success and all his failures was chasing more right or wrong it may have well have been the only thing keeping him in check sayane on the teetering edge of the moral scales the Quest for heavyweight Glory had begun but even with such lofty Ambitions his inner demons could not be quelled metop Poli explores 18405 how may I help you we've got a possible DV call uh domestic violence call um female is bleeding from the nose and mouth Jones was arrested in Las Vegas Friday morning just hours after being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame Jones is charged with domestic battery and tampering with a vehicle for allegedly headbutting a police car I hate you I hate you a Despicable action that embodied the type of man that Underneath It All the success the glory Jones always was and I think this statement from Jones himself after his hit and run incident years prior summarizes it perfectly you know like uh like somebody said to me they say you know Second Chances shouldn't be handed out you know they should be earned you know Jones had done little to align himself with that notion Time After Time the same mistakes the same apologies 2 years mostly out of the Limelight the sport had moved on of course drastically new eras New Kings legacies built and story spun but with Francis and gano's vacation of the throne the heavyweight division now lay without a ruler and its Crown ripe for the taking a move that had been touted by Jones throughout the years it was finally time to make the jump fighting up a weight class would bring new challenges new factors the added weight would no doubt affect Jones's speed his versatility but of course his power too and the limus test for all of Jones's new weapons came in the Frenchman siral Gan touted as the division's best Striker he represented the new wave of MMA just as there was a cycle with Jones's crimes and apologies so too there was with his victories the same detractors claiming that this will be the time he loses the next in line the one tople his legacy a prediction of course which would fail to come to fruition well he's the goat that's it the baddest man on the planet he's the goat the new heavyweight King now a two-weight champion and to many cemented as the greatest ever a defense against heavyweight goat and stpe miic would be the cherry on top to finalize everything he had worked for One Last Dance to wrap up his career and Grant him a ride off into retirement unscathed UFC 295 was the set date on the penultimate card of 23 what's up everybody here we are again you know Jon Jones was training last night got injured he was wrestling and he tore the tendon that connects your PEC to the Bone off the bone 8 months going to need surgery he's out a twist of fate from the gods of mixed martial arts had put the opportunity for gold in the hands of one Englishman Tom asol with Jones out and mioi is refusing to fight a replacement the UFC had Cobble together a match up between Tom and the sports current Premier knockout artist Sergey pavlovich the former would slay the Russian and now with two belts in circulation there seemed to be one logical answer the age old tradition find out who's the rightful heir to the throne this is the way of things in the UFC the way it has always been and the belt simply must be unified the question of who is truly the greatest has to be answered but Jones has become the first to undermine such a practice likely through the UFC's he really I want Jon Jones next I feel like someone like we need to unify the title right now there's two heavyweight champions of the world and in my opinion this is not right we've got the champion right here it's very odd and obviously I don't want to sit here slagging off my bosses but it's not right it's not right like they can't be [ __ ] two heavyweight champions they can't be there's one guy there's one face one name and let's find out who that is whilst a healthy and Prime Aspen lays waiting Jones remains adamant on a matchup with the now aging Stipe a man who although the greatest heavyweight of all time with four title defenses is now a decaying shell of his former self it's a matchup that other than Jones no one wants to see and now it seems Jones's Horizons have only broadened further a new Target a new enemy in his sights one hand picked intentionally with the goal of grabbing an easy win and riding off into retirement undefeated an adversary who at first glance you would assume would be the last one would ever pick but the now two-weight champion in Alex poata and Pereira was the perfect perfect choice for Jones's interests a man with the biggest Global draw the headlining winner of UFC 300 and of course the monetary value that comes with this pay-per-view sales stylistically it's a matchup tailor made the brazilian's lack of elite grappling pedigree will likely see him suffer the same fate is that of Serial Gan now it's the boldest of claims to say that a man with the fighting pedigree of Jon Jones is avoiding a potential matchup but when you are hiding Twitter applies to reflect the fan perception I'd say that's a smoking Barrel it is truly hard to deny the accomplishments of Jon Jones his dominance and versatility in the cage is unrivaled now and likely forever but through all of his wrongdoings outside of it capturing the positive fan perception is one Accolade he could simply never claim to have as great Fighters with lesser legacies are able to do what he couldn't and have immortalized themselves as favorites it's fair to say that Jon Bones Jones only has himself to blame

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Length: 20min 24sec (1224 seconds)

Published: Fri May 10 2024