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former ufc light heavyweight champion jon jones got a d - mma forum
former ufc light heavyweight champion jon jones got a dui, tested positive for cocaine, and then ran his car into a pregnant woman, breaking her arm. Her ran away, and then turned around and came back, not to check on her, but to snatch some cash from the car, stuff it into his pants, run up a hill, and jump a fence into a gated community. Marijuana and a pipe were found in the car.
He was in training camp, less than a month from a fight.
He then hid out for well over a day before turning himself in. He was arrested for leaving an accident involving personal injuries, a felony charge with a penalty of up to three years in prison. If the state can establish somehow that he was under the influence when he was in the accident, and that he waited to clear the drugs from his system, given that he has a dui conviction, the charges could be ruinous.
The ufc stripped him of his title, and suspended him indefinitely. The move was widely hailed as principled, costly, and good for the sport, most notably in the long term.
However, on his latest you're welcome podcast, chael sonnen took a contrary stance.
"listen, if you want to come down on a guy, you release him," said sonnen as transcribed by david st. Martin for mmafighting.com. "that's it. You don't keep him but take his belt away. Not even in professional wrestling would they do that. Take a guy's belt without him being out due to an injury? Without him losing one, two, three? It doesn't work that way.
"so lets just make believe that it does. You're going to punish jon jones for a legal action in albuquerque, which has nothing to do with a fist fight taking place in nevada, but let's pretend. What the hell do you do with him then? Does he not fight main events anymore? If he's not fighting for titles do we move him over to [fox sports 1]? Who does he fight? Does he fight the other no. 1 contenders?"
"guys want to see jon jones stripped and then they want to fight for a title? But you don't cut him so he's still in the league. You know he can beat you. You know he's the undefeated champion. You know he's the best fighter out there. How are you going to put that belt around your waist and feel good about it? He didn't fail a drug test. He wasn't in violation with the commission.
"if jon jones stays in the division and you accept a title while he's still in the division and you didn't beat him, you're a punk. You're a punk! I would never put a belt around my waist knowing the guy five feet away from me is the true owner of it."
"i would never defend what jon did, however, we do have bodies to take care of those things. They're called 'the police.' it sounds like jon has an issue with the police, which will be escalated to the da's office, but it needs to stay there in albuquerque. I'm not sure how that would affect a state agency out in nevada."
"the ufc shouldn't be put in this spot. If the commission says, 'we're fine with the fight' then the ufc should hold the fight. It doesn't need to be this big pr battle with people pushing back. We're running a fight business. We're not running a church, here. If the commission, a government agency, says, 'green-light it' then hold the damn fight. Quit trying to hold the ufc responsible for everything."
