Home/UFC

Jon Jones is, without a doubt, one of the greatest fighters the world has ever seen. ‘Bones’ currently holds the heavyweight title and is nursing a shoulder injury during his absence. Despite being one of the most skillful fighters in the division, he has had his share of controversies. The 36-year-old once fled from an accident scene involving a pregnant woman.

Jones faced much criticism for the incident and was even stripped of his belt. However, an old video on MMA TV on YouTube features Jones and Joe Rogan discussing the entire event. Let us find out what the pair shared during the conversation.

Joe Rogan and Jon Jones discuss the infamous accident

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Jon Jones had gathered a lot of fans during his fighting days, and Joe Rogan is definitely one of them. However, the JRE host criticized the 36-year-old for his incident in an old video. The incident involved Jones driving a rental car which crashed into another. The crash resulted in a pregnant woman breaking her hand and Jones decided to flee from the incident before the authorities arrived. Rogan shared his opinion on the whole and said, “you’ve been on a crazy ride just not just through July but for the last couple of years you’ve been you’ve been involved in a lot of crazy you know what are you have you are you disappointed in yourself with a lot of this stuff yeah I am.”

Jones seemed absolutely devastated with the entire incident and even shared his disappointment. He took full responsibility and confessed before Rogan. He said, “Yeah I was at a bad place it was a it was a messed up situation man I literally as an appointment life then. When I was winning all these fights I was the it boy in the UFC sponsored by Nike and Gatorade. And you know greatest of all time finishing legends after legend. At the legend just really in this position where I felt so untouchable. And I just felt like I just felt like everything was meant to go my way and at that time of my life.”

Read More: Yan Xiaonan Ethnicity & Nationality: All We Know About the UFC Star’s Background

Jones since then has come a long way in life and is now the current heavyweight champion of the UFC. Regardless, it now seems that he finds ways of getting into trouble. In a recent development of events, the 36-year-old went too far ahead and threatened a person working for a drug testing agency.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Jon Jones lands himself in trouble yet again after a recent incident

The fighting world is desperately waiting to see Jon Jones back in the Octagon. ‘Bones’ is currently out of action because of a shoulder injury and is working hard to get back to full fitness. However, the 36-year-old recently landed himself in trouble for threatening a drug tester. Jones has previously landed himself in trouble in the states of New York and Nevada. However, his latest controversy took place in New Mexico, which might trouble the heavyweight champion.

The incident occurred after a drug tester from Drug Free Sport International found Jones in an intoxicated state. It was revealed that ‘Bones’ threatened to kill him and even snatched away his phone. The entire incident took place in Albuquerque in March and the victim wasted no time in informing the local police. After the complaint, the police investigated the entire incident involving ‘Jones’.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

Do you think Jon Jones went too far ahead with his death threats this time around? Let us know in the comments below.

Read More: Joe Rogan Forced to Utter “What a Fight” Watching UFC 300 Veteran Jim Miller’s Epic Bout 8 Years Ago