Jon "Bones" JonesRecord: 9-1-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
5 (T)KO's
2 Submissions
2 Decisions
Jonathan D. Jones (born July 19, 1987) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights as a light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and initially trained with Team BombSquad out of Cortland, New York, then briefly with the Tristar Gym in Montreal, Canada and most recently started training at Jackson's Submission Fighting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
UFC careerJones' debut UFC fight was against Andre Gusmao at UFC 87 on August 9, 2008. Jones took the fight on three weeks notice as a late replacement for Tomasz Drwal. He put on an impressive performance using takedowns and displayed some unorthodox striking, such as spinning elbows and a spinning back kick. Even though he came into the fight widely regarded as a heavy underdog, Jones was rewarded with a unanimous decision victory.
In his second fight, Jones fought veteran Stephan Bonnar at UFC 94 on January 31, 2009. Jones showed superior wrestling abilities and made Bonnar the victim of many strong takedowns and powerful throws including a suplex. Again showing unorthodox striking, Jones dropped Bonnar with a spinning back elbow in the first round. Although he appeared to tire in the third round, Jones held on to win another unanimous decision victory.
His third fight was against Jake O'Brien at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009. Jones controlled the majority of the fight, preferring not to grapple and stuffing any takedown attempts from his opponent. Jones stayed on the outside, exercising his reach advantage and seemed to find his range toward the end of the first round with his right jab and high and low kicks. Midway through the second round Jones ducked and spun to deliver his trademark spinning back elbow which skimmed the top of O’Brien’s head and rocked him into immediately grappling to try and regain composure. Jones capitalized on the flustered state of O'Brien by taking his neck and locking in a modified guillotine choke which rendered his opponent unconscious even after he tapped.
On December 5, 2009 Jones faced off against fellow light heavyweight prospect Matt Hamill at The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale. Jones was controversially disqualified for the use of multiple illegal 12-6 elbows. Several of the elbows were deemed illegal elbows (the modified rules of mixed martial arts prohibit downward elbow strikes) and because of these elbows Jones was initially only penalized a point from the round. However, because Hamill could not continue, Jones was disqualified for these strikes.
Consequently, the tape was reviewed and showed that Jones' elbows further damaged Hamill's already bloody and partially broken nose. This also marked the first time that Nevada has used its recently-enacted instant replay rule, in which the referee's decision was supported by the commission which utilized a slow motion replay to review the elbows.
Jones is scheduled to fight Brandon Vera on March 21, 2010 at UFC LIVE: Vera vs. Jones.
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