JON “BONES” JONES WILL NOT BE FIGHTING FOR THE U-F-C LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT MONTH. THE U-F-C STRIPPED HIM OF HIS TITLE ON TUESDAY AS A RESULT OF HIS BEING CHARGED WITH A FELONY RELATED TO A HIT AND RUN CRASH SUNDAY IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE IN WHICH A PREGNANT WOMAN SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM.
THE ORGANIZATION CITED THE CHARGE AND WHAT THEY SAID WERE “OTHER VIOLATIONS OF THEIR “ATHLETE CODE OF CONDUCT”.
MEANWHILE, JONES MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT BEFORE A JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE ON TUESDAY. HE REMAINS FREE ON BOND.
