Jon Jones introduced his retirement from MMA, and information additionally emerged that he’s going through a brand new felony cost.
UFC boss Dana White made the announcement about Jones, who adopted with a press release.
“Right now, I’m formally saying my retirement from the UFC. This choice comes after a whole lot of reflection, and I wish to take a second to specific my deepest gratitude for the journey I’ve skilled over time,” Jones wrote on his X profile.
The Albuquerque Journal minimize into what in any other case can be a day of celebration for Jones by reporting on the criminal charge the MMA star is going through.
Jones has been known as to seem in Metropolitan Courtroom in Albuquerque, N.M., on July 24 because of a misdemeanor crime he’s accused of committing in February. Jones is accused of leaving the scene of a automobile crash on foot close to San Mateo and Lomas. When police spoke to him through a telephone name, they believed he sounded intoxicated. A lady who was within the entrance passenger seat of the automobile was stated to have exhibited indicators of intoxication and to have been missing clothes from the waist down. She later advised police she drank alcohol and consumed mushrooms at Jones’ home.
Jones, 37, retires with a file of 28-1 with one no contest. His solely loss got here because of a disqualification for elbow strikes. He has been each the UFC Light-weight and UFC Heavyweight champion. Jones additionally has had quite a few authorized points, together with a 2015 hit-and-run incident in Albuquerque for which he pleaded responsible.
