Being one of the world’s most renowned MMA fighters on the UFC roster and finishing seven of his fights via submission, it is surprising that Jon Jones is only ranked at purple belt; but his coach has an answer for it. He recently claimed the number 1 spot on the
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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will avoid serious charges of domestic violence. On Thursday, TMZ broke the news that Jones had agreed to a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor destroying property of another, but the misdemeanor count of domestic violence had been dropped. Jones
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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is set to compete for the first time in nearly two years, but it won’t be in an MMA fight. On Saturday, Jones announced announced that he will be facing Bellator MMA heavyweight fighter and AEW professional wrestling star Jake Hager (AKA Jack
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In light of Jones’ recent arrest, Jackson Wink MMA will no longer hold their doors open for the former UFC light-heavyweight champion. After his latest run-in with the law, Jon Jones has now been kicked out of his long-time training camp, Jackson Wink MMA (Jones has been with the Jackson
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On September 24, just hours after he had been inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was arrested on charges of domestic violence and felony injuring or disabling a vehicle. On Wednesday, in a series of social media posts, Jones addressed for the
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Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou might be the biggest fight in UFC history, but it’s not entirely clear that fight will ever happen. Immediately following Francis Ngannou’s title-winning knockout performance against Stipe Miocic, Jones tweeted that he wanted to fight the new heavyweight champion, but the UFC would have to
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Custom-designed HVAC at Diaz Combat Sports may be the future of martial arts school design. The academy’s new, $5 million facility in Vancouver, Canada, includes a specially designed, $250,000 HVAC system to protect students, staff, families and visitors against the coronavirus. “The HVAC was already in the plans before COVID,”
Read moreTwo of the greatest UFC Light-Heavyweight champions of all time, Jon Jones and Chuck Liddell have been spotted intervening in riots related to the murder of George Floyd. Jon Jones captures himself confiscating cans of spray paint off presumed protesters on the street of his hometown Albuquerque, New Mexico. He
Read moreThe Standing Guillotine is an incredibly common submission in both the UFC and MMA in general as it can commonly be used as a method of takedown defense. In many cases, just the threat of a Guillotine can be enough to deter the takedown attempt and make an opponent think
Read moreAnyone with more than an hour of BJJ practice knows that the Americana is the quintessential big-man submission finish so it should come as no surprise that it’s never been seen in the UFC a lighter division than Middleweight. In fact, other than Jon Jones and Nick Catone, this particular
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