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The People vs. Jon Jones came to its anticlimactic but inevitable end this week, as the once and likely future UFC light heavyweight champion copped a plea.
Jones pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident in an Albuquerque courtroom Tuesday morning, thereby ending his five months in legal limbo. He’ll serve no jail time. Instead he’ll do up to 18 months of supervised probation and make 72 personal appearances as community service.
"I'm here to accept full responsibility for what happened and my actions," Jones told district court judge Charles Brown before his plea agreement was approved. "I hope you guys can give me the opportunity to redeem myself."
A few minutes later, Brown told him: "Mr. Jones, you got real lucky here."
Brown also told Jones he expects the fighter to speak at local public schools and martial arts academies to educate kids about the hard work it takes to make it to the top, and how easy it is to lose it all.
"I better work on my public speaking," Jones joked in response.
For the moment, White publicly appears to have Jones' back. The UFC boss told radio host Jim Rome in May that Jones just needed to “get his head straight” and when he did, he’d be granted the immediate opportunity to get his championship back (h/t MMAFighting.com's Shaun Al-Shatti).
"He comes right back and he fights for the title," White said. "If you look at the murderer's row of the 205-pound division that he went through, and he just went through it like a hot knife through butter, I mean, he's the man. So whenever he gets his stuff together, he'd come right back and fight for the title."
Yet the relationship between fighter and promoter hasn’t always been so caring.
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Dana White.
White hasn’t always thought Jones was “the man.”
In fact, the UFC-Jones marriage has been a touch rocky ever since White ruthlessly (and unnecessarily) hung him out to dry for the company’s decision to cancel UFC 151 in 2012. During a bizarre and scathing media conference call, White called Jones' coach Greg Jackson a “sport killer” and said turning down Chael Sonnen as a late replacement opponent was "one of the most selfish, disgusting decisions" he’d ever seen.
"Jon Jones is a guy a lot of fans don't like, and I don't think this is going to make him any more popular,” White said at the time. "UFC 151 will be remembered as the event Jon Jones and Greg Jackson murdered."
Jones seemed legitimately—and understandably—hurt by the sudden turn against him. Ever since, his public comments about UFC ownership have appeared measured, careful. You didn’t get the impression there were Christmas cards going back and forth.
Until White showed up in that Albuquerque court room this week, we've had little reason to believe the relationship had gotten any better. Earlier this month, allegations emerged that the UFC let Vitor Belfort fight Jones at UFC 152 despite a troubling blood test showing Belfort was over the legal limit for testosterone just three weeks before the bout.
The report, by veteran MMA writer Josh Gross, said Jones didn’t know Belfort had essentially failed a UFC-sponsored drug screening. He beat Belfort by fourth-round submission, but not before the middleweight fighter injured his arm with an arm bar attempt.
Last week, in the immediate wake of Gross’ story, Jones agent Malki Kawa took to social media to say his client was less than pleased about the new revelations.
So, here we are.
On Tuesday, the court appeared to clear the way for Jones’ return to the Octagon. Despite a fairly stellar year on pay-per-view, his absence was notable from the bulk of the UFC’s 2015 lineup. Of course the fight company would jump at the chance to have him back in the mix, and would make him one of its highest-paid athletes the moment the two sides agreed to put pen to paper.
The multimillion-dollar question, as ever will be: What does Jones want to do?
The gala UFC 200 fight card is currently scheduled for July 2016 and the UFC moved Monday to force the hand of regulators in New York state—where MMA is currently illegal—by announcing an event at Madison Square Garden next April.
Jones would be right at home headlining either event, if he makes it back in time.
We’ll have to wait a little longer to confirm the light heavyweight GOAT’s next move. If he’s willing and able, however, you can bet the UFC will want to move quickly to get him back in an Octagon near you.
Thought A Black Athlete Would Be Screwed In that situtation. Hope he come back better than Mike Vick did
