The Takedown | UFC: Jon Jones blew his last shot at being a role model – it’s time to become the pantomime villain
- Light heavyweight champion Jones’ out-of-Octagon antics are getting tiresome for MMA fans
- ‘Bones’ has used up all his second chances – UFC president Dana White should just position him as the promotion’s ultimate heel
It seems with every pure or wholesome moment Jones (26-1) offers comes a devastating crash-back-to-Earth humbling, or vice versa. Seasoned MMA fans will have felt this all before with “Bones”, the sport’s greatest-ever martial artist but arguably worst-ever role model.
“What’s up everybody? It’s your boy Jon ‘Bones’ Jones just reaching out to let you all know that I love you very much. Hope you’re keeping your head held high, you owe it to yourself, too,” said the 32-year-old light heavyweight king, with his trademark smile.
“This world can be a very difficult place and sometimes it’s going to present us with some very hard fights. We owe it to ourselves – to have faith, to be positive, and remember that attitude and mentality is everything.
“No-one’s going to feel sorry for us at a time like this – we owe it to ourselves to just not feel sorry for ourselves and do everything we can every day to smile, to do our part, and right now our part is to stay home, stay happy, stay positive, keep a positive outlook. I promise you we will get through this thing. Strong faith guys. We are all unbroken. We got this.”