It’s change into fairly clear that UFC star Jon Jones can’t deal with his liquor.
The undisputed UFC heavyweight champion has had a protracted historical past of each drug and alcohol abuse which resulted in him being stripped of his gentle heavyweight title not as soon as, however twice. Some would even counsel that his unending string of run-ins with the legislation ought to disqualify him from acquiring GOAT standing whereas others, like Dana White, suppose his success in MMA has been made all that extra spectacular by his shenanigans exterior of the Octagon.
Just lately, ‘Bones’ as soon as once more had battle followers speaking for all of the fallacious causes when he took to Instagram reside in the course of the evening and made a press release that had everybody scratching their heads.
“You go on a visit, and get pissed off, upset. And as a Dad, you simply wanna kill ’em,” Jones stated moments earlier than the video cuts off.
What precisely was that each one about? Who the hell is aware of, however the schtick is getting a little bit previous. On the brilliant aspect, he didn’t beat up one other police automobile, or his fiancé. So there’s that.
Ex-UFC Champion Michael Bisping reacts to Jon Jones’ drunken rant
Providing his tackle Jones’ newest alcohol-fueled nonsense, former middleweight titleholder Michael Bisping did his greatest to order judgment. In any case, he’s been recognized to knock again a couple of on a Saturday evening when he’s not calling fights Octagon-side. However the reality stays that Bisping is now not a fighter, neither is he thought-about to be one of many best of all time—with all due respect.
Jones, however, is energetic and regarded by many as the very best of the very best. Maybe it’s time to begin appearing prefer it for the primary time in his profession and cease threatening to kill individuals throughout drunken rants on social media.
“I’m the final particular person to sit down right here and decide somebody for getting drunk, saying one thing dumb, or saying one thing that’s been taken out of context,” Bisping stated on his Imagine You Me podcast. “I’m the final particular person to do it. The issue is that if you’re the best fighter, perhaps of all time, within the sport that we’ve ever seen, and we’re all ready for this huge matchup with Tom Aspinall, and you then go on reside, and yeah, you’re drunk, there’s only a microscope on you.
“You realize, we’re all—hear, I had a pair Saturday evening. Oh, you realize, I used to be glad to be dwelling, had a few vodkas, received a pleasant little buzz on, didn’t go to Instagram, didn’t threaten to kill somebody.”
It’s actually not the primary time Jones has apparently threatened to kill somebody. In March 2024, an “extraordinarily intoxicated” ‘Bones’ allegedly threatened to “kill” a drug testing agent who got here to his dwelling to gather a pattern. Jones was charged with two misdemeanors stemming from the incident, together with assault and interference with communications.
In October, the case was dismissed after Jones agreed to remain out of any bother for the following 90 days and bear 4 hours of anger administration.
“I want to lengthen my due to the justice system for reaching a immediate decision on this matter, which affirms my innocence,” Jones wrote on X shortly after the ruling.
Right here’s a enjoyable throwback to a press release Jon Jones made about his alcohol consumption in 2021:
