UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones has taken to Facebook this morning to apologize to family and friends for his actions this past weekend in New York.
Early Saturday morning, Jones was arrested by the police in Binghamton, New York for suspicion of Driving Under the Influence after Jones car had been driven into a telephone pole at 5am. Jones reportedly drove his Bentley into a pole and was arrested on the scene.
Early reports say that Jones suffered “minor injuries” and his manager, Malki Kawa released a statement about the incident asking “fans and media to respect the privacy of Jon and his family during this time.”
Now the Champ has come out to make his first public statement about the accident and the investigation this morning at about 9am EST.
Man I haven’t added anyone new to my Facebook page in like three years and right now I’m so glad that I haven’t. It has literally been sickening to have so many people try to kick me while I’m down. At the same time, I totally understand, I gave them the leeway to. I screwed up, big time. Just needed to say thank you to all you guys for being amazing friends/supporters.
Always having to deal with so many critics, haters and fickle mma fans, I almost forgot how strong of a home base I had (607 and people that knew me before I was a champion fighter). Although the hell that will come with this hasn’t even started yet, I want you guys to know how much better you’ve all made me feel, not only about this situation but about life, everything. It’s good to feel that people are there and care. With that being said, I felt I should apologize to you first.
I’m truly sorry to those of you that I may have embarrassed in any way, to those of you with kids that I may have let down. I will prove to them as well as to myself, that no matter what is happening in life, we can always work our way back and make things even better than before. Reading you guys uplifting comments was a great reminder for me to not give up on who I am or all the hateful people. I’m not gonna allow this situation to outweigh the positive. I love you guys right back and I promise to make things right. PS sorry about the terrible grammar 🙂
The statement was pulled from MiddleEasy.com’s page this morning.