A lingering hand injury that forced Jon Jones out of a planned UFC 133
matchup with Rashad
Evans will not require surgery.
Jones was scheduled to go under the knife on Thursday to repair ligament
damage in his right hand, but a pre-op insepction revealed
something initial testing had not: while the champ was certainly
suffering from a painful injury, surgery was more of a choice than a
requirement.
While the decision to delay surgery until absolutely necessary means
Jones will have to fight through the pain for the immediate future,
“Bones” decided to rely on his first instinct and avoid the procedure as
long as possible.