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Jon Jones Receives Anger Management & Driver Courses For Latest Offense

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Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones has once again come in to trouble with the law, and again it’s involving a situation with ‘Bones’ behind the wheel. This time it was his alleged drag racing in the streets of New Mexico that got Jones mixed up with the police, and the subsequent explicit video that was released shows quite an immature side to the ex-champ. He’s remained in the jail house since turning himself in on Tuesday, after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest.

The warrant came as Jones had broken the terms of his probation, an 18 month restriction that the troubled fighter was hit with following last year’s hit-and-run fiasco. The 28-year old New York born Jones was also stripped of his title for the offense, and this all came after the leaked results of a failed OOC (out-of-competition) drug test for cocaine. In between all this madness Jones did manage to pull off a decision victory over Daniel Cormier at UFC 182.

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Jones’ hearing was set for this morning (Thursday March 31, 2016) and the district attorney had recommended some anger management classes and a 10am-4pm curfew for Jones, unless he had to go out for work purposes. The scheduled bout with Daniel Cormier remains intact thus far for UFC 197, but this Jones in trouble thing is simply a broken record at this point.

The results of Jones’ hearing came in courtesy of Marc Raimondi on Twitter:

Jon Jones must attend anger management and driver improvement courses. No curfew. Must get probation officer’s approval to drive.

— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) March 31, 2016

What do you think, is the decision too soft? Does it simply open the door to ‘Bones’ getting in trouble once again? Only time will tell, but let’s just pray he makes it to UFC 197 to rematch Daniel Cormier for that belt!

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Jon Jones Gets Community Service For Failure To Report Traffic Incident

A slap on the wrist? Nah, according to the New Mexico corrections department “Traffic violations are a minor infraction.” Hmmm, have you guys actually heard of Jon Jones? There have been numerous overnight updates on the latest case of Jon Jones having run-ins with the law, after his manager Malki Kawa appeared on the MMA

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A slap on the wrist? Nah, according to the New Mexico corrections department “Traffic violations are a minor infraction.” Hmmm, have you guys actually heard of Jon Jones?

There have been numerous overnight updates on the latest case of Jon Jones having run-ins with the law, after his manager Malki Kawa appeared on the MMA Hour last night to clear up a few points. Kawa firstly revealed that Jones was in fact licensed, but was not carrying the documentation with him. Jones also downplayed the infraction via his Twitter account, also sending out a message to the journalists that reported his traffic stop.

Yet to appear in court for the actual infraction, the former light-heavyweight champion has received an added ‘punishment’ from the people in charge of his probation. They won’t levy any charges against him, but for failing to actually report the traffic stop (part of his probation agreement) Jones received an added three days of community service.

So perhaps this is just another misunderstanding, a lost in translation traffic stop that turned out to be just a run of the mill chat with a police officer. That said, Jones’ ass should have been in gear enough to tell his probation officer about the situation.

H/T MMAFighting for the interview with Ashley Espinoza, the public affairs co-ordinator with the New Mexico corrections department:

Espinoza said Jones will receive three days of community service for “failing to report police contact and tickets. Traffic infractions are minor in nature,” Espinoza said.

You have to admit, that even if this is just a blown out of proportion run-in with the law, that final statement from Espinoza is about as poor a description for the situation as possible. Please, just don’t tempt fate, UFC 197 isn’t that far away lady!

Stay tuned to LowKick for updates as they come in.

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