Heading into his long-awaited comeback tilt against hated rival Daniel Cormier at April 23’s UFC 197, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones sent a collective scare throughout the MMA world when it was unveiled that he was due in court for driving without a license or insurance during a traffic stop.
It might not sound like all that big of a deal, but it was of course magnified by the fact that ‘Bones’ was still on probation for an April 2015 hit-and-run incident that left a pregnant woman with a fractured arm. His rematch with Cormier is still on as of right now, but today (Friday, February 19, 2015) an audio recording from TMZ revealed that the troubled but dominant fighter caught quite the break when he was caught traveling a huge amount above the speed limit.
In the recording, the officer who stopped him can first be heard informing Jones he had been clocked going 75 miles per hour in a 35 mile-per-hour zone. Jones played it coy:
“Was I? Man, yeah, I didn’t realize I was.”
‘Bones’ then continued to plea his case by stating he didn’t have his license and was only headed to practice:
“I don’t; I don’t have my license. I was headed to Jackson’s MMA. I have a practice at 8:30.”
Then asked for his registration, Jones didn’t even know what that looks like, let alone have it:
“Um, is this it?”
Responding with a resounding, “No, the officer got a bit testy at the whole situation, where he had been provided none of the routine paperwork required to legally drive a car in any state. He continued to question Jones about his insurance documentation:
“So you don’t have anything with you then – you don’t have a license with you, no registration, no insurance? So where’s the insurance man?”
The stop got strange and questionable on his part when Jones proclaimed he didn’t know it was illegal to drive without insurance:
“I don’t know. You don’t know? No, I don’t know. So why you driving with no insurance,
dude? Is that illegal? You know it’s illegal man. No I don’t. Yes. Everybody has to have insurance. The car’s insured. But you gotta have a proof of insurance. Just because you’re telling me it’s legit doesn’t mean it’s legit. Yeah, I understand. I mean I gotta see some proof.”
Things sound pretty crazy at this point, but rest assured it gets even stranger when Jones attempts to explain why he’s driving without a license.
Hop to the following page to read his ridiculous reasoning…….
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