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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.

Former welterweight contender Josh Koscheck may have been trolling mma fans, or he may have been trying to pick a fight with former UFC champ BJ Penn when he announced on Twitter that he had accepted a fight versus ‘The Prodigy’.

Penn put the matter to rest after by posting his own message on Twitter (@bjpendotcom), saying that he is “not coming back anytime soon!”

– @joshkoscheck I know it costs a lot of money to live that lavish lifestyle, big house, fast cars & you need big fights but sorry I’m not coming back anytime soon!

Penn’s comments are certainly aimed at a recent piece on the program “UFC Ultimate Insider” that offered a glimpse at Koscheck’s lavish home-style.

‘The Prodigy’ hasn’t fought since last October when he lost a unanimous decision to Nick Diaz. Penn’s last win was against Matt Hughes at UFC 123 in his return to welterweight after back-to-back championship bout losses to Frankie Edgar.

For the first time in eleven years, UFC president Dana White will not be cageside for a live event.

Instead of being in Fairfax, Virginia for tonight’s UFC on FUEL TV 3 event, White is instead back home as he prepares to undergo surgery on Wednesday in Las Angeles, California.

White explained his absence to fans on Twitter (@DanaWhite), later revealing in a different Tweet that he was having surgery for Meniere’s disease.

– first fight I will miss in 11 years and it is KILLING me!!! I have to have surgery in LA 2 morrow or trust me I would be

For those unfamiliar with Meniere’s disease, it is classified as an inner ear disorder that affects balance and hearing. PubMedHealth notes that surgery is only considered if other treatments fail to resolve the problem. Surgery is done to get rid of the vertigo and depending on the procedure may effect hearing.

Swedish kickboxer Jörgen ‘The Last Viking’ Kruth (5-0) was to have tested his striking against French fighter Cyrille ‘The Snake’ Diabaté (18-8-1) last month at the UFC on FUEL TV 2 event in Stockholm, but Kruth was forced off the card due to a rib injury and was replaced by Tom DeBlass.

Kruth has a new date for his Octagon debut, September 29, 2012 at a yet-to-be-announced UFC event, and it will be against Diabaté in a light heavyweight matchupl.

‘The Last Viking’ broke the news to Swedish news agency Expressen.SE on Sunday.

“I think it will be a fun match. We have the same background.We were supposed to have met before, but unfortunately I had to drop out. It was a boring fight and he was also disappointed, because he got to fight someone he had not prepared for.”

(loosely translated utilizing Google Translate)

Kruth is 5-0 as a mixed martial artist, and is 71-14-2 as a kickboxer. The Swedish fighter has not competed in MMA since last November when he stopped Yusuke Kawaguchi at a Rumble of the Kings 6 event in Sweden by TKO. All five of Kruth’s wins have been first round stoppages.

Diabaté won his bout with DeBlass by majority decision at the UFC Sweden event, bouncing back from a submission loss to Anthony Perosh at UFC 138 last November. ‘The Snake’ has traded wins for losses since joining the UFC going 3-2. If this pattern stays true, Diabaté is due for another loss.

Props to Fighters Only for the heads up on the article.