Jon Jones Stripped Of UFC Title Belt

Jon Jones took his second L today (April 28) when the UFC stripped him of the light heavyweight title and suspended him indefinitely. With the impending felony case hovering over the 27-year-old, the news coming from the UFC isn’t really surprising.

UFC President Dana White and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta met with Jones and his attorneys in Albuquerque — where Jones trains at Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA and resides.

“He didn’t say a lot,” White said. “Obviously, he’s got to handle his legal proceedings. His lawyer didn’t say much. We basically went in there – what we wanted to find out was what the facts were. A lot of things are being said out there about what happened that day. A lot of them are untrue. A lot of them are speculation, and we wanted to hear Jon’s side of the story, and we wanted to hear what his lawyer had to say about it.”

“Obviously he’s very disappointed. He’s upset. He wanted to go down as one of the greats, or the greatest ever. He’s disappointed, but it is what it is. It’s the decision we had to make.”

Bones Jones posted an official statement on his Twitter account.

On Monday the former champ turned himself in to authorities and posted a $2,500 bail.

Whose going to replace Jones as the current title-holder? Well, Anthony Johnson will now face off with No. 3 contender Daniel Cormier — who Jones beat in his last title defense — at UFC 187 in Las Vegas on May 23rd.

“Obviously we have a guy like Jon Jones who has defended his title as many times as he has – and for us to go in and have to strip him of his title and suspend him, it’s not fun,” White said. “But as they say, the show goes on. Anthony Johnson is ready for this fight, and Daniel Cormier was beyond pumped to get this opportunity. What makes it even easier is Cormier is the type of guy that, as soon as he heard it, he said, ‘I’m ready. Put me in. I want this opportunity. I’m your guy.’ He was blowing me and Lorenzo (Fertitta) up from the moment he heard about this.”

via: MMA Junkie