UFC heavyweight champ Jon “Bones” Jones has actually accepted participate in 4 hours of anger management classes to fix a set of misdemeanor charges coming from a drug test at his New Mexico home in which he was implicated of being hostile. A trial was set to start on Tuesday before a New Mexico judge, however a district attorney and Jones’ defense lawyer revealed that an arrangement had actually been reached. The charges of attack, a minor misdemeanor, and disturbance with interaction, a misdemeanor, will be dismissed as along as Jones finishes the anger management classes and follows all laws over the next 90 days. Jones had actually pleaded innocent in July, and when the claims initially ended up being public previously this year, he called them unwarranted. He published on social networks that he had actually been removed guard by what he called the unprofessionalism of among the testers and acknowledged swearing after ending up being disappointed with the scenario. Thought about among the best MMA fighters in history, Jones took the heavyweight title with a first-round submission over Ciryl Gane in March 2023. It was Jones’ very first battle in 3 years and his very first in the heavyweight department. He currently was the very best light heavyweight by winning a record 14 title battles. Jones will deal with Stipe Miocic in UFC 309 on 16 November at New York’s Madison Square Garden. He and Miocic were arranged to eliminate in 2015, however a pectoral injury required Jones to hold off the bout. In 2016, Jones was suspended for a year for a stopped working drug test and had his 2017 triumph over Daniel Cormier became a no-contest after another drug test showed up favorable. Jones argued later on that he would have passed under requirements that were modified in 2019 by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, which altered the requirements for what made up a favorable test. A female who worked for Drug Free Sport International, which performs tests for expert athletes, at first submitted a report with Albuquerque authorities in April. She implicated Jones of threatening her while she and a coworker were at Jones’ home for a drug test. A criminal grievance mentioned that the female explained Jones as cooperative in the beginning however that he ended up being upset. Jones informed authorities that he excused swearing at the female and her colleague at the end of the test. He offered video from what seemed a home cam system revealing the lady offering him a high-five before leaving. He stated neither appeared frightened throughout the interaction.
UFC heavyweight champ Jon Jones prevents trial after consenting to anger management classes
