Jon Bones Jones
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Jonny 'Bones' Jones - Profile of a Champion
On Saturday, March 19th 2011, at just 23 years old, Jonny 'Bones' Jones won a decisive victory over Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua, making him the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion (the youngest person ever to be a UFC champion). With a meteoric rise through the MMA rankings, Jones has been unstoppable, his only defeat coming by way of a disqualification during a fight in which he was completely dominant. His athleticism, explosiveness, creative fighting style have been the cause of much excitement in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. Indeed, watching Jonny 'Bones' fight leaves you with the feeling that you've just seen something extraordinary happen, whether it was the TKO of 'Shogun' Rua most recently, his guillotine chokeout of Ryan Bader, the way he threw Stephan Bonnar all over the octagon or his deadly elbow strikes against Brandon Vera; Jones is trully a very well-rounded, and gifted fighter. There's no doubt that Jon Jones will reign as the UFC Light
Photo used under Creative Commons from THQInsider Heavyweight Champion for some time to come. With such a bright and promising future for this impressive young fighter, the sky is the limit. In this lens, we're going to take a moment to look back to see the journey of 'Bones', from his wrestling roots, right through to his recent MMA accomplishments. Sit back and enjoy the ride!
Contents at a Glance
The tale of the tape
Jon Jones's key stats
Age: 23
Height: 6'4"
Reach: 84.5"
Weight: 205 lbs
Born: Rochester, NY USA
Fights out of: Endicott, NY USA
Skills: Wrestling, Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai
Bones's background
Jon Jones athletic history (pre-UFC)
Jones went to Union-Endicott High School, where in 2005, he was the Division I State Champion. Also in 2005, he was a NHSCA Senior All-American. Jones went on to Iowa Central Community College in 2006, where he was a Greco Roman All-American, and won the NJCAA Junior Collegiate Championship. In 2008, Jon starting training in MMA, and on April 12th that year, he won his debut fight with a first round TKO of Brad Bernar in Full Force: Untamed 20. Jonny went on to fight a 5 more fights in 5 different organizations, winning all of them impressively by TKOs, KOs and a submission. These initial victories were a sign of things to come.
Jon Jones in the UFC
His fights so far
In late July of 2008, Jon was called in as a replacement for Tomasz Drwal to fight Andre Gusmao at UFC 87. Jonny 'Bones' Jones debuted in the UFC just 3 weeks later, winning by unanimous decision (the first time he'd gone a full 3 rounds). He then had a another win by unanimous decision after dominating Stephan Bonnar for 3 rounds at UFC 94. Following that Jones won his next fight by submission against Jake O'Brien at UFC 100 by way of a guillotine choke. His next fight against Matt Hamill ended with an unfortunate disqualification for a '12-6' elbow after doing very well for the first part of the fight. Jon racked up 3 more impressive wins over Brandon Vera, Vladimir Matyushenko and Ryan Bader.
Then on March 19th, Jones defeated the reigning Light Heavyweight Champion, Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua halfway through the 3rd round. The championship fight was a showcase of talent for Jon as he out-paced, out-struck, out-wrestled and just plain out-classed the champion. Now he will have a few months to rest before he starts training for his next fight against his training partner, 'Sugar' Rashad Evans. Jonny 'Bones' Jones is certainly an exciting fighter to watch, and part of what makes him so terrific is the fact that in each of his fights, he is remarkably better than in his last fight. Is there anyone in the 186-205 pound division can stop Jones? For now I don't see anyone who poses a threat, but there's always great new talent appearing in one of the most exciting divisions in fighting.
Jonny 'Bones' Jones MMA Accomplishments
United States Kickboxing Association (USKBA) Light Heavyweight Champion
2009 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year (Sherdog)
2009 Newcomer of the Year
(FIGHT! Magazine)
2010 Breakthrough Fighter of the Year (World MMA Awards)
Knockout of the Night
(Brandon Vera - elbow strikes)
Submission of the Night
(Ryan Bader - modified guillotine choke)
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
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- I like your use of the attributes to get a clean look.
I am squid newbie, but I used to be able to edit code pretty well..Not anymore. Things have changed. A lot. I guess you got a squidlike without any input that you haven't heard before. Oh well...Let me know and I will add your link to my tattoo lens.
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mike
Jul 22, 2011 @ 7:16 pm | delete
- hes humble tons of heart and he is a beast assasin mentality silent killer
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GetSillyProductions Nov 26, 2011 @ 3:10 pm | delete
- word, he's a nice guy, but nasty in the cage!
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- I'm often interested to see where my visitors come from, so I thought you might be. I saw this in Squidu forum (lens spot light)
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