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Ex-UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones reveals all…
Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones will finally return to the octagon this coming Saturday April 23. He’ll be stepping foot in the UFC cage for the first time since January 2, 2015.
Originally scheduled to rematch the very man he fought before being striped of the title, Daniel Cormier, “Bones” was faced with a last minute opponent switch. Just two weeks out from the fight, “DC” was injured, laying waste to one of the biggest planned rematches in the promotion’s history.
Ovince St-Preux was the man drafted in to replace Cormier in the UFC 197 main event, and the interim title was created for their fight. Many argue that inserting the junior belt was a pointless exercise, but we know how the promotion likes to throw interims around.
OSP is a massive underdog against Jones, and many are predicting a squash match in Las Vegas this weekend. But we are yet to see how “Bones” looks in action since going through a very rough patch in his personal life.
Following a highly controversial sequence of events last April, Jones was stripped of his undisputed UFC light-heavyweight title. He even faced a potential five years in prison for leaving a pregnant woman injured following a hit-and-run drama in New Mexico.
Now looking in great shape and back to his old self perhaps, Jon Jones has the opportunity to taste UFC gold once again. During this recent interview though, Jones blows the lid on his drug addiction, revealing the extent of his hard times…