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Jon Jones' full name is Jonathan "Bones" Jones and is an American national. He was born on July 19, 1987 in Rochester, New York and is mixed martial arts fighter. He fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a light heavy weight fighter. He is currently engaged and also has a seven month old daughter. His primary focus remains on building a mixed marital arts fighting career. He trains in New York with Bomb Squad out of Cortland.

His brothers Arthur and Chandler Jones are defensive linemen at the Syracuse University. Jon has earned his college degree at Iowa Central Community College. He wrestled during his college years and was s 2005 state wrestling champion when he was a senior at Union Endicott High School. While pursuing his Associate degree, he won the National Junio College championship. He intended to pursue his studies in law enforcement and get a higher degreein Criminal Justice. However, he landed with a 4-fight contract when he spent a summer in Morrisville State College. After the contract he became the youngest UFC fighter at that time.

In his first match on August 09, 2008 at UFC 87 he put up an impressive performance even though he took fight at a short notice of three weeks as a replacement of Tomasz Drawal. He used some of the very impressive moves such as spinning back kick and spinning elbows which were quite unorthodox moves. He was declared as the winner of the fight with a unanimous decision.

Later on January 31, 2009, he fought his second fight against Stephan Bonnar at UFC 94. Bonnar again succumbed to Jones' strong and superior wrestling abilities like powerful throws including suplex. A spinning back elbow in round one made Bonnar go down recording a victory for Jones after round three. He is expected to fight Jake O'Brien at UFC 100 in his next fight.

 

 

Fighter Statistics

Record:	W:8 L:0 D:0
Nickname:	Bones
Hometown:	New York, USA
Date of Birth:	July 19, 1987
Height:	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight:	205lbs (93 kg)
Style:	Wrestling