It’s turn out to be fairly clear that UFC star Jon Jones can’t deal with his liquor.
The undisputed UFC heavyweight champion has had a protracted historical past of each drug and alcohol abuse which resulted in him being stripped of his gentle heavyweight title not as soon as, however twice. Some would even counsel that his endless string of run-ins with the legislation ought to disqualify him from acquiring GOAT standing whereas others, like Dana White, suppose his success in MMA has been made all that extra spectacular by his shenanigans outdoors of the Octagon.
Lately, ‘Bones’ as soon as once more had struggle followers speaking for all of the unsuitable causes when he took to Instagram reside in the midst of the evening and made a press release that had everybody scratching their heads.
“You go on a visit, and get pissed off, dissatisfied. And as a Dad, you simply wanna kill ’em,” Jones mentioned moments earlier than the video cuts off.
What precisely was that every one about? Who the hell is aware of, however the schtick is getting slightly previous. On the intense aspect, he didn’t beat up one other police automotive, or his fiancé. So there’s that.
Ex-UFC Champion Michael Bisping reacts to Jon Jones’ drunken rant
Providing his tackle Jones’ newest alcohol-fueled nonsense, former middleweight titleholder Michael Bisping did his greatest to order judgment. In any case, he’s been recognized to knock again just a few on a Saturday evening when he’s not calling fights Octagon-side. However the truth stays that Bisping is now not a fighter, neither is he thought of to be one of many biggest of all time—with all due respect.
Jones, alternatively, is lively and regarded by many as one of the best of one of the best. Maybe it’s time to start out appearing prefer it for the primary time in his profession and cease threatening to kill folks throughout drunken rants on social media.
“I’m the final particular person to take a seat right here and choose somebody for getting drunk, saying one thing dumb, or saying one thing that’s been taken out of context,” Bisping mentioned on his Consider You Me podcast. “I’m the final particular person to do it. The issue is that while you’re the best fighter, possibly of all time, within the sport that we’ve ever seen, and we’re all ready for this large matchup with Tom Aspinall, and you then go on reside, and yeah, you’re drunk, there’s only a microscope on you.
“You realize, we’re all—pay attention, I had a pair Saturday evening. Oh, you realize, I used to be comfortable to be dwelling, had a few vodkas, bought a pleasant little buzz on, didn’t go to Instagram, didn’t threaten to kill somebody.”
It’s actually not the primary time Jones has apparently threatened to kill somebody. In March 2024, an “extraordinarily intoxicated” ‘Bones’ allegedly threatened to “kill” a drug testing agent who got here to his dwelling to gather a pattern. Jones was charged with two misdemeanors stemming from the incident, together with assault and interference with communications.
In October, the case was dismissed after Jones agreed to remain out of any bother for the following 90 days and bear 4 hours of anger administration.
“I want to lengthen my due to the justice system for reaching a immediate decision on this matter, which affirms my innocence,” Jones wrote on X shortly after the ruling.
Right here’s a enjoyable throwback to a press release Jon Jones made about his alcohol consumption in 2021:
