Vera threatened arm bars as Jones left his arm extended.

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"During a promotional event for UFC 178, on August 4, 2014, Jones and Daniel Cormier briefly scuffled during an on-stage staredown, initiated by Jones pressing his forehead against Cormier's forehead, prompting Cormier to shove Jones by the throat, to which Jones responded by throwing a punch.An arrest warrant was issued against Jones, and surrender arrangements were made between law enforcement and Jones's lawyers.Jones apologized to his fans on Twitter by saying, "Got a lot of soul searching to do. The openings of the hands and putting the hands on the face are something bad, but it happens with guys who have reach. In the 19-year history of the UFC, it was the first card to ever be canceled. If you watch my fights, it's me extending my arm in a reactionary way. Dean took a point away from Vera and returned the fighters to the ground, back to Jones in Vera's guard. Like I said, I don't think this is going to make Jon Jones popular with the fans, sponsors, cable distributors, television network executives or other fighters." Vera faced Jon Jones on March 21, 2010, at UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones and lost via TKO in the first round after an elbow from Jones broke Vera's face in three places. Tonight he entered the cage as a "might have been".But if Jones recognized anything of his future in the fallen Vera, he didn't register it. It's the refusal to be finished." That's what you saw [against] Teixeira, but to say I am purposely poking people in the eye, it's just inaccurate. From a potential suspension of 48 months USADA applied a reduction of 30 months for Jones's co-operation in identifying other anti-doping offences, and a further 3 months was applied by arbitrators McLaren in relation to Jones's degree of fault.On October 10, 2018, it was announced that Jones would return at In the first defense of his second championship reign, Jones faced Jones stands out by his high adaptability and flawless technique in the cage and has been described as "one of the most dynamic, innovative, and constantly evolving fighters in the history of MMA"On August 8, 2012, Jones became the first mixed martial artist to be sponsored by When asked about the controversy, UFC president Dana White stated, "we've got to stop that stuff. The elbow delivered to stop the fight also broke Vera's face in three places. Then Vera landed a vicious, but illegal upkick to Jones' face. Vera was defeated by Brazilian Thiago Silva via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, and 30–27) on January 1, 2011 at UFC 125. He was first stripped of his title and removed from the official rankings by the UFC in 2015 after he was arrested on felony Before beginning his MMA career, Jones was a stand-out high school wrestler and state champion at Jones made his professional MMA debut in April 2008.After defeating Matyushenko, Jones stated that he wanted a "top-three opponent" for his next fight.White soon confirmed that Jones would face the undefeated Immediately after the bout with Bader, it was revealed that title contender and Jones's training partner Jones's first title defense was expected to be on August 6, 2011, at Jones vs. Evans was in the works for a second time, and a bout was targeted for December 10, 2011, at Jones finally faced his arch rival and former teammate Jones decision to decline the fight against Sonnen was criticized. Jones quickly got a second take down, Vera again got guard. "In the early morning of May 19, 2012, Jones drove his On July 21, 2019, it was reported that Jones had been charged with battery for an alleged incident in April 2019 involving a cocktail waitress at a strip club in Jones was arrested in the early morning of March 26, 2020 in On January 6, 2015, it was announced that Jones failed a drug test prior to On July 8, 2016, a urine sample from Jones tested positive for two banned substances, On August 22, 2017, it was announced that Jones was flagged for a potential doping violation by USADA, stemming from his test sample that was collected on July 28, one day before his rematch against Cormier at Jones stated that he did not knowingly take any prohibited substances,Jones became eligible to fight again on October 28, 2018,"it was not the finish that's the story of this evening. Jones also won the "Knockout of the Night" award. Between 2015 and 2017, Jones was involved in several controversies and lost his title three times as a result of disciplinary action. Jones flew back several feet in the air off the kicks. The list goes on and on of all the things, the money that was spent for fighters to train and the list goes on and on. Vera then landed another illegal looking kick that Dean seemingly missed. Following the fight, Jones expressed his interest in grappling with Chael Sonnen.The rematch with Daniel Cormier took place on July 29, 2017, at On August 22, it was announced that Jones had been flagged for a potential doping violation by In September 2018 it was announced by USADA that Jones would serve a suspension of 15 months. Jones submitted Henderson via an arm-triangle choke at 6:39 minutes. They do that a lot. Only four years ago the brash young Vera was touted as a new generation of fighter with incredible striking, top-flight wrestling and an aggressive submission game. Vera got guard immediately and then kicked Jones off of him. 21, 2010 KO/TKO Elbow 1 3:19 loss. I do put a hand on people's foreheads to maintain distance. UFC on Versus Results: Jon Jones Finishes Brandon Vera With Brutal Elbows on the Ground Pros react to Neil Magny’s victory over Robbie Lawler at UFC Vegas 8Neil Magny defeated Robbie Lawler via unanimous decision at UFC Vegas 8. UFC on Versus Results: Jon Jones Finishes Brandon Vera With Brutal Elbows on the Ground - Bloody Elbow Jon Jones continued his ascent up the UFC light heavyweight ranks by TKO'ing Brandon Vera …