MMA icon Jon Jones ‘arrested for battery home violence’ by Vegas police simply HOURS after being inducted into UFC Corridor of Fame

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UFC star Jon Jones has discovered himself on the flawed facet of the regulation once more after he was reportedly arrested in Las Vegas for ‘battery home violence’ simply hours after he was inducted into the UFC Corridor of Fame in a glitzy ceremony.

In keeping with ESPN’s Marc Raimondi, former longtime UFC mild heavyweight champion Jones is dealing with fees of battery home violence and injuring and tampering with a automobile following an early Friday morning arrest in Las Vegas. 

Jones’ bail is ready at $ eight,000 and the star is reportedly scheduled to make a courtroom look on Saturday morning.

In keeping with US outlet TMZ, regulation enforcement  obtained a name from Caesars Palace round 5:45am, the place they then made contact with the UFC star. 

There was no official remark from Jones or the UFC as of but.

Jones, who has but to style (a non-DQ) defeat in his in depth run with the UFC, has confronted a number of authorized points all through his profession after beforehand being arrested for hit and run (in an incident which left a pregnant lady with a damaged arm) in addition to drunk-driving and negligent use of a firearm, amongst others.

His hit-and-run arrest, which occurred in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2015, resulted in him being stripped of the UFC’s mild heavyweight championship after he was adjudged by UFC officers of a breach of the group’s Athlete Code of Conduct coverage.

Jones’ most up-to-date arrest got here in March of final yr when he was detained on quite a few fees together with aggravated driving whereas intoxicated (DWI), negligent use of a firearm, possession of an open container and driving with no proof of insurance coverage.

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He pleaded responsible to the DWI fees after agreeing a deal which noticed the opposite fees dropped, and was sentenced to 4 days home arrest in addition to a yr of supervised probation, amongst different punishments.

Jones, 34, was in Las Vegas on Thursday alongside his household for his induction to the UFC Corridor of Fame alongside Alexander Gustafsson for his or her basic UFC 165 title battle.

He hasn’t competed within the UFC since February of final yr and introduced final summer time that he was relinquishing his world title upfront of a transfer to the heavyweight division, which he instructed reporters on Thursday is predicted to occur within the second quarter of 2022.