Jon Jones

Jon Jones is, to my eye, the most complete fighter mixed martial arts has produced, and one of its most complicated figures. From Rochester, New York, with a 192 cm frame he wielded like a puzzle no opponent ever solved, he ruled the light heavyweight division across two reigns and then took the heavyweight crown before stepping away in 2025. I do not gloss over the controversies; they are part of the record. But purely as a craftsman of combat, creative, adaptable, ruthless in the clinch, he set a standard others still chase. Greatness and flaw, inseparable in one career.

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Name (English)

Jon Jones

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・ジョーンズ

Reading

じょん・じょーんず

Born

July 19, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Rochester, New York, United States

Height

192 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / Thai boxer / amateur wrestler

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

High school

Union-Endicott High School

University

State University of New York at Morrisville

• Official sitehttps://www.jonnybones.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jonnybones/
• Xhttps://x.com/jonnybones
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Jones
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q285450

Tags

• New York
• mixed martial arts fighter
• Thai boxer
• amateur wrestler

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.