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My Take
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.
Overview
Jonathan Dwight Jones (born July 19, 1987) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed from 2008 to 2025. During his career with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), he was the Light Heavyweight Champion from 2011 to 2015 and from 2018 to 2020, and the Heavyweight Champion from 2023 to 2025, as well as the interim Light Heavyweight Champion in 2016.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rabbit
- Origin
- Rochester, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 192 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter / Thai boxer / amateur wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Union-Endicott High School
- University
- State University of New York at Morrisville
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.