Off the again of his most up-to-date outing at UFC 309, heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has claimed if he had not have entered a profession in fight sports activities, he would possible have tried his arm at a profession in both the navy or with legislation enforcement.
Jones, a former two-time undisputed mild heavyweight champion, and a present heavyweight gold holder, most lately featured in the principle occasion of UFC 309 final month, handing over a dominant third spherical spinning back-kick knockout win over former two-time champion, Stipe Miocic at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Snapping a prolonged hiatus from the Octagon within the course of, Rochester native, Jones had been sidelined since profitable interim heavyweight spoils in a primary spherical guillotine choke submission win over former gold holder, Ciryl Gane.
And lined as much as doubtlessly unify the heavyweight championships in his return to motion subsequent yr, former pound-for-pound primary, Jones has been closely linked with a pairing with British fan favourite, Tom Aspinall.
Jon Jones laments skirting profession in legislation enforcement
Revealing throughout a YouTube video with Alex Gonzalez he might doubtlessly function twice extra within the Octagon, Jones additionally claimed that if he had by no means pursued a profession in fight sports activities, he would have tried his hand at a task in legislation enforcement.
“If I wasn’t a fighter, you know, I was always really interested in like military, being in the military like law enforcement or military type stuff,” Jon Jones stated. “Rising up, I at all times needed to assist individuals and so I went to high school for felony justice and ended up dropping out, had a child at actually younger age, and now I beat individuals up for a residing… It’s loads totally different than what I might be doing.