Yahoo - Jones, who is fighting Saturday evening in Newark for the UFC light
heavyweight title, was on his way to meditate in front of a waterfall in
northern New Jersey. Jones, along with Greg Jackson and Mike
Winkeljohn, spotted the suspect breaking into a car and stealing some
objects. According to the account given to Yahoo!'s Kevin Iole by
Jackson, the group shouted at the robber and he took off.
Jones, Jackson and Winkeljohn pursued him on foot. The robber
eventually fell and Jones, the youngest of the group at 23, caught up to
the robber and tripped him to the ground again. Jackson said that Jones
"foot swept" the suspect.
With the robber on the ground, Jackson began yelling to his fighter
to stay away. Once the trainers caught up to robber, he tried to get up.
Jackson said he "double-legged" him and jumped on top applying an arm
bar. Winkeljohn went for the other arm to make sure he didn't have a
weapon. In the scuffle, the robber was bloodied. The trainers said some
blood got on their pants. Shortly afterward, the police arrived to
arrest the suspect.
What a fucking beast. Who can say they would have went out of their way to stop a robber, and put themselves in danger on the biggest day of their life. Jon Jones became the youngest UFC champion in history on Saturday and put a thief in jail, I think you can say his day was a success. The fact that he put the robber in an arm-bar makes the story twice as good. For all you mixed martial arts haters out there, I think this story proves MMA is not just for thugs.
-Dow
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