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UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones arrested for DUI after totaling Bentley
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TheKaeptain
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So that rumored Nike sponsorship between Jones/UFC/Nike is fucking done now.
bone_and_sinew
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I don't think so. If Nike dropped their sponsorships every time an athlete broke the law then half of the NFL and the University of Oregon would not have any.
TheNatural
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This probably added buys to the Hendo fight though.
systematic
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The case was dismissed.
Nobody knows if there was a settlement involved however shortly after the victim opened an animal shelter. Coincidence?
TheKaeptain
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I laughed. This is Dans's fault. He's like the Rex Ryan of the MMA world.
A little different in this case as he's still actively pursuing a sponsorship. If he was already sponsored by them, then yeah, no shits would be given likely.
At best, that deal would be on hold till shit blows over.
TheNatural
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Detective work on Bones Twitter, he was responding to people late last night around 11:30 or so:
@JonnyBones I was supposed to tell you coach Mullins says hi too but I didn't want a #KnuckleSandwich for dinner
A "big" night out on the town for Jon I guess LOL, looks like a TGIF restaurant.
Jillian ‏@firesnooki31
@JonnyBones thank you for signing my fire helmet tonight mean a lot to me
16h Jon Bones Jones ‏@JonnyBones
@firesnooki31 haha no problem sister, feels good to be home
@JonnyBones I was supposed to tell you coach Mullins says hi too but I didn't want a #KnuckleSandwich for dinner
A "big" night out on the town for Jon I guess LOL, looks like a TGIF restaurant.
Jillian ‏@firesnooki31
@JonnyBones thank you for signing my fire helmet tonight mean a lot to me
16h Jon Bones Jones ‏@JonnyBones
@firesnooki31 haha no problem sister, feels good to be home
TheKaeptain
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Jones drinks at TGIFs. No class runs deep in this one.
TheNatural
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Comeon, give the guy a break. It's obvious he's not a clubber, not going out dropping $100's and fighting bouncers like Mayweather. Guy had one too many with a couple of old friends at the local TGIF and didn't want to call his mom for a ride, we all been there man. Right .. right?
TheKaeptain
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Nope.
TheNatural
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OK maybe not TGIF, but totally Applebees.
TheKaeptain
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I don't ever drink more than two beers if I am driving.
TheNatural
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I'm just talking about how goofy it is he was hanging out at a TGIF before this apparently happened, and his mom bailed him out. I don't see how anyone could hate the guy, he's such a geek. If the guy got handed a Playstation* as a kid his life track would have probably ended up in the Gaming Discussion here right now.
* Edit from NES, I forget how young this guy is.
Jaladinozozo
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Should've smoked instead....
Would have made the food at Fridays bearable as well.
Would have made the food at Fridays bearable as well.
TheNatural
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Smoked what .. crack? I don't think weed is strong enough.
SapientWolf
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I think you're confusing geekdom with being a loser. They're often correlated but not exactly the same thing.
I laughed. This is Dans's fault. He's like the Rex Ryan of the MMA world.
lol
MightyHealthy
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LOL I will admit, I've got wasted at an Applebee's before...but it was literally behind my apartment at the time, so I was fine.
The Faceless Master
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wait a minute, is there something wrong or insulting about his mom bailing him out?
TheKaeptain
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Not really it's just really, really, really fucking funny.
MightyHealthy
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You'd figure the UFC LHC would have an entourage or an assistant or some other family member who could bail him out, instead of inconveniencing his mother...it's an additional detail of embarassment, imho.
I don't think he's made enough yet to have a huge posse. He just started making $400k per fight before bonuses after he won the belt. Probably a lot of that goes back into his camp, his house in NM, and the cars.
His trainers and stuff are all in New Mexico. His brothers are both NFL players now.
Haha that's hilarious! Mister goodie two shoes.
Smoking weed >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DUI
At least he doesn't smoke weed, get suspended for a year, and duck a fight he said was for charity.
Smoking weed >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DUI
TheNatural
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Being high while driving AND video blogging not paying attention to the road is no better.
Being high while driving is nothing like drunk driving. It actually makes you drive slower and more responsible.
Not paying attention to the road isn't smart though, lol.
tgif closes at 5am?
TheNatural
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LOL.
nVidiot_Whore
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I had no clue Jon Jones was some "goody 2 shoes."
Because unlike your average sports fan, I only watch the actual sport.
Seriously I see more discussion of gossip and personalities in "sports threads" than I do sports.
Other than that, he should pay the same price the average person does.. unfortunately, he probably won't, since he'll have an above average lawyer. But I couldn't really care less, I'll still watch him punch and kick people in the face.
Because unlike your average sports fan, I only watch the actual sport.
Seriously I see more discussion of gossip and personalities in "sports threads" than I do sports.
Other than that, he should pay the same price the average person does.. unfortunately, he probably won't, since he'll have an above average lawyer. But I couldn't really care less, I'll still watch him punch and kick people in the face.
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Don't worry, most people don't. It's only the ones that like to read into and dissect everything a person says.
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sazabirules
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Like you and your obsession with Chael?
“I’ve always been a person who tries to do the right thing in life, for the most part,” said Jones. “I’m no angel, but I was always the kid who snitched on the kids who had pot. I don’t want to offend the pot smokers out there, but I was kind of just a snitch. I was just down for people doing the right thing. My parents kind of raised me to be a good guy. I’ve always been down for the good side, I guess.”
Real good guy. Fuck off, prick, it was just random chance that you hit a pole instead of head-onning a car full of innocents. You have more than enough money to take a cab or hire a driver.
Real good guy. Fuck off, prick, it was just random chance that you hit a pole instead of head-onning a car full of innocents. You have more than enough money to take a cab or hire a driver.
TheKaeptain
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You should try it.
no, listen. I love marijuana. I prefer it over alcohol for numerous reasons, but no. Your judgement and capabilities are still impaired. Driving intoxicated is stupid, no matter the drug you've been using.
freenudemacusers
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Except mushrooms, cuz then you have you, your woodgrain ancestors, and the burning tree helping you navigate.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
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Will pop in for my LOL.
TheNatural
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I'm not going to ever judge a fighter or any athlete by what he says. People didn't like Jones because he was "arrogant" for some reason. But then, they go and root for a guy that said this:
"Lance Armstrong did a number of things and he gave himself cancer," Sonnen said on Pro MMA Radio, as transcribed by MMA Mania. "He cheated, he did drugs, and he gave himself cancer. Well, instead of saying 'Hey listen, I cheated and gave myself cancer, don't be like me,' he actually made himself the victim and then went out and profited something like $15 million from this 'Hey, poor me, let's find a cure for cancer' campaign."
I pay no mind to it for the most part. There are a few lines I'll draw if someone, like Mayweather, gets time for beating up on a girl or his kid - I won't root for anyone like that or see how anyone can.
I just find it funny, Jones is an exciting fighter yet people hate him because he's "arrogant" - because he said he snitched on people with weed. Then a boring fighter who couldn't finish a can of ravoli says something a lot more classless and people pay no mind.
That's why I really don't care what they say, I don't expect anything from these guys. Jones made an error in judgement like 1,000 other celebrities and has to take the price. If you're going to hold on guy accountable for how you think his personality is though, you have to hold them all accountable.
And if you're going to do that in fighting it's going to be a hell of a ride. PRIDE legend Big Nog is a homophobe, Rampage went on a "Rampage" in a monster truck and is sexist, it's a long ass ride to find someone to hold accountable for what they say. I keep it in the field of play, unless they're beating up their girl like Floyd, being a psycho rapist like Tyson, or pulling a Benoit.
I can only speak from my own experience but I never had any problems driving after a couple of joints (I'm not going to drive if I know I'm going to get wasted). One beer too many though and I become a overconfident asshole on the road.
Haha, what a dunce. As beastly as he is in the ring Octagon, this makes him equally idiotic outside of it.
Can't say it's any surprise, given how many athletes and celebrities in general are basically fools. This is why I can't bring myself to care about what these people are like away from their work.
Can't say it's any surprise, given how many athletes and celebrities in general are basically fools. This is why I can't bring myself to care about what these people are like away from their work.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Yeah, it's not like Jones was involved in a completely preventable situation that kills more people every year than we've lost soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam.
I know you're trying to be logical because you like the guy and want to justify it, but in the end you're really just defending drunk driving as an "error in judgement" and that's fucking despicable.
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