Jon Jones Issues Apology To Fans

Unless you Addicts have been living under a rock this past weekend, you will have heard that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones crashed his $190,000 Bentley into a pole, and even worse, did so whilst under the influence of alcohol.

The news spread like wildfire throught the MMA world, with some fans shaking their head in disappointment, and others who always thought Jones wasn't quite as saintly as he seemed, justifying thier doubts about how genuine the 24 year old really is.

Speaking through his official Facebook account, Jones apologised to his fans:

"Man I haven't added anyone new to my Facebook page in like three years and right now I'm so glad that I haven't. It has literally been sickening to have so many people try to kick me while I'm down. At the same time, I totally understand, I gave them the leeway to. I screwed up, big time. Just needed to say thank you to all you guys for being amazing friends/supporters.
Always having to deal with so many critics, haters and fickle mma fans, I almost forgot how strong of a home base I had (607 and people that knew me before I was a champion fighter). Although the hell that will come with this hasn't even started yet, I want you guys to know how much better you've all made me feel, not only about this situation but about life, everything. It's good to feel that people are there and care. With that being said, I felt I should apologize to you first.

I'm truly sorry to those of you that I may have embarrassed in any way, to those of you with kids that I may have let down. I will prove to them as well as to myself, that no matter what is happening in life, we can always work our way back and make things even better than before. Reading you guys uplifting comments was a great reminder for me to not give up on who I am or all the hateful people. I'm not gonna allow this situation to outweigh the positive. I love you guys right back and I promise to make things right. PS sorry about the terrible grammar :)"

It remains to be seen how the talented New Yorker bounces back from this setback, but you can be sure that this is not the last we will here about the incident.

Source: http://www.facebook.com/jon.jones.9461?ref=ts#!/profile.php?id=507938415

Published by Lee Rabey - Mon, 21 May 2012 16:20