UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones reportedly threatened to kill an anti-doping official when ‘extremely intoxicated’ – after they tried to carry out a drug test.
Jones, who has failed multiple drug tests during his career, is accused of taking the tester’s cell phone during the incident last month.
According to ABQRAW, the Albuquerque Police Department were called over the incident involving Drug Free Sport International, which oversees the testing process for the UFC.
The alleged incident reportedly took place late in March. However, the tester involved went to a location near Jones’ home to report the incident on April 5.
DailyMail.com reached out to the Albuquerque Police Department but has not received a response at the time of this writing.
UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones reportedly threatened to kill an anti-doping agent
+5
Jones won the UFC heavyweight title in March of 2023 by submitting Ciryl Gane in Round 1
As of Friday, a court record search has not brought forth any criminal summons or charges related to the incident. The tester also met with officers in another location in far northeast Albuquerque as APD investigates the allegation.
Jones is no stranger to run-ins with the law. After becoming the youngest fighter to capture UFC gold, Jones had several mishaps that led to the organization taking disciplinary action and stripping the belt from him.
In 2015, Jones tested positive for cocaine metabolites during an out-of-competition drug test after his UFC 182 win over Daniel Cormier. Jones kept his title but was fined $25,000 for violating the UFC’s Athlete Code and Conduct policy.
Later that year, Jones turned himself in to the Albuquerque PD following a hit-and-run incident, which left a pregnant woman injured. Jones was then stripped of his title and pleaded guilty to fleeing the scene where cannabis was found in his vehicle. Jones avoided jail time but served 18 months of supervised probation.
In 2016, Jones was scheduled to headline UFC 200 in a rematch with Cormier but was pulled after being flagged by USADA for another doping violation. The failed test on July 6 resulted in a one-year ban from the doping agency.
After his fight with Alexander Gustafsson got inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in September 2021, Jones was arrested in Las Vegas and charged with misdemeanor battery violence and tampering with a vehicle.
+5
Jones was stripped off his light-heavyweight title in 2015 after a hit-and-run incident
+5
Jones was scheduled to fight Stipe Miocic in November before suffering a pectoral injury
+5
Tom Aspinall won the interim title and is campaigning to unify belts with Jones in his next fight
The arrest happened following a domestic disturbance in which Jones’ then-fiancée Jessie Moses told police the UFC star put his hands on her and was seen with blood on her clothing. The pair went their separate ways in February 2022.
While being handcuffed by officers, Jones repeatedly called a policeman a ‘nerd’ and said ‘I hate you!’
‘Why are you doing this?’ Jones says in a clip of the arrest. ‘This is so humiliating. I got the Hall of Fame tonight, and then you’re gonna put me on this by walking down the street.’
Jones also accused the officers of racial profiling, exclaiming: ‘Bro, hang me, hurt me and kill me. What did I do? A Black man can’t drink? Getting elected into the Hall of Fame and this is what I got?’
He then proceeded to headbutt the hood of the police car and caused a dent in the vehicle.
Jones made his heavyweight debut in March 2023 and won the vacant title from Ciryl Gane via submission. He was meant to fight Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 295 in Madison Square Garden in November before suffering a pectoral injury in training camp.
Jones remains the undisputed heavyweight king as he recovers from his surgery. Meanwhile, British heavyweight star Tom Aspinall holds the interim championship in his absence.
