Jon Jones
Following a turbulent day of news surrounding Jon Jones from being wanted for questioning in a hit and run accident to subsequently being named a suspect to then having a warrant issued for his arrest the UFC light heavyweight champion is in police custody.
Albuquerque police confirmed Jones status to MMAjunkie on Monday night.
In the early morning hours Sunday a 25 year old pregnant woman s vehicle was struck after a silver Buick SUV ran a red light causing her vehicle to hit a third car. A man matching Jones description ran from the SUV involved in the three car accident before returning grabbing a handful of cash and fleeing again.
An officer at the scene found rental paperwork linking the vehicle to Jones as well as a marijuana pipe and marijuana.
The victim in the incident suffered a broken arm.
Currently Jones (21 1 MMA 15 1 UFC) the top ranked fighter in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA pound for pound rankings is scheduled to fight Anthony Johnson (19 4 MMA 10 4 UFC) in next month s UFC 187 pay per view headliner which takes place May 23 in Las Vegas.
The UFC recently released a statement stating officials are gathering facts and will reserve further comment until more information is available but made no mention of Jones possibly being pulled from the card.
For more on UFC 187 check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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