Jon Jones
American mixed martial artist
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| March 2025 | Announced as a co-owner of 'Dirty Boxing Championship'. |
| February 2025 | Partnered with Power to the Patients, a healthcare reform group, to advocate for more affordable and accessible healthcare through price transparency. |
| 2025 | Jon Jones will play a Navy SEAL in upcoming film 'Edo's Crossing' |
| January 2025 | Attended President Donald Trump's inauguration after receiving a personal invitation. |
| January 5 2025 | Starred as a Navy SEAL in short film 'Edo's Crossing' |
| 2024 | Jon Jones set to appear in film 'La Cage' |
| 2024 | Stars in Netflix series 'La Cage' playing himself |
| December 6 2024 | Featured in documentary 'UFC's Most Controversial GOAT' by Lionel Rivera. |
| November 16 2024 | The bout between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic was rescheduled to UFC 309, where Jones won by technical knockout via a spinning back kick followed by punches in the third round, marking his twelfth title defense and breaking the record for most title defenses in UFC history. This fight earned him another Performance of the Night award. |
| November 15 2024 | Scheduled to be a guest on Nina Drama's Podcast. |
| November 12 2024 | Sits down with ESPN for an exclusive interview ahead of UFC 309. |
| October 29 2024 | Jon Jones agreed to attend four hours of anger management classes to resolve the charges of assault and interference with communications. |
| September 26 2024 | The bench trial for Jon Jones regarding the alleged assault was postponed to this date due to the absence of a responding police officer. |
| July 2024 | Jon Jones pled not guilty to misdemeanor charges of assault and interference with communications, with a bench trial initially set for August 22. |
| June 2024 | Jones announced he was granted 50/50 custody over his son. |
| April 7 2024 | Albuquerque Police Department issued a summons to Jon Jones citing him for assault and interference with communications. |
| March 30 2024 | Crystal Martinez, a drug-testing agent, filed a police report alleging that Jon Jones assaulted her and threatened her life during a visit to collect a urine sample for the UFC's anti-doping program. |
| 2023 | Jon Jones received the Best MMA Fighter award at the ESPY Awards and was also honored with the Submission of the Year award for his victory over Ciryl Gane. |
| 2023 | Jon Jones was recognized as Mixed Martial Arts Most Valuable and Best Box Office Draw by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. |
| 2023 | Jon Jones appears in EA Sports UFC 5 video game |
| 2023 | Won the ESPY Award for Best MMA Fighter and was recognized as Mixed Martial Arts Most Valuable by Wrestling Observer Newsletter. |
| 2023 | Appears in UFC 285 Embedded promotional short film |
| November 11 2023 | Jon Jones was scheduled to defend his title against former two-time heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic at UFC 295; however, he had to pull out due to an injury after tearing a pectoral tendon. |
| August 29 2023 | Featured on The Overdogs Podcast |
| July 1 2023 | Appears in short film 'Why Champions Self-Destruct: the Jon Jones Story' by Patrick Gavia. |
| March 4 2023 | Jon Jones faced Ciryl Gane for the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 285, winning the bout via guillotine choke submission in the first round. He also earned the Performance of the Night bonus award after the fight. |
| March 3 2023 | Featured in VoteSport documentary 'Jon Jones - The Greatest Fighter of All Time'. |
| February 20 2023 | Appears in 'BEFORE And AFTER: Jon Jones' episode of The Fighting Business digital series. |
| February 23 2022 | Jon Jones announced via Twitter that his fiancée Jessie had left him around two months prior. |
| 2021 | Jon Jones was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame (Fight Wing, Class of 2021). |
| 2021 | Inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame (Fight Wing) for his fight against Alexander Gustafsson. |
| December 2021 | Sponsored a $250 Walmart shopping spree for 100 families in Albuquerque. |
| December 16 2021 | The domestic battery charge against Jon Jones was dropped, while he pleaded no contest to the felony charge of tampering with a police vehicle, resulting in a court order for anger management therapy and restitution. |
| November 2021 | Three weeks after his arrest, Jon Jones was banned from entering Jackson Wink MMA gym by his coach, Mike Winkeljohn. |
| October 26 2021 | Jon Jones was scheduled to be arraigned in court following his arrest on charges of domestic battery and tampering with a police vehicle. |
| September 2021 | Four days after his arrest, Jon Jones posted an Instagram video indicating he would leave alcohol behind due to trauma. |
| September 24 2021 | Jon Jones was arrested in the early hours after police responded to a domestic incident at the Caesars Palace resort hotel in Las Vegas, following a 9-1-1 call made by his daughter. |
| 2020 | Founded the C.A.R.E. Project, a nonprofit dedicated to community cleanup and beautification in New Mexico. |
| 2020 | Featured in EA Sports UFC 4 video game |
| December 2020 | Provided 50 gift vouchers worth $500 each to local shoppers. |
| August 15 2020 | On August 15, 2020, Jon Jones confirmed via social media that he would be relinquishing the Light Heavyweight Championship and expressed his desire to move up to heavyweight. |
| July 2020 | Launched an annual initiative donating fully loaded backpacks to children in his neighborhood. |
| June 25 2020 | Guest on Steve-O's Wild Ride! podcast (episode #13) |
| May 2020 | Jones donated $25,000 to The Food Depot, an organization combating hunger, which funded 100,000 meals. |
| May 2020 | In May 2020, Jon Jones had a conflict with UFC President Dana White over pay, which led him to announce that he had vacated the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. |
| March 26 2020 | Jon Jones was arrested in Albuquerque for aggravated DWI after a police officer heard a gunshot and found him intoxicated in his vehicle. He pleaded guilty to the DWI charge on March 31 and was sentenced to four days' house arrest and one year of supervised probation. |
| February 8 2020 | Jon Jones fought Dominick Reyes in the main event of UFC 247, winning the fight via controversial unanimous decision with scores of 48–47, 48–47, and 49–46, while setting a new record for most wins in UFC title fight history with 14 wins. |
| February 3 2020 | Appeared on Ariel Helwani's MMA Show podcast |
| 2019 | Ranked in Top 10 Fighters of the Year. |
| December 2019 | Jon Jones donated and handed out $20,000 worth of coats to homeless people in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and partnered with a local charity to provide hot meals and toys to children. |
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