With Jon Jones’ UFC return just over every week away, the consensus best fighter of all time could get a giant boost as his lone UFC loss may very well be overturned.
This past weekend’s event in Edmonton marked the primary because the UFC announced recent rule changes earlier this yr.
The brand new rules that got here into effect on November 1st include the removal of the 12-6 downward elbow rule, in addition to unifying what deems an opponent as ‘downed’.
In fact, Jon Jones‘ lone MMA loss got here as a disqualification when he used the 12-6 elbow technique to open up Matt Hamill in 2009.
Jon Jones’ lone UFC loss may very well be overturned ahead of UFC 309 comeback
With ‘Bones’ scheduled to make his long-awaited return to the Octagon on November 16 at UFC 309, when he takes on Stipe Miocic, the rule change has come at an ideal time.
Not only that however the heavyweight champion may very well be given a giant boost, because the Director of the California State Athletic Commission, Andy Foster, has backed the overturning of Jones’ lone loss.
For several years, UFC CEO Dana White has claimed that he has fought tooth and nail to get Jones’ loss overturned, blaming it on former referee, Steve Mazzagatti.
“The rule is what it was then, it’s different now,” Foster said on The Ariel Helwani Show.
“It might be hard to return. I’d actually be supportive of eliminating that nevertheless it’s not my decision. I didn’t like the best way it was enforced back then, but that’s 14 years ago.
“On the time, I believed there have been other ways you might handle that situation quite than flat-out giving the guy a loss. Disqualification ought to be the last resort a referee goes to,” Foster continued.
Jon Jones ‘feeling more alive than ever’ as he sends heartfelt message
Although the previous UFC light heavyweight champion and current heavyweight champion hasn’t officially confirmed he’ll retire after his UFC 309 fight, he has heavily hinted at it.
Current interim champion, Tom Aspinall, stays hopeful that the 37-year-old will determine to stay around, nevertheless, all things are pointing to each Jones and Miocic retiring following their upcoming fight.
Ahead of what’s potentially his final fight contained in the UFC Octagon, Jones has admitted that he’s feeling ‘more alive than ever’, despite his age.
“I feel more alive than ever immediately. Even in any case these years, the flood of emotions I experience after ending one other training camp, right before a fight, still amazes me. The energy, the anticipation – it’s overwhelming but in addition incredibly fulfilling,” Jones stated in a post on Instagram.
“Greater than anything, I’m grateful. Grateful to everyone who’s put their effort and time into this journey. We’re higher together, and I’m so blessed to have certainly one of the strongest teams in Mixed Martial Arts history.
“I can’t wait to step on the market and make you all proud once more. It’s almost time,” Jones finished.
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