After a Drug Free Sport Worldwide (DFSI) employee accused UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones of threatening her, some fighters have come out in assist of Jones. A kind of fighters was former two-division champion Henry Cejudo.
“Is Jon Jones harmless? 100%,” Cejudo mentioned on his YouTube channel. “It’s virtually like these individuals wish to considerably create a narrative as a result of they wish to painting, hold going with the storyline that Jon Jones is ‘the monster.’
“From what I noticed within the video, and getting an opportunity to know Jon, I may get irritating at instances. Belief me by that, I’ve gotten into it with guys from USADA. Individuals who I’ve recognized for years, individuals who have examined me for years. They catch you at a celebration, they catch you at early within the morning. I imply, it’s regular so that you can sort of get annoyed like, ‘Hey man, what’s occurring right here?’”
Jones admitted that he was offended however denied threatening anybody. He additionally posted a video response to the allegations together with surveillance footage displaying him high-fiving the employees as they had been leaving.
The DFSI employee filed a criticism with the The Albuquerque (N.M.) Police Division. Within the criticism, she accused Jones of being intoxicated and threatening her. Cejudo believes it is time for Jones to take authorized motion in opposition to the employee.
“If I’m you Jon Jones, you already know what I might do? I might get her for defamation of character,” Cejudo mentioned. “I might get her for being a two-faced c*nt, and attempting to return at you for one thing that you simply actually didn’t do.
“I believe if something Jon, it’s best to in all probability begin preventing this and go in opposition to them. Make them suppose twice earlier than they begin bringing your title up. Make them suppose twice earlier than they’re going to make up a narrative about you, you already know, threatening to kill any person or whatnot.”