The UFC light heavyweight GOAT, Jon Jones, has had several close calls in his career that have turned some MMA fans against him. That said, here are 5 MMA rules 'Bones' broke multiple times in the UFC.
Under the unified professional MMA rules, one cannot grab the cage during their bout. Jones, on the other hand, has attempted many cage grabs in his fights against Daniel Cormier, Stephan Bonnar, and others.
In his fights against Alexander Gustafsson, Quinton Jackson, and others, Jones has landed groin strikes on several occasions.
Jones, who has an 84-inch reach, occasionally extends his fingers outwards and invariably catches fighters with eye pokes. Despite numerous warnings from referees, Jones has landed such eye pokes on Daniel Cormier and Glover Teixeira, to name a few.
Once, Jones got two points deducted after landing an illegal knee to a downed Anthony Smith in the fourth round at UFC 235.
Jones was disqualified in his UFC debut against Matt Hamill for landing illegal elbows. The elbows were off the 12–6 (downwards elbow), which is an illegal move in MMA to avoid skull damage.