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Josh Gross rates the performances of UFC 159 fighters.

The reality show is wrapped. The spring break title defense against Chael Sonnen is in the books. It's time, is it not, for Jon Jones to get back to business? The 25-year-old UFC light heavyweight champion spun his wheels over the last seven mo...

I didn't see much from Lyoto Machida on Saturday that makes me think he'll fair better a second time around against Jon Jones. Presuming Jones beats Chael Sonnen in April, that fight is up next at 205, UFC president Dana White said following Saturd...

No such thing as quiet week in mixed martial arts. Here are five thoughts related to Jon Jones-Chael Sonnen and "The Ultimate Fighter": I don't like the fight Hey, judging by fans on Twitter, I'm not the only one. True enough, some people view...

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will defend his belt against recent middleweight convert Chael Sonnen on April 27.

In all sorts of ways, Jon Jones has grown up in front of us the last two years. And considering the UFC light heavyweight champion is just 25, there will be plenty of blooming left to do. That said, if the trajectory of 2011 and 2012 holds an indi...

Josh Gross rates the performances of UFC 152 fighters.

With Jon Jones anticipating confusion because of the dehydration and hunger that stem from weight-cutting, it made him wonder what kind of conversation he'll share Friday with UFC president Dana White. That's when the UFC light heavyweight champion s...

Putting on fights people want to see sounds easy enough. Mostly because Zuffa has done its job so well as a promoter of mixed martial arts the past decade that the concept of the fight game as a risky proposition (i.e., gamble) was basically forgotte...

A domino effect of difficult decisions shelved one of the most anticipated fights of 2012. This we know. And although much of the fallout from last week's tumult focused on Zuffa's unprecedented cancellation of UFC 151 and Jon Jones' controversial op...

During 12-plus years covering mixed martial arts, I've never seen a day like Aug. 23. This is the timeline: Right around 12:30 p.m. ET, the UFC announced president Dana White would host a conference call an hour-and-a-half later to address t...

In a world defined by Jon Jones, he wouldn't have been asked to defend the UFC light heavyweight title against Dan Henderson. Well, I presume not because in the absence of regularly injecting steroids (i.e. approved testosterone replacement therap...

It was thrown together at the last minute. At first blush, it came off like a ploy to drum up interest in a card that probably needed it. Technically it wasn't even a level playing field considering one fight was scheduled for three rounds; the other...

LOS ANGELES -- Talk heading into Saturday night's UFC is understandably focused on the four title-shot ready light heavyweights Dana White tabbed this week as potential opponents for Jon Jones or Dan Henderson. Mauricio Rua, Lyoto Machida, Ryan Ba...

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones entered a guilty plea Tuesday in Binghamton City Court to one misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated.

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was arrested early Saturday morning in Binghamton, N.Y., on suspicion of drunken driving.