{"id":142338,"date":"2015-05-07T10:36:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T17:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=142338"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:28:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:28:58","slug":"weidman-says-he-could-have-gone-down-same-path-as-jon-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/weidman-says-he-could-have-gone-down-same-path-as-jon-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Weidman Says He Could Have Gone Down Same Path as Jon Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chris<\/a><\/p>\n

Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones’ life was flipped upside-down earlier this month after he fled the scene of a hit-and-run where a lady was injured. Many fighters chimed in and cracked jokes on Jones, but UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman has some sympathy for him.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Sky Sports<\/a>, Weidman expressed that he has faced temptation in the past and knows exactly what Jon is going through. “I don’t judge Jon at all for struggling with life’s temptations. I have tasted it myself,” Weidman told Sky Sports. “I’ve been a world champion for two years and we’ve got things at our fingertips that celebrities don’t even have… Jon is going down the wrong path at the moment but I could easily have gone down that wrong path too. We’re all vulnerable, and capable of doing bad things.”<\/p>\n

Chris Weidman is hoping that, after all of this, Jon Jones can come back and rebound his life. “He can come back stronger because people will see a guy who has messed up but rebounded, and they will relate to that.”<\/p>\n

ROCKHOLD! ‘The Dragon Has Been Slayed, And It Feels Great!’<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n