{"id":191081,"date":"2016-04-05T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T16:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191081"},"modified":"2016-04-05T09:42:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T16:42:16","slug":"jon-jones-opens-up-on-traffic-incident-why-he-feels-let-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-opens-up-on-traffic-incident-why-he-feels-let-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones opens up on traffic incident, why he feels let down"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones has had his share of legal troubles, however he feels that the recent traffic stop<\/a> which landed him in jail for 3 days was unnecessary.<\/p>\n

Jones was ultimately released from jail and ordered to complete anger management courses,<\/a> as well as driver awareness classes. In addition, Jones must now get permission from his probation officer before driving anywhere.<\/p>\n

The pound for pound kingpin spoke to MMAJunkie<\/a> ahead of his UFC 197 interim light heavyweight title fight against OSP, to discuss why he feels he was profiled by the officer, and how he is still able to look for something positive in the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve watched it quite a few times,” said Jones. “And I feel as if that officer, I think the moment he saw my face, he knew he was going to be giving me a hard time. I don\u2019t know how to feel about it. I just feel like the guy really took advantage of his power, and it really hurt to be in that situation because I went to school to be a police officer, and I actually do have a lot of respect for law enforcement. But individuals like Officer Brown really, that\u2019s the type of people who turn citizens away from being supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing in jail, it hurt me, being in there. I felt as if I was really let down by this officer in this situation. The system really let me down in this one. I\u2019m not blaming them for anything. I definitely caused a lot of my own heartache, but in this situation, I really feel as if I was profiled and picked on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree days in jail for revving my engine \u2013 and now I have all these terms and conditions of my probation, all for revving my engine. I feel let down. But I\u2019m a very optimistic person, and I always try to find the good in everything that happens in my life.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jones continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think one of the biggest things driving me is I think my fans know that one thing about Jon Jones, or my friends know, is that I\u2019m resilient. I try to represent \u2018resilient.\u2019 Never quitting. Vitor Belfort almost broke my arm. I continued to fight through that fight. Alexander Gustafsson had me bleeding, had me losing regular rounds, then the championship rounds, I pulled it together and dominated. Getting in trouble with the law and just continuing to move forward. Things I\u2019ve been through in my childhood, things I\u2019ve been through in my life, growing up the way I grew up, me knowing my own story, I\u2019ve always moved forward, and I want people to be encouraged. Struggling with drug addiction, now being sober and owning it, kicking sobriety\u2019s ass. I want to represent never giving up, no matter what.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all are resilient. We\u2019re all stronger than what we think. Mind over matter. So yeah, I just feel like at the end of the day, when I win my belt back, it\u2019s going to be that much sweeter because of all I went through to get there.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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