{"id":192864,"date":"2016-04-27T11:58:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T18:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=192864"},"modified":"2016-04-27T11:58:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T18:58:20","slug":"jon-jones-reveals-shocking-family-matter-occurred-week-ufc-197","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-reveals-shocking-family-matter-occurred-week-ufc-197\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones reveals a shocking family matter occurred the week of UFC 197"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people thought that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-jon-jones-vs-ovince-saint-preux-highlights\/\">Jon Jones looked a bit lackluster<\/a> in his return to the Octagon against Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 197. <\/p>\n<p>While Jones and his team associate having the short-notice change of opponent <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/coach-dont-think-jon-jones-will-ever-take-short-notice-fight\/\">play a part<\/a> in the fight, Jones also revealed a troubling matter that may have also been a major distraction for his fight.<\/p>\n<p>Jones revealed during the UFC 200 press conference at the Madison Square Garden on Wednesday that his mother&#8217;s leg was amputated the week of his fight with &#8220;OSP.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jon Jones says his mother had her leg amputated due to diabetes the week of his fight so he had a lot of issues last week <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC200?src=hash\">#UFC200<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCONFOX\/status\/725393337222459394\">April 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How do you think Jon Jones looked in his fight against Ovince Saint Preux? Share your thoughts in the comment section on the performance and what you expect to see at UFC 200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people thought that Jon Jones looked a bit lackluster in his return to the Octagon against Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 197. 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