Jon Jones has an estimated net worth of $10 million. He is an American mixed martial artist and is the current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champ. The 27-year-old MMA fighter is also considered as the youngest champion in UFC history and has the highest total takedown attempts defended in light heavyweight history.
Born in Rochester, New York as Jonathan Dwight "Jon" Jones, he is also known as "Bones" and "Sexual Chocolate" in the UFC world. Before his MMA and UFC career started that earned Jon Jones his multimillion net worth, he was a standout high school wrestler and state champion. In an interview with EA Sports UFC, he revealed that it was his coach was the one who nicknamed him "Bones" because of his slight frame while he was playing football as a defensive lineman.
In April 2008, Jon Jones made his professional MMA debut. Over the period of three months, he earned an undefeated record of six wins with no losses. On the same year, Jones also made his UFC debut as a replacement for Tomasz Drawl in just two weeks' notice.
Jon Jones, who has an estimated $10 million net worth, has already fought in 19 UFC bouts since debuting into the MMA world in 2008. According to The Richest, he won 18 out of 19 matches. And out of 18 wins, 9 were won via knockout, 6 through submission and 3 by decision. His only recorded loss was due to disqualification.
Jon Jones won a match title that made him the youngest champion in the history of UFC. And in December 2012, he was ranked as the world's number one light heavyweight fighter by several media outlets. Because of his remarkable statistics, he was also named as the top pound-for-pound-fighter in the world. Despite Jones' age, several analysts considered him as one of the greatest fighters the sport has ever seen.
Because of Jon Jones' remarkable career, he also earned several lucrative endorsements that contributed to his increasing net worth value. In 2012, he became the first MMA fighter to be sponsored by Nike and given the chance to represent the brand globally. He is also the first MMA fighter in history to have his own line of shoes.
Jon Jones' career did not go without controversies. And in Jan. 6, 2015, it was announced that he tested positive for benzoylecgonine, cocaine's primary metabolite and has immediately entered rehab. While Celebrity Net Worth lists Jon Jones' fortune as $10 million, The Richest lists only $4 million.
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