While never a desirable trait in an athlete, self-sabotage is perhaps especially problematic for a UFC fighter. When your opponent is trying to divorce you from consciousness and contort your limbs like balloon animals, the last thing you want to do is undermine your chances of survival.
Yet Jon Jones has managed to pull off a feat that has eluded every other fighter on the planet: he has stuck a crowbar in the progress of….Jon Jones. For a half-decade, Jones was the best pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC, a lavishly talented light heavyweight who married fiery athleticism with cold-blooded poise.