Jon Jones set history on Tuesday night, and for a terrible reason.
Jones became the first fighter to have his title stripped by the UFC for disciplinary reasons. The UFC stripped Jones of his light heavyweight championship and suspended him indefinitely, which means he is out of his scheduled fight against Anthony Johnson at UFC 187 on May 23 after he was charged with felonies related to a hit-and-run accident that took place Sunday in Albuquerque, N.M.
“He’s very disappointed. He’s upset. He wanted to go down as one of the greats or the greatest,” UFC boss Dana White said on “Fox Sports Live” of Jones.