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Jon Jones update: Judge assigned as 'Bones' leans toward plea deal for hit-and-run

Sounds like Jon Jones may have gotten an offer he can't refuse.

The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight titleholder -- suspended indefinitely in the wake of last April's charges of felony hit-and-run -- will avoid a grand jury now that his case has been assigned a judge and positioned for a possible plea deal.

Jones' case was transferred from Metropolitan Court in Albuquerque, N.M., to Second Judicial District Court and assigned to judge Charles Brown on Monday, according to documents obtained by MMA Fighting. The judicial assignment document reads that the case is coming to Brown's court "on the stipulation of the parties for the entry of a pre-indictment plea.