“If you want to hurt him, are you sure that you want him cut?” Chael Sonnen gives a unique take on Jon Jones’ situation

“If you want to hurt him, are you sure that you want him cut?” Chael Sonnen gives a unique take on Jon Jones’ situation

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The former light-heavyweight champion, Jon Jones was recently arrested for battery domestic charges, and tampering with a police vehicle. A disturbing 911 call made from Caesars Palace was released, and many peoples demanded UFC to release Jon Jones from his contract.

Former title challenger and Jones’ former foe, Chael Sonnen believes releasing Jones isn’t the right kind of punishment for him. Talking to his fans on his YouTube video, he said, “If you want Jon Jones cut, my next question is: Why?” That answer would be obvious: to hurt him – to punish him, right? Are you sure you want him cut, then? If you want to hurt him and/or punish him, are you sure that you want him cut?

“If you release a guy, you have no control over that guy and you can attempt to guess what the market will bear. But if you still have him under contract, you will control that answer. And if you release Jon Jones with the spirit of hurting him in mind, you see where it starts to become a problem.”

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“Jon is unemployed,” Chael Sonnen states Jon Jones’ punishment should be way more brutal!

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Sonnen stated that Jones hasn’t competed since 2020. He was eyeing a comeback in 2022, but now with this arrest issue on the edge, he isn’t so sure. Sonnen said the worst thing anyone can do to him is keeping him under the contract, “Since the night Jon fought Dominick Reyes, they haven’t handed Jon a paycheck,” Sonnen said.

He continued, “Jon is unemployed. Jon is currently unlicensed. There’s steps and hoops to go through. He does not have sponsors. He’s not in the process of writing a book. He does not have an autograph signing coming up. He does not put on seminars. In all fairness, that’s a big punishment. You economically sanction somebody – for goodness sake, world powers do this to one another. It is that effective. It is that damaging. So if the idea of releasing Jon is coming from a standpoint of, ‘I want to punish him – I want to stick it to him …’”

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Also read – Jon Jones domestic violence case police audio released: “She is refusing to go back up to the room”