MMA Fighter Jon Jones: SMART

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Jon Jones: ‘I refuse to be a broke athlete when I retire’
"When it comes to the Pay-Per-View conversation in general, I fight for honor and integrity. I fight to be the best. I try to keep the martial arts spirit alive as much as possible. At the same time, I'm a 2012 warrior and I fight to provide for my family. This is a sport where we don't have a retirement plan and things like that. We don't have insurance for the rest of our lives. So, the money that I make today is the money I'll draw from when I'm 80-years-old if I ever get sick. I have to pay for several colleges already cause I have a lot of kids.

"Thinking about the business aspect, the fans are so upset. They're like, 'What does being the best have to do with Pay-Per-Views?' I think people have it all twisted. Right now I'm on the phone with you reporters because you guys want to make money. You want to write the best stories so you can make money. Well I fight to make money, quite frankly. If I was to not evolve with my time and be completely ignorant to finances, Pay-Per-View sales, taxes, investing, it would be a shame.

"I refuse to be a broke athlete when I retire. I don't apologize for being aware of Pay-Per-View sales and being business savvy. It's 2012 and there's a lot of broke guys out there right now who was famous at one point and all that type of stuff. Yes, it wasn't something I originally came into the sport with, but realize, I'm evolving, I'm changing and I'm growing as a person. And I can't apologize for that. If I was the same person that I was when I joined the sport I would be failing."
  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    Sounds like he's got a good financial head on his shoulders. It's his career and his income - and he's clearly in charge of it.
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    • Profile picture of the author goindeep
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      Sounds like he's got a good financial head on his shoulders. It's his career and his income - and he's clearly in charge of it.
      Yeah and he likes to get hit in it too.
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  • Profile picture of the author dwoods
    Bones Jones is a smart fighter and clearly a smart guy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Perrymma
    Mike tyson is a prime example. He made more then any other fighter in history (30mil plus a fight). Now he is dead broke.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    Jon Jones needs to look after himself, because Dana White sure won't.
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