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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Susan Montoya Bryan

UFC champ Jon Jones agrees to anger management classes to resolve assault charge

MMA-UFC-Jon Jones-Drug Test - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

UFC heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones has agreed to attend four hours of anger management classes to resolve a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a drug test at his New Mexico home in which he was accused of being hostile.

A bench trial was set to begin Tuesday before a New Mexico judge, but a prosecutor and Jones' defense attorney announced at the start of the virtual proceeding that an agreement had been reached.

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