Jon Jones stripped of UFC light heavyweight title, suspended indefinitely

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been stripped of his title effective immediately and is suspended from the promotion indefinitely.

UFC president Dana White made the announcement via "FOX Sports Live" on Tuesday night.

Jones was arrested on Monday in Albuquerque on allegations of leaving the scene of an accident, which is a felony charge in New Mexico due to one of the drivers suffering a fractured wrist and arm. The injured driver, later identified as Vanessa Sonnenberg, was taken to the hospital because she is pregnant and felt like she might pass out at the scene.

Jones was sought as a "person of interest" in the hit-and-run accident, but the Albuquerque police eventually upgraded him to a suspect before issuing a warrant for his arrest on felony charges for leaving the scene of an accident. Jones eventually surrendered to police on Monday before being released on $2,500 bond.

White said he finally spoke to Jones on Tuesday to get his side of the story before the promotion took any action against him.

"He didn't say a lot. Obviously, he's got to handle his legal proceedings," White said. "His lawyer didn't have him say much. What we wanted to find out is what the facts were. There's a lot of things that are being said out there about what happened that day, a lot of them are untrue, a lot of them are speculation, and we wanted to hear Jon's side of the story and we wanted to hear what his lawyer had to say about it."

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