For Jon
Jones, finishing the UFC 309
headliner with 12-to-6 elbows will somewhat right the only blemish
on his record.

Jones’ otherwise perfect record is marred by a controversial
disqualification loss to Matt Hamill
in December 2009. Jones was mauling Hamill on the ground with
12-to-6 elbows, which were then illegal, forcing referee Steve
Mazzgatti to call off their fight in the first round. Jones recalls
that maintaining his perfect record in the
UFC was very important for him. The manner in which he suffered
his lone pro defeat left “Bones” devastated and in tears
backstage.

“When I lost that night, I actually cried backstage,” Jones told
ESPN. “It was absolutely devastating to me. I had always had this
vision in my mind and in my heart that I would do MMA right. There
are so many things that I have failed on in life. There were so
many things that I wasn’t good at growing up. And with the UFC I
felt like, ‘Okay, I’m an adult. My life is in my control now.’… I
wanted to have a perfect MMA career.”

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After years of debate surrounding 12-to-6 elbows, they were finally

legalized under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, taking
effect on Nov. 1. While Jones would love to get his loss against
Hamill reversed, he is more excited about legally using 12-to-6
elbows now. The heavyweight champ is scheduled to defend his belt
against Stipe
Miocic in the main event at UFC 309 on Nov. 16 at Madison
Square Garden in New York. If Jones can finish Miocic with 12-to-6
elbows, it would even out the Hamill loss for the former light
heavyweight champ.

“Fast forward years, 12-to-6 elbow is legal. It’s very exciting… To
get that reversed would be very exciting,” Jones said. “But now I’m
embracing the 12-to-6 elbow. I train it constantly. I’m excited to
possibly be one of the first athletes to use it in the arena now
that it’s legal. And be one of the few athletes to lose to it… I
mean if I can get a knockout with a 12-to-6 elbow, that would be
really, really sweet.”

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