Media John McCarthy threatened to DQ Jon Jones if he attempted suspicious act during fight at UFC 140

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John McCarthy told Jon Jones a DQ would await him if he repeated backstage act inside the cage at UFC 140​

After Jones knocked out Mauricio Rua to win the UFC light heavyweight title and subsequently submitted ‘Rampage’ Jackson to defend it, he ran into the legendary Lyoto Machida in December 2011.

Jones memorably choked Machida out with a standing guillotine before ruthlessly dropping the former champion’s unconscious body. The referee watching over the bout, John McCarthy, recalled the brutal finish during a recent episode of his Weighing In podcast.

The veteran official was seemingly unsurprised at Jones’ controversial reaction to ‘The Dragon’ going out given an incident from earlier in the night.

“When I came up to grab, trying to release Jon’s arms to take the pressure off the choke, he decides to really let go, and so I didn’t have control of Machida at the time,” McCarthy said. “I thought, ‘Yep.’ There was something that happened in the back before that fight that had told me the level of Jon’s maturity.”

After some pushing from his co-hosts, McCarthy went on to disclose the disturbing details, alleging that Jones had simulated a “sexual act” with an unaware grappler from the commission.

“I go in the back and I talk to each and every fighter on their own,” McCarthy said. “When I went into Jon’s locker room, he’s bouncing around, having a good time.

“[He says], ‘I got a question for you.’ … He says, ‘I need somebody.’ There was an individual there and that individual was a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and was working for the commission. He [Jones] says, ‘Will somebody get on the ground for me?’

“This guy, being a ground guy and being somebody who’s like, ‘Man, I’m in Jon Jones’ locker room, this is great,’ he says, ‘Oh, I’ll do it for you.’ … Jon decides to do a sexual act with him. He’s saying, ‘What if I do this? This isn’t illegal right?’ The guy who was on the ground, quickly his eyes get as big as they could get.

“I said, ‘Jon, knock it off,’ and I help the person up…and he goes, ‘But really, what could you do?’ I said, ‘I could disqualify you for being unsportsmanlike. Go ahead and do it, let’s see what happens.’ This is why Jon and I never really got along; because I didn’t put up with his s–t.”

Legendary referee threatened to disqualify Jon Jones before UFC title fight after bizarre backstage moment

One veteran referee says he saw Jon Jones' immaturity first-hand...

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[Aurelian]

 

[don't ask]

I'm all for disqualifications. If any official had nipped this eye-poking trend in the bud, we might be in a better place today, fight-wise. But there's no way the UFC would stand for that.

 

[sonhow]

Jon "sexual act" Jones

 

[J'Ghasta]

Jones is gay - MMA Guru

 

[SamuraiBro]

Still not beating those gay allegations

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Human Cock Fighting

 

[IndyCovaHart]

John McCarthy? What year is this

 

[TCE]

Him talking about gay sexual stuff with that comedian when he was drunk makes me actually believe this story.

 

[markg171]

Big John got his nickname from the size of his ego

 

[markg171]

Big John is the same ref who reffed Randy vs Tito and let Randy spank Tito without such punishment.

Man's just a egotistical hater who thinks the fights are about him and I'm glad he's been ousted from prominent MMA circles.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

2 stupid questions that only an egomaniac can think they'd get away with in a row, "Can I do this [while doing it]?" and "What can you do to stop me if I do it anyway?"

I've seen the first question asked 100's of times by idiots, but it's really only problem people who follow up with the second

 

[Trabaho]

Wtf Jon. I think that's his way of releving pressure, no pun, fight nerves.

 

[Myrddin Wild]

Big John is the same ref who reffed Randy vs Tito and let Randy spank Tito without such punishment.

Man's just a egotistical hater who thinks the fights are about him and I'm glad he's been ousted from prominent MMA circles.

As we evolved with the UFC, so did Biggie John, who at the start was "key rool maker" behind the scenes. He likely waz teh only one in teh room in teh very early dayz, perhaps running it by teh UFC heads before making it official. He was even teh head guy who help usher in teh new roolz in Jan 2017. (which was a monumental change in roolz & judging criteria)

A fan since teh start, I watched teh progression of roolz through teh yearz, & your comment here made me think that once Biggie Jon saw this kind of shit a few timez, he then was lead to take a harder stance on it.

So it's not a contradiction that Biggie allowed those past hijinx... he simply wasn't prepared for it. Early on their goal was to have teh least amount of roolz possible. Obviously, teh original 3 roolz wasn't enough. This slowly evolved into teh entire booklet of roolz we have today.

 

[Hymen Crusher]

Jon was just warming up for later that night. The dudes gay gentlemen

 

[dogsdonutsdragons]

sounds like a typical jones hater- 100% racist

 

[tat2man5k]

sounds like a typical jones hater- 100% racist

Oh geez shut up bitch.

 

[HHJ]

Jones likes men

 

[VAfan]

I'm all for disqualifications. If any official had nipped this eye-poking trend in the bud, we might be in a better place today, fight-wise. But there's no way the UFC would stand for that.

this all day. the crap he got away with with the fingers was just shameful. seven foot wingspan to begin with and then five huge fingers fanning out in front of it. how he didn't lose points for that shit is beyond me.

 

[Dr Fong]

There will definitely be a few posters on here adding 'unaware grappler' to their Jon Jones role playing fantasies.