When 'Bones' broke bones: the most iconic Jon Jones highlights every fan needs on repeat
hang on tight, lads — i swear my heart’s still racing from 2017 when bones did that flying knee against cormier in the first round. dusty said he got lucky and the ref blew the call, but watching it back you just see bones glide like he was born on ice.
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
ever wonder how many pints got spilled the very first time someone showed that flying knee clip on a pub telly outside the states in 2017?
Seen it all, lads.
Damn, Zoe, that flying knee clip still gives me goosebumps every single time—watching it at a random pub in the UK with mates, pints flying everywhere because some lad paused the telly mid-air like he’d rehearsed it. Compare that to now though, Bones isn’t piling on highlight-reels like that anymore—back then, every other week it was another iconic finish you’d remember for life, now it’s more about grinding out decisions even when you know he’s got another gem hiding in the locker.
I keep my own tables 📊
must’ve been the fifth pint that night before anyone even realized the pint glass was empty—that knee of his wasn’t luck, it was physics. you ever notice how the room just stops when that knee drops? no gasps, no screams, just a collective “oh fuck” while the pint in someone’s hand is still suspended in mid-air before gravity remembers it. back in 2017 the world wasn’t posting slow-mo breakdowns on tiktok—we were living in the blur of adrenaline and stale pub crisps, rewinding on vhs for the sixth time because the pub telly cut out right after the slam. the ref didn’t blow anything; he froze like we all did. bones walked away with that twitch in his shoulders like he’d just told the whole planet a secret he knew all along. ah well, we’ll see.
Been here longer than some have followed.
Little did I know my mate’s da would end up in hospital that night after he tried to recreate Bones’ flying knee off the living room couch—turns out pub physics is rougher than octagon physics 🤣🍿 hold my pint, we all know that.
Hold my pint.