May - 2015
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
14
7. Jon Jones
8. Quinton Jackson
9. Tito Ortiz
10. Nick Diaz
Jon Jones is one of the greatest fighters in the
history of the sport. That can not be denied,
but he has been his own worst enemy when
it comes to the decisions he makes outside of
the cage. In 2012 he plead guilty to DUI follow-
ing an incident where he crashed the a Bentley
which was gifted to him by the UFC. In Janu-
ary of 2015 it was made public that he tested
positive for cocaine in a pre-fight drug test.
Lastly, he has been stripped of his title, and in-
definitely suspended following an alleged hit
and run incident which left a pregnant woman
injured. His manager recently made comments
that Jones may never fight again following his
most recent troubles.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is one of the most
interesting personalities in MMA. He is extreme-
ly emotional, and that has led him to some
great successes. Unfortunately, it’s also been
his downfall on certain occasions. Wherever he
goes, controversy usually follows. Currently he
is involved in a legal battle with Bellator MMA
over the contract he had with them. In 2008 he
led police on a chase while driving a modified
pick up truck that had a giant vinyl of himself
on the side. During the chase a woman was hit
while in her vehicle and she sued Jackson for
causing her to miscarry. That accusation was
unfounded. Jackson later explained that he was
attempting to get to a friend who was about to
attempt suicide. Though it sounds like his heart
was in the right place, the decisions he made
when the police lights came on where irrational
at best.
Tito Ortiz is one of the biggest names the sport
has ever known. He was one of the first poster
boys of the UFC and was a key player in getting
the organization, and the sport to the place it is
today. His loud personality and aggression trans-
lated into some of the best story lines, but in re-
cent years the story line hasn’t been so great. In
2010 he was arrested on domestic abuse charg-
es, but they were later dropped. Though the
charges where dropped, the damage was done
from a public relations perspective. In 2014, he
was arrested on DUI charges after crashing his
car. He could have gone to prison, but he plead
no contest and was sentenced to three years
of probation and required to attend an alcohol
education program.
Diaz is one of the biggest personalities the sport
has ever known. An athletic anomaly, he isn’t
just a fighter, but also a triathlete. While he
knows the rules of mixed martial arts, he contin-
ues to break them. He has failed in competition
drug tests on more than one occasion for mari-
juana. Since 2013 he has been arrested twice
on DUI charges, but has plead not guilty and
the case is ongoing. There are also reports that
while he failed one of his drug tests at UFC 183,
there where two other tests administered which
he passed.
