'Anonymous Jon Jones' receives gift from sponsor for enduring wrath from fans on Twitter

“Anonymous Jones” profile on Twitter and shirt received as a gift. Photo: SUPER FIGHTS Production (Reproduction)

When the art outsourcing manager for a video game company in New York Jon Jones created your account on Twitter, in July 2007, its most famous namesake did not even fight MMA professionally. However, with the rise of the light heavyweight champion in recent years, owning the “@jonjones” account on the microblogging network caused some confusion, but nothing that even came close to the thousands of mentions and outbursts of fury from fans after the release. that the fighter had been caught undergoing a doping test for cocaine use. Therefore, Reebok, sponsor of the UFC and Jon Jones, decided to reward the “Jon Jones anonymous” for everything he went through.

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“To compensate you for all the tweets you've been receiving, we'd like to send you something for having such sportsmanship! Send us your information via a direct message”, published the brand’s official profile on the microblogging network. Along with a shirt, Reebok also sent a note with more thanks to the “other” Jon Jone. “Jon, we can't thank you enough for being so amazing with all these accidental mentions on Twitter! Keep being so amazing! Ass: Reebok social media”, says the note.

After receiving the gift, @JonJones made a point of celebrating and saying thank you. “Cool (laughs), Reebok sent me a free t-shirt for playing it cool with all this fuss involving the Jon Jones. Thank you”, he published. This was not the only repercussion of the episode, which even ended up gaining coverage on the North American TV channel CBS, which did a special article with the alternative version of Jon Jones.

The true Jon Jones UFC champion, who in Twitter goes by the name of @JonnyBones, continues without any public appearance or publication on social media since last January 6th, the date on which the story about his positive result for cocaine metabolism in the surprise anti-doping test and subsequent admission to a rehabilitation clinic came to light.