Jon Jones slapped with extra probation stipulations

The highly anticipated main event of UFC 197 between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier remains intact.

After being in custody at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center in New Mexico since Tuesday due to a probation violation stemming from five traffic citations, Jones was released after a judge added some extra stipulations to his current probation.

Jones appeared at his hearing in the New Mexico Second Judicial District Court Thursday morning and Judge Michael E. Martinez allowed Jones to go home as long as the 28-year-old agrees to attend anger management and driver improvement classes, commit to 60 hours of community service and get approval from his probation officer every time he wants to drive.

Things could have gone much worse for Jones and there was some concern that his latest run-in with the law could have cost him his chance at competing for the UFC light heavyweight title he was stripped of last year. Instead, “Bones” will have to be even more careful than he was before because the judge suggested that “it won’t go well” for him if he is back in court before the end of his probation.

On March 24, Jones was pulled over and cited for five traffic offenses, which included drag racing, exhibition driving, use of modification of exhaust systems, not maintaining traffic lanes and the improper display of a registration plate. A video surfaced that found Jones in a heated verbal confrontation with the citing officer where the UFC star referred to the cop as a “pig” and a “liar.” The incident would have been routine had it not been for Jones being only one-third of the way through an 18-month probation stemming from a hit-and-run incident with a pregnant woman last April.

The incident also cost Jones his UFC light heavyweight title, which is now in the possession of Daniel Cormier, who Jones last fought in January 2015. Jones will get the opportunity to reclaim the title he never lost in the Octagon on April 23 in Las Vegas.