Jon Jones declines surgery, will be fighting this fall.

By Rob Billington

This is all a bit fishy to me, so Jones pulls out of surgery after Rashad signs another fight? Is this psychological warfare, or a genuine injury?

I mean it's his thumb for Christ's sake, the reason the surgery is not going through is because Jones' doctor told him that the surgery would be too invasive for an injury like he has, basically it isn't an injury that will leave him without the use of his hand or anything.

Anyway, that's enough of me ranting. Jones' manager, Malki Kawa, had a chance to tell the guys over at mmaweekly what went down.

Via MMAweekly

“The UFC flew us out to their doctors here in Nevada on Wednesday. We came out here, we met with the doctor. The doctor looked at Jon and basically advised Jon that in his opinion that he thought that surgery was maybe a bit drastic. He didn’t have to have it if he didn’t want to if he could stand the pain and he didn’t have to sit out and go through all that rehab. Jon chose not to have the surgery. He wants to be back in the cage and fight. He thought it was something medically he absolutely (had to do) and this doctor gave him the option not to do it if he didn’t want to.”

“Between the September/November area hopefully, you’ve got to understand if he comes back June 11, the first day he’d be back is that Monday, and he’s not going to be able to go full speed that day and start an eight-week camp from that moment (to fight) Aug. 6.”

So there you have it, all you Jon Jones fans don't have to worry about him going around like Luke Skywalker in Return of The Jedi, he will be fine. Rashad has been short-changed big time over the past year, he now has a tough fight against a phenomenal wrestler in Phil Davis, which he chose because of Jones' injury. Sucks to be him.

There will be conspiracy theories abound about this one, I as a fan am a little pissed off that the match-up I want to see wont be happening for even longer, and with Brock's illness, Maynard and Edgar injured, I cant help but feel a little bit let down with the UFC landscape at the minute.

Possible match-ups for "Bones" include Lyoto Machida, or maybe "Rampage" Jackson if he beats Matt Hamill at the upcoming UFC 130.