Jon Jones & Management “amicably” part ways

Jon Jones and First Round Management have mutually parted ways after an eleven year journey together. The management company, run by brothers Abraham and Malki Kawa, announced the news Tuesday via their Twitter account.

Jon ”Bones” Jones himself confirmed the news shortly after on his personal Instagram with fans finding the above tweet reposted, with a little caption showing his appreciation to the Florida based group:

”It’s been an absolutely amazing journey. Thank you so much for all the memories, and business ventures. Wishing the Kawa family and everyone over at first round management many blessings moving forward. Glad to be able to call you guys friends for life.”

The news breaks as Jon Jones has been caught in back and forth negotiations with UFC President Dana White regarding a super-fight with UFC Heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. However, Malki Kawa revealed on his personal Instagram that First Round Management was not representing Jones in those negotiations and the decision to part ways is a means of a ”fresh start”:

”Sometimes it’s best to just walk away. Glad to have repped the p4p best fighter in @jonnybones for the last 11years. No this had nothing to do with his Ngannou negotiations. Jon has been handling that negotiation on his own and has been as he wanted to speak for himself when it came to the last few fights, so no, sorry fans, you can’t blame me. We all agreed it was just best to start over. @abraham and I are working on a lot of major things at #frm and sometimes you just have to know when to say when.”

Fans are now speculating as to who will take over as his management team? And will we ever see him face Ngannou?