While a formal date hasn’t been set, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones  expects to return to the octagon in March. Jones (19-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) was briefly slated to make his seventh 205-pound title defense against Glover Teixeira (22-2 MMA, 5-0 UFC) in February, and despite separate announcements saying he would headline UFC 169 and then UFC 170, “Bones” said he’s simply not healthy enough for either card. “The reason why I didn’t take the fight [in February] is because I don’t feel my body is ready for a training camp,” Jones told MMAjunkie

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UFC champ Jon Jones on layoff: My foot is ‘cracking and crackling and stuff’ – MMA Junkie

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