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Jon Hess (born 1969) is an American martial artist, early
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Sherdog.com and Hess was ultimately fined $2,000 for two violations of the rules against eye gouging.Gentry, Clyde. ''No Holds Barred: Ultimate Fighting and the Martial Arts Revolution'', 2002. pp. 88–89 Hess has defended his actions, citing that "The UFC billed itself as no rules," and therefore there were no rules to break. However, despite the marketing slogan, early UFC events did have a limited list of forbidden techniques, though infractions could only result in a fine.Gentry, Clyde. ''No Holds Barred: Ultimate Fighting and the Martial Arts Revolution'', 2002. p. 64 After victory over Anderson, Hess withdrew from the tournament with a hand injury. After his appearance in the UFC, Hess struggled to find another fight, despite publicly challenging dominant early UFC competitor Royce Gracie. Hess believes that this is because he was blacklisted by UFC promoter Art Davie. After an attempt to gain public support for a return to the UFC via opinions published in ''
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at ''SB 2-SuperBrawl 2'', where he lost by KO in 12 seconds. Hess has not fought professionally since this loss, but has stated he took the Belfort fight on short notice, that if he was allowed to come back he would be "world champ", and that Belfort was "on steroids" when he beat him. On April 25, 2010 Hess cornered Team Quest fighter Steven Tobias at Gladiator Challenge, where Tobias won his first pro fight. Since 2007, Hess has made several efforts to get into fighting shape and has suffered a number of injuries, including breaking three toes and an ankle. As of December 2014, Hess is 9-0 cornering fighters with 8 KO's and one submission.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hess, Jon Living people American male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Kung Fu San Soo Mixed martial artists from California 1969 births People from Murrieta, California Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters American wushu practitioners