UFC 165's Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson released from hospital

TORONTO – Following the most grueling fight of his UFC career, light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been released from a Toronto hospital with no broken bones or serious injuries.

A UFC official today confirmed the news with MMAjunkie.com.

In the headliner of Saturday’s UFC 165 event at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, Jones earned a unanimous-decision victory over Alexander Gustafsson. But “Bones,” a 9-1 favorite in the fight, was battered, bruised, bloodied and hobbled in the five-round war of attrition.

After the fight (which Jones won via 48-47, 48-47 and 49-46 scores), neither he nor Gustafsson arrived at the post-event press conference. Instead, the two fighters were ushered to local hospitals for evaluations.

“Thank you for everyone support,” Jones tweeted immediately after the fight. “I felt a little off my game tonight but I learned alot about myself and I promise to come back better.”

Gustafsson (15-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC), who nearly dethroned MMA’s top-ranked pound-for-pound fighter, showed remarkable takedown defense and became the first fighter to actually score a takedown on Jones (19-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) in 14 UFC fights. At least initially, it appeared an injury to Jones may have been partially to blame.

As one of his coaches, Mike Winkeljohn posted on Facebook immediately after the fight: “Jon Jones showed true grit tonight fighting through a badly injured foot, possibly shattered.. early on in the fight. It may have slowed him down but he stayed the course. Congratulations Mr. Jones!”

However, at least for now, it appears Jones avoided any serious injuries.

That’s likely good news for Gustafsson, who also avoided any serious ailments, officials told MMAjunkie.com. Although Glover Teixeira was slotted to fight Saturday’s winner, UFC President Dana White hasn’t ruled out the possibility of an immediate rematch between Jones and Gustafsson, though potential injuries halted any serious talk about it.

“We’ve got to see how these guys feel, (and) if anything is wrong with them, and then go from there,” White said following the event. “When you see two guys get busted up like they did tonight, they don’t even want to talk about fighting for a few weeks. You’ve got to let them heal up, go home, spend some time with their family and start to get that itch again. Then, they’ll be ready to talk.”

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