UFC heavyweight champ Jon Jones avoids trial after agreeing to anger management classes

• Agreement reached after incident during drug test
• Jones will defend heavyweight belt in November

UFC heavyweight champion Jon Bones" Jones has agreed to attend four hours of anger management classes to resolve a pair of misdemeanor charges stemming from a drug test at his New Mexico home in which he was accused of being hostile.

A trial was set to begin on Tuesday before a New Mexico judge, but a prosecutor and Jones' defense attorney announced that an agreement had been reached. The charges of assault, a petty misdemeanor, and interference with communication, a misdemeanor, will be dismissed as along as Jones completes the anger management classes and follows all laws over the next 90 days.