While he splits his time between the Craig Ewers Academy, and the Celtic Pride gym in Abertillery when he's at home, Mason said he moved his full time training camp to California in 2021, as he hopes the benefits of the year-round warm weather and wider variety of sparring partners can push him to the next level. The Team Alpha Male gym in Sacramento where Mason currently trains is well known to MMA fans for producing a number of champions over the years, such as fan favourites TJ Dillashaw, Cody Garbrandt, and Urijah Faber. Mason Jones celebrates a win at Cage Warriors 97 with the Welsh flag (Image: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency) I've always been interested in things like history and archaeology, so if I wasn't where I am now I'd like to think I'd be travelling the world and doing something with that, but you never know."
"To be honest I'm not sure what I'd be doing if it wasn't for MMA. I believe that I'm the best lightweight in the world and it's only a matter of time until I prove that.
"I don't get nervous at all before I fight because it's just what I'm used to doing. Of course to people who don't know me they might see it as a bit of a crazy occupation, but for my family and girlfriend they completely understand what I'm trying to achieve and it's great to have them all behind me. "Thankfully after a lot of hard work and support from my family it payed off, and now I'm in a position with the UFC where I can make a living doing what I love. "I knew right away this was what I'd been looking for and began to train a number of times a week, adding other disciplines such as judo, boxing, and jiu-jitsu to my arsenal, with the end goal of becoming a professional MMA fighter. "I started off like most kids in Wales playing football and rugby, but it wasn't for me as I would always end up getting in to fights on the field, so eventually my dad banned me from playing those kind of sports and took me to a kickboxing gym. Mason said: "As a kid I was just completely hyperactive and I always struggled to stay focused in school, but when I would do martial arts that was something that helped calm me down and give me that focus I was missing. Mason Jones enters the arena (Image: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency)Īnd while the Welsh lightweight, who currently has a record of 11-1-0 admits that fighting in the MMA cage may be one of the stranger ways someone might make a living, as he reminisces on his journey to the UFC he says it was something he always knew he wanted to do.
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