Jon Jones' latest criminal charge reports surfaced shortly after his retirement announcement. According to MMA analyst Jimmy Smith, the two events are unrelated.Following news of Jones' alleged misdemeanor of fleeing a scene of an accident in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in February 2025, there was rampant speculation within the MMA community that his retirement might be connected to this incident.In a recent discussion on Submission Radio, Smith explained his reasons for believing that 'Bones' announced his retirement independently of the recent criminal charges, saying:"My perspective really is, [Jones] is less likely to retire because of that. Meaning, as I said, he's always been able to kind of refocus everybody on his fight coming up or fight he just had whenever he's in trouble. So, I think if he had gotten in trouble a week ago, he doesn't retire. Because he's like, 'A crap, now I got to turn things around and get people on my side or whatever.' Now, he doesn't have that option."He added:"I don't believe it's, 'I got in trouble, so I'm retiring.' I think it's the other way around, where he's more likely to come back because he got in trouble... I do believe, honestly, that they're unrelated because getting in trouble just made him fight more."Check out Jimmy Smith's comments below (0:24):Jones is now reportedly scheduled to appear in court for a bond arraignment on July 24.Ex-UFC fighter reacts to Jon Jones' latest reported criminal chargesJon Jones has a controversial past, marked by multiple DUI cases and other troubling incidents. Following reports of his most recent criminal charges, former UFC fighter Corey Anderson reflected on Jones' 2015 hit-and-run incident.In a post on X, Anderson wrote:"Every time I see something like this, I reflect back to when I was in the UFC and he was just getting cleared from the hit and run of the pregnant lady, and I was calling him out for it. And everyone came at me about "people make mistakes".. now 7 years later.. still a mistake?"Check out Corey Anderson's comments on Jon Jones below:Jones pleaded guilty to the hit-and-run case from 2015, and as a result, he was sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation.