Jones moves from NFL to TUF

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive football player Marcus Jones is trying to make it in mixed martial arts.

Jones played his last NFL game when he was just 28-years-old.

Jones will take part in the coming season of The Ultimate Fighter show at Spike.

“In the NFL, you might have a play that goes six seconds, and then you get 30 seconds’ rest, or you might get a television timeout,” Jones told MMA FanHouse.

“Here, once that cage closes, and they say, ‘Are you ready? Are you ready?’ and you go, it’s five minutes, non-stop. You don’t get any breaks. If you take a break you’re either on your back or you’re knocked out. That strength that you build your whole entire life to play football doesn’t translate when you get choked out.”