Phoenix Jones

Phoenix Jones
Jones without his mask in 2013
Born
Benjamin John Francis Fodor

(1988-05-25) May 25, 1988 (age 36)[1]
Texas, U.S.
Occupations
Known forConfronting alleged lawbreakers while dressed in a superhero costume.
RelativesCaros Fodor (brother)

Phoenix Jones[3][4] (born Benjamin John Francis Fodor;[5] May 25, 1988) is an American real-life superhero and mixed martial artist. Initially wearing a ski mask to intervene in a public assault, Fodor later developed a full costume and adopted "Phoenix Jones" as a pseudonym. From 2011 until its dissolution in 2014, Jones was the leader of the Rain City Superhero Movement, a Seattle, Washington-based citizen patrol group that described itself as a crime prevention brigade.[6][7]

Jones says the best way to prevent getting mistaken for a criminal by the police is to wear a "supersuit",[8] although local police have expressed concern that the strange costumes may lead to emergency calls from citizens who mistake the "superheroes" for criminals.[9] Jones has said that all members of the Rain City Superhero Movement have a military or mixed martial arts background.[10]

Jones is signed to World Series of Fighting, where he has fought at two catchweights, which included fighting his older foster brother, UFC, Strikeforce, and ONE Championship fighter Caros Fodor.

  1. ^ Phoenix Jones' Instagram
  2. ^ Nicole Neroulias, "Seattle's superhero vigilante has his day in court", Reuters, 13 October 2011
  3. ^ "It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's ... Some Dude?!". GQ. 2011-08-01.
  4. ^ "Phoenix Jones: Real Life Superhero". KOMO News. 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  5. ^ Sara Jean Green (2011-10-11). "Seattle's 'superhero' Phoenix Jones bound for court". The Seattle Times.
  6. ^ Fezzani, Nadia (2012-04-26). "The day Phoenix Jones revealed himself to the world | Metro". Metronews.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  7. ^ "Rain City Superhero Movement". RealLifeSuperheroes.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
  8. ^ "Transcript for Good Morning America, January 7, 2011". Livedash.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference abcnews was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Casey McNerthney (2011-06-01). "Police alerted to 'superheroes' patrolling Seattle". Seattle PI.