Phoenix Jones

Phoenix Jones
Jones without his mask in 2013, distributing flyers describing a wanted criminal
Born	Benjamin John Francis Fodor (1988-05-25) May 25, 1988 (age 28) Texas
Nationality	American
Occupation	Costumed vigilante (Phoenix Jones disputes this label), mixed martial artist
Known for	Confronting alleged lawbreakers while dressed in a superhero costume.

Ben Fodor
Jones at an MMA event, fighting as "Fear the Flattop"
Born	(1988-05-25) May 25, 1988 (age 28)
Other names	Flattop, Vigilante
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Division	Welterweight
Reach	71"
Fighting out of	Seattle, Washington, United States
Team	AMC Kickboxing
Years active	2006–present (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total	9
Wins	6
By knockout	1
By submission	3
By decision	2
Losses	2
By decision	2
Draws	1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Phoenix Jones (born Benjamin John Francis Fodor, 1988 in Texas) is an American real-life superhero. 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.

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

Jones is also a mixed martial artist 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.

Jones says he wanted to take policing matters into his own hands after a few incidents changed his mind about Seattle. The first was when Jones says that his car was broken into and his son was injured after returning to the vehicle and falling on the broken glass. Jones was told that several people saw the break-in happen, but did not intervene. Later, Jones says that he encountered a friend being seriously assaulted outside a bar, and after calling 911 he put on the mask from the earlier break-in and "made a commotion" until the police showed up. "And I thought, why didn’t someone help him? There were seventy people outside that bar and no one did anything."

Jones went on to develop a full costume and pseudonym, when his crime-fighting behavior made him too recognizable. In a CBS news broadcast, Jones is shown entering a back room of an unnamed comic book store in which he changes into costume which consists of a Dragon Skin brand bulletproof vest and stab plating, as well as equipment including a stun baton, pepper spray or tear gas, handcuffs and a first aid kit.