Jon Jones is enjoying life away from the Octagon as he recovers from his injury that is keeping him out of action. The UFC Heavyweight Champion has not fought since March 2023 when he won the title after defeating Ciryl Gane at UFC 285. He has been seen interacting with fans all over the world in the past few weeks.
Jones was set to defend his title against Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 in November 2023. However, he pulled out of the fight due to a torn pectoral tendon. The title fight was postponed and Tom Aspinall fought Sergei Pavlovich for the interim title. British fighter Aspinall won the bout via KO in the first round. There is still no news about when Jones would come back into action.
Meanwhile, he has been seen interacting with fans across the world. He recently traveled to Thailand. Several videos of his trip to the Asian country surfaced as he interacted with fans and fighters giving them tips.
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More recently, he met with a fan being described as an “idiot”. You will also call him that when you get to know what he did.
As first reported by Happy Punch on social media, Jon Jones was seen leg-kicking a fan as per the fan’s request. Obviously, Jones did not leg kick the fan the way he would a UFC fighter inside the Octagon. He seemingly held back a little. However, outrageously, the fan wanted to get kicked again. Jones did not really mind but the fan’s leg did.
The fan who got leg kicked by Jon Jones ended up in the hospital with crutches
As expected, the fan’s leg was heavily bruised. According to BJPenn.com, the fan “wasn’t too upset about the incident and declined to say the exact injury he suffered.” The fan showed off the brutal bruise his thigh had suffered and it was confirmed that he was in the hospital on crutches.
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Surprisingly, this is not the only recent instance where a UFC fighter leg-kicked a fan upon their request. Recently, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira and the original BMF Jorge Masvidal were also seen doing something similar in viral videos.
However, neither of them did it twice like Bones or even sent the fan to the hospital like him. Jon Jones, however, has even choked a fan before upon their request.
Jon Jones fulfilled a fan’s wish by choking him unconscious in 2019
In 2019, Jon Jones met with another crazy fan whose wish was to get choked by him. The then-UFC light-heavyweight champion was begged by an MMA fan to be put into a rear-naked choke. This happened at the FIBO fitness trade show in Cologne, Germany, which Jones attended
The UFC fighter, just like he did recently, duly obliged. He put the fan in a rear-naked choke and eventually put him to sleep. Jones quickly revived the fan by lifting his legs.
Here’s @JonnyBones (willingly) choking out a fan in Germany pic.twitter.com/ui8XSHPLsA
— Lucas Grandsire (@GrandsireMMA) April 8, 2019
The pair immediately embraced and the fan was delighted at fulfilling a lifelong dream. It was witnessed by several fans at the trade show.