Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya didn’t appreciate one UFC fan’s try to get him to troll Jon Jones.
Jon Jones‘s retirement continues to send shockwaves around MMA. The now-former UFC heavyweight champion decided to hold up the gloves a couple of weeks ago after months of speculation over a possible super fight with Tom Aspinall.
After Jones’s retirement, Aspinall was promoted because the UFC’s undisputed heavyweight champion and is anticipated to make his first title defense later this 12 months. Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov are two names in the combo for Aspinall’s next opponent.
Jones’s retirement led many fans to precise ire at the way in which he decided to finish his profession. UFC CEO Dana White stays perplexed by Jones’s retirement after months of assuring fans that the Aspinall fight would come to fruition.
Israel Adesanya scolds fan for getting him to say ‘F— Jon Jones’ for TikTok
While Jones has a loyal UFC fanbase, he’s also ruffled many feathers along with his actions outside of the Octagon. Many fans have turned on Jones in recent times, especially in light of several run-ins with the law.
Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Jones used to have lots of bad blood earlier of their careers, but they squashed their beef after a meetup at UFC 290. Adesanya was one in every of several top UFC names to seem on the promotion’s annual fan expo in Las Vegas during UFC 317 fight week.
As one fan approached Adesanya to take an image with the previous champion, he asked Adesanya to say ‘F— Jon Jones’, prompting a powerful response from the UFC superstar.
Watch the total interaction below.
🚨 Israel Adesanya didn’t like a fan asking him to say “f**k Jon Jones” today:
Izzy: “He’s going through a tough time immediately.”
Fan: “So he beat his wife due to that?”
Izzy: “No, all of us do dumb sh*t. No-one is ideal.”
🎥 DDPGlazer17 TikTokpic.twitter.com/JwznHM1iYI
— ACD MMA (@acdmma_) July 1, 2025
Israel Adesanya dismissed Jon Jones’s retirement as ‘rage baiting’ in comeback prediction
Adesanya isn’t buying Jones’s retirement, recently predicting that the UFC legend will eventually return to the Octagon for a comeback fight. Adesanya accused Jones of ‘rage baiting’ along with his recent social media posts.
Since retiring, Jones has been discredited by Demetrious Johnson and other top analysts within the UFC GOAT debate. Johnson claimed that Jones’s history of PED use disqualifies him from being considered the best UFC fighter of all-time.
Jones’s last UFC fight got here against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 in November. He defended the UFC heavyweight title one time after winning the then-vacant belt at UFC 285.