Former UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya appreciated the attempt by a UFC fan to allow him to troll Jon Jones.
Jon Jones' pension continues to steer shock waves around MMA. The now Formator UFC Heavyweight Champion decided to hang the gloves a few weeks ago after months of speculation on a potential super fight with Tom Aspinall.
After the retirement of Jones, Aspinall was promoted as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the UFC and is expected to make his first title defense later this year. Ciryl Gane and Alexander Volkov are two names in the mix for the next opponent of Aspinall.
Jones's pension led to many fans expressing anger about the way in which he decided to end his career. UFC CEO Dana White remains perplexed by the pension of Jones after months of insuring fans that the Aspinall fight would flourish.
Jon Jones appears at the UFC 309 Pre-Fight Press Conference, use Israel Adesanya at the UFC 305 press conference. Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC
Israel Adesanya Scheldt Fan that he had him say 'f – Jon Jones' for Tiktok
Although Jones has a loyal UFC fan base, he has also disturbed many feathers with his actions outside the Octagon. Many fans have engaged Jones in recent years, especially in the light of different run-ins with the law.
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya and Jones used to have a lot of bad blood earlier in their career, but they crushed their beef after a meeting at UFC 290. Adesanya was one of the many top UFC names that appear on the annual fan Exexpo in Las Vegas in Las Vegas.
When a fan approached Adesanya to take a photo with the former champion, he asked Adesanya to say 'F – Jon Jones', which encouraged a strong reaction from the UFC -Superster.
View the full interaction below.
🚨 Israel Adesanya did not like a fan who asked him to say “f ** k Jones” today:
Izzy: “He is going on for a difficult time now.”
Fan: “So that's why he hit his wife?”
Izzy: “No, we all do stupid sh*t. Nobody is perfect.”
🎥 ddpglazer17 tiktokpic.twitter.com/jwznhm1iyi
– ACD MMA (@acdmma_) July 1, 2025
Israël Adesanya rejected Jon Jones's pension as 'Rage Baiting' in comeback prediction
Adesanya does not buy Jones's pension and recently predicts that the UFC legend will eventually return to the Octagon for a comeback fight. Adesanya accused Jones of 'Rage Baiting' with his recent reports on social media.
Since the retirement, Jones has been discredited by Demetrious Johnson and other top analysts at the UFC Goat debate. Johnson claimed that Jones' history of Ped use disqualifies him to be considered the greatest UFC hunter of all time.
The last UFC fight of Jones met Stipe Miocic on UFC 309 in November. He defended the UFC Heavyweight Title once after winning the then Riem at UFC 285.