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A UFC champion took to the streets during the George Floyd protests to fight crime, making vandals surrender cans of spray paint

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A UFC champion took to the streets during the George Floyd protests to fight crime, making vandals surrender cans of spray paint
  • Jon Jones, an elite mixed martial artist, took to the Albuquerque streets Sunday to make vandals surrender cans of spray paint.
  • Jones posted footage of the incident on his Instagram account and asked if this "s--- is even about George Floyd anymore."
  • Floyd, a black man, died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck, sparking daily protests throughout the US.
  • "Why the f--- are you punk ass teenagers destroying our cities? As a young black man, I'm frustrated but this is not the way," Jones said. "We are starting to make a bad situation worse."

One of the UFC's top champions, Jon Jones, has taken to the street during the George Floyd protests to fight crime, making vandals surrender cans of spray paint.

Jones posted footage of the incident, likely filmed in his home town of Albuquerque, on his Instagram account on Sunday.

Floyd, a black man, died after a white Minneapolis police officer called Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for eight minutes last week, sparking daily protests across the US.

The National Guard has been deployed in 20 US cities and has clashed with protesters and looters, Insider reported.

Speaking on Instagram, Jones said, "Is this s--- even about George Floyd anymore?"

In the video, Jones can be seen making at least one protester surrender a spray can.

"Why the f--- are you punk ass teenagers destroying our cities? As a young black man, trust me, I'm frustrated as well but this is not the way, we are starting to make a bad situation worse.

"If you really got love for your city, protect your s---. All you old heads need to speak up, call your young family members and tell them to come home tonight."

Watch the video below:

A post shared by Jon Bones Jones (@jonnybones)

The light-heavyweight champion's comments come days after he said Floyd was "tortured" and that what he went through after his arrest was worse than any pain he has endured throughout his career in mixed martial arts and the UFC.

"I wouldn't wish the way George Floyd was murdered on my worst enemy," Jones said, adding: "What that man went through was worse than drowning.

"In all my years of fighting, I can honestly say I've never experienced anything close to that level of torture."

Jones has held the UFC light heavyweight title in all but one of the years in the last decade. His record stands at 26 wins (10 KO's, 6 submissions, 10 decisions) against one loss, a disqualification.

Chauvin, the officer who knelt on Floyd's neck, has been involved in shootings before, and was the subject of 10 different complaints, Insider reported.

Chauvin was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter last week.

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