The morning after he took to the streets to fight crime, a UFC champion returned to help local businesses which had been looted during protests

• The morning after he fought crime, Jon Jones returned to the streets to clear up the mess left by looters.
• The UFC light heavyweight champion had already forced vandals to surrender cans of spray paint Sunday.
• On Monday, he took a group of coronavirus mask-wearing volunteers back to the Albuquerque streets to sweep smashed glass and board-up broken windows.
• There has been great civil unrest throughout the US for more than a week, after George Floyd, a black man, died in police custody, sparking daily protests.

The morning after he took to the streets to fight crime, one of the UFC's top champions returned to help rebuild local businesses which had been looted.

Jon Jones, the dominant UFC light heavyweight ruler for a decade, went to Albuquerque on Sunday to make vandals surrender cans of spray paint.

He 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 on May 25 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."

The morning after, he assembled a group of friends, drove back into the Albuquerque streets, and helped sweep smashed glass and board-up broken windows.

"It's time to put in some work," Jones said in a new video Monday.

"Got a nice little crew of guys. Volunteers who's gonna … get ready, do some work. Let's get it, see if we can find something to clear up.

"If you guys need help with your small businesses, we're here, and we'll be here all day," Jones said.

Watch his first clean-up video here:

—UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) June 1, 2020

He posted a second video hours later:

A post shared by Jon Bones Jones (@jonnybones)Jun 1, 2020 at 2:26pm PDT

"Lots of work to do out in the streets today men," he said. "If you're a real one, call your boys and get to work."

Jones seemed to finish his day by speaking with law enforcement officials. He posted a photo on Twitter and spoke of his local pride.

"The night is still young but as of now the looting is almost nonexistent," he said. "The peaceful protest was beautiful."

—Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) June 2, 2020

Jones is widely regarded as one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time. His record stands at 26 wins (10 KO's, 6 submissions, 10 decisions) against one loss, a disqualification.

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