UFC reporter Nina-Marie Daniele managed to make Jon Jones laugh despite taking a jibe at his criminal record. However, the heavyweight champion had his revenge later in the interview, trolling Nina and leaving everyone in the studio in raptures.
Nina brought up Jones’ education in Criminal Justice and started laughing immediately after asking the question, prompting Jones to cackle as well.
The whole studio followed suit, erupting into laughter that lasted a good minute or so.
Jones, who had pursued Criminal Justice at Morrisville State College before dropping out to begin his MMA career, has been arrested on multiple occasions in the past. The charges ranged from misdemeanor to Driving Under the Influence, and a serious domestic violence case. He reflected on his past and owned up to his mistakes. He spoke about how reckless he was in his 20s, adding:
“Experience is what makes us ultimately….You realize how you mess up…I’m grateful for a lot of my experiences.”
And now, as a father, Jones imparts this wisdom to his children to make sure they don’t stray down the same path, or commit the same mistakes.
Later in the interview, Jones got the opening to pay back Daniele. When the UFC content creator asked him to clear a rumor about her, Bones did the exact opposite: he fuelled it.
Jones trolls Nina-Marie
Jones and Daniele share a great chemistry and their interviews garner millions of views. Unfortunately, there are elements in the MMA community who think a woman cannot get ahead in the promotion in a professional capacity without fraternizing with the athletes.
So, Nina asked Jones to help clear some of the allegations against her.
“Can you tell people that I didn’t sleep with you for an interview?”
Jones responded with a cheeky answer, leaving the studio in laughter once again.
“I mean I’m not gonna lie to anyone.”
The entire interview was 27 minutes of pure GOLD. The pair just kept on making each other and everyone in the studio cracking up. It’s rare to see Jones on camera laughing about random stuff for a good 30 minutes at a stretch. No one would recall it happening in the 15-odd years of his UFC career.
This could be an indication that he in a good place taking on the greatest heavyweight fighter of all time, Stipe Miocic. And then who knows, Tom Aspinall, a cheeky bloke himself, could be up next for Jones.
