April 5, 2026, 1:27 a.m. ET
A man in Albuquerque, N.M., appears to have experienced a road-rage incident with former UFC champion Jon Jones.
According to Bryan Beltran on Instagram, he was “almost hit 3 times” by a black truck being driven by Jones and said he “flipped him off” because of that. When Beltran pulled into a nearby parking lot, he said Jones followed him and confronted him.
Beltran’s first-person video shows what happened next, with Jones getting out of his truck and walking toward Beltran, who expressed his dismay. In the video, Jones, with his left hand in his pocket, calmly walks up to Beltran and listens to him before simply telling him, “You gotta calm down, bro. You gotta relax yourself, bro.” Jones then flips him off and walks away.
Beltran detailed his account of the incident in the caption of his video, saying he didn’t know at the time that it was Jones. He said he hopes to make peace with Jones.
Driving up Central close to Eubank when i was almost hit 3 times by the truck even after i revved my car at him the first time it almost happened he still almost hit me twice after that so I flipped him off then he proceeded to stop in the middle of the road back up and come into the same parking lot.
The night before another guy in a truck pulled out infront me so this was pretty annoying considering it was the second time a guy in a truck cant drive…i guess those are ABQ drivers for you stay safe.
Btw i know its John Jones i didn’t know who it was when i flipped him off but definitely realized who it was quick!🤣 no hate or hard feelings towards my guy John but i think he might need to take some driving classes cause he almost him multiple times😅. Hopefully soon i make another video where we can maybe shake hands and “squash the beef”😂😂 lol.
Jones, 38, has a years-long history of run-ins with the law and appears to have narrowly avoided another one.
Jones remains retired from the UFC, although he was hoping to be included on the UFC Freedom 250 card at the White House on June 14. Jones said he was in negotiations with the UFC, but UFC boss Dana White said Jones was never in consideration for the event, citing trust issues.