Hasbulla attempts to ‘choke out’ and bite Jon Jones’ ear in viral footage from meeting between UFC heavyweight champion and social media star

Jon Jones may have finally met his match as he was choked and seemingly bitten by social media sensation Hasbulla.

The UFC heavyweight champion is currently travelling around the world, in particular Thailand. He had started filming for a reality show opposite Nate Diaz, but that turned ugly as a mass brawl resulted in the latter quitting the show.

Jones was then spotted hanging out with Hasbulla; a famous influencer from Makhachkala, Russia. The social media star looks like a child and is just 3’4″, which led to Jones treating him almost like a baby as opposed to the 22-year-old man that he is.

Jon Jones choked and bitten by Hasbulla in hilarious new video

In a video posted by renowned MMA manager Abraham Kawa, Jon Jones can be seen grappling and having fun with Hasbulla. The Russian attempts to choke him out while Jones faux taps, before he goes for a Mike Tyson-style ear bite.

Jones jokingly shouts “Hey, oww, Hasbulla,” before they separate as on-lookers laugh at the footage. It’s the second piece of video of the pair to emerge online after another bit of footage where the UFC legend treated the 22-year-old like a child.

Jones and Hasbulla can be seen playfully wrestling with Jorge Masvidal in the background in the initial clip, which he captioned: “I told @hasbulla.hushetskiy it’s time to go home and as you can see he was very upset #brothers”.

Things got weird when the greatest fighter in MMA history lifted Hasbulla into the air like a baby. Jones grinned from ear to ear as he spun the diminutive 22-year-old around in a circle to make him dizzy.

Jon Jones is currently in negotiations for Tom Aspinall fight

Fans have been upset with Jones for ‘doing anything but fight Tom Aspinall‘, who is his top contender and the current interim heavyweight champion. However, the UFC legend doesn’t seem to care too much and even mocked the Brit in a comment yesterday.

Jon Jones celebrates his UFC 309 win over Stipe Miocic

Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images

The champion claims that he has told the UFC his plans, and that he did so long ago. But Aspinall insists he has been told to sit and wait to see what happens with Jones going forward as he awaits his next moves.

Jones last fought in November when he stopped legendary but aging two-time champion Stipe Miocic. Meanwhile, Aspinall has been out for almost a year following his first interim title defence against Curtis Blaydes in Manchester last July.

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