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UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones is no stranger to fist fights. He’s competed 30 times in professional MMA and infamously brawled with Daniel Cormier at a UFC 178 media event. But Jones never witnessed anything like Nate Diaz’s recent melee on a Russian reality show set.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, videos emerged<\/a><\/span> from the reality show set in Thailand. Jones and Diaz were supposed to coach on “The Ultimate Fighter” style show. A physical altercation between Diaz and a contestant quickly spiraled into a multi-man skirmish. Jones did not get physically involved but recounted the incident.<\/p>\n

“We had one of our young fighters, a guy named Zalik, who was playing with Nate,” Jones told Red Corner MMA<\/a> on Thursday. “He wanted to play-fight with Nate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Nate kind of came in a little bit on edge. I think he had some previous beef with some Russian fighters, so he was a little bit on edge when he got here. Play-fighting with Nate was not the best idea. It became serious right away, and we had to replace Nate.”<\/p>\n

Jones may be referring to Diaz’s issues with former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Khamzat Chimaev. Diaz allegedly slapped Nurmagomedov in 2015 and had a backstage altercation with Chimaev in 2022.<\/p>\n

Whatever the cause, Jones described the brawl as unlike anything he’d seen in his 17 years as a mixed martial artist.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been around the Bushido spirit for a long time, that martial arts spirit where everybody has a certain degree of, kind of certain rules you don’t cross,” Jones said. “Like a martial arts spirit and everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I don’t think there’s a lot of that here. Some guys are like warriors, and some guys are really just kind of street fighters. There’s insults, there’s weapons, this show — there’s nothing like it. There’s really nothing like it.” <\/p>\n

According to Diaz’s teammate Jake Shields, Diaz and his team left after the incident and flew home to California. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n