{"id":354690,"date":"2020-07-01T05:04:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T12:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=354690"},"modified":"2020-07-01T05:04:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T12:04:33","slug":"video-jon-jones-helps-clean-up-restaurant-that-was-vandalized-by-racists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-jon-jones-helps-clean-up-restaurant-that-was-vandalized-by-racists\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Jon Jones helps clean up restaurant that was vandalized by racists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones recently helped clean up a restaurant that was vandalized by racists.<\/p>\n<p>Jones has been increasingly active in his community of late, and that trend continued over the weekend when he helped clean up a restaurant that had been ransacked by racist vandals.<\/p>\n<p>Jones shared some snapshots of this important task on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Even though this message wasn\u2019t intended for me personally, whoever did this I just want you to know that I forgive you and I love you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S7jQsvUIkS\">pic.twitter.com\/S7jQsvUIkS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BONY (@JonnyBones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyBones\/status\/1278045028355649536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even though this message wasn\u2019t intended for me personally, whoever did this I just want you to know that I forgive you and I love you,&#8221; Jones wrote in the caption for a video that showed him painting over a racial slur.<\/p>\n<p>Jones undertook this task in collaboration with the organization C.A.R.E. Speaking on on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Iv81UfE1ms8&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Steve-O\u2019s\u00a0<em>Wild Ride!<\/em>\u00a0podcast<\/a>\u00a0recently, the light heavyweight champion discussed his experiences working with the organization.<\/p>\n<p id=\"74qH6T\">\u201cRight now though, honestly, being involved with the C.A.R.E. project and being detached from the UFC and trolls and all that type of stuff,\u201d Jones said on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Iv81UfE1ms8&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Steve-O\u2019s\u00a0<em>Wild Ride!<\/em>\u00a0podcast<\/a>. \u201cThis is motivating me way more than a world championship fight. I\u2019ve been winning title fights for so long now, I get what that feels like, I know what the afterparty feels like, I know what it feels like to be called champ and looked at as the greatest fighter forever. I\u2019ve been experiencing these things for so long now that that sh*t doesn\u2019t really tickle me anymore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Changing my life and giving back to other people and having people say thanks for what you did for the city last night and stuff like that, my neighbors look at me like a person that they\u2019re incredibly proud to be neighbors with,&#8221; Jones added. &#8220;That means so much more to me than being a UFC champion and I\u2019m so grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones is currently embroiled in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-prepared-to-sit-out-multiple-years-to-make-change\/\">a heated contract dispute<\/a> with the UFC, but is evidently finding ways to stay busy while he&#8217;s on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the work Jones is doing in his community?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones recently helped clean up a restaurant that was vandalized by racists. 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