Jon Jones is back in the news for the wrong reason again. A video posted out of Albuquerque shows a tense confrontation after another driver accused the former UFC champion of nearly hitting him three times before following him into a parking lot.
The man who posted the clip, Bryan Beltran, said on Instagram that Jones was driving a black truck and “almost hit” him three times. Beltran said he flipped Jones off after the last near-miss, then watched Jones stop, back up, and pull into the same lot. That account is what turned a traffic complaint into a story that spread across MMA overnight, and it lands at a time when Jones is still pulling attention every time his name resurfaces in UFC talk, including recent noise around his absence from the White House event discussion.
The video shows Jones getting out and walking toward Beltran while Beltran complains about the driving. Jones does not rush him or turn it physical. He keeps it short and says, “You gotta calm down, bro. You gotta relax yourself, bro.” Then he flips Beltran off and walks away. The clip confirms the confrontation happened, but not the full driving sequence Beltran described before the camera started rolling.
Beltran laid out his version in the caption, writing:
“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.” He later added, “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.”
This guy got into a road-rage incident with Jon Jones 😳
🗣️ Jon Jones: “You gotta calm down bro. You gotta relax yourself bro.” 😬
(via IG / bryanbeltran06) pic.twitter.com/g8qOyUmwkK
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) April 5, 2026
What the video shows and what still rests on the accusation
The clearest part of the footage is the parking-lot exchange itself. Jones gets out, walks over, tells Beltran to calm down, flips him off, and leaves. There is no fight in the clip and no visible damage shown on camera. The bigger accusation is the claim that Jones nearly hit Beltran’s car three times before both men pulled over.
The timing also matters because Jones was already tied up in White House fight drama before this clip started moving. He said he was ready for that card before the reported offer stalled at $15 million, then blasted the UFC again after being left out of the event. Dana White answered by saying there was “no way in hell” Jones was ever fighting on the White House card. That is why this road-rage video landed in the middle of a much bigger Jones cycle. Instead of the talk staying on his next payday, his contract noise, or whether he was getting one more massive event, the attention shifted right back to another ugly headline with his name on it.
