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Jon Jones apologizes to reporter he bashed before UFC 232: ‘I was extremely disrespectful’

Jon Jones put an end to not one, but two rivalries on Saturday night. The newly minted UFC light heavyweight champion — who bested Alexander Gustafsson for the title — directed his attention to Swedish journalist Izabelle Kostic when speaking to media after the events of UFC 232.

“Sister here with the camera, I was extremely disrespectful to you and I’m sincerely sorry,” Jones addressed Kostic at the 26:30 mark in the video above. “I was ready to fight and I felt maybe a little of an attack, and I was not in the mood to lose. I was just not in the mood to lose, not even a verbal argument.