Drag Racing Video Analysis

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A shocking new video emerges showing former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones in a heated argument with a police officer. The mixed martial artist was pulled over for allegedly drag racing and Jones loses his temper and calls the officer some pretty harsh names. He eventually appolizes for his poor behavior.

TMZ Sports obtained footage of the exchange, which has 28-year-old fighter accusing the officer of harassing him. Jones was obviously irate and blasted the officer by calling him a "an absolute f***ing liar" and a "pig."

This all went down after the officer accuses him of revving his engine at a red light, and then taking off at a high speed in a drag race with a Cadillac.

“I did not drag race a Cadillac,” Jones explains, though the officer continues to question his alleged bad behavior. It is not until the very end of the video that he swears at the officer.
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“I got emotional and said some things that I probably shouldn’t have said to a police officer.”

Although there is no way to prove or disprove that Jones was drag racing, he eventually released a statement and apologized for his behavior but he still strongly denied that he was doing what he was accused of.

"I was not drag racing nor was I speeding. I did not get a speeding ticket. I was driving within the speed limit of the 35mph zone," he noted. "I feel that police used a technicality to ticket me for drag racing, for simply revving my engine and acknowledging some of my local fans. I regrettably said words to the police officer out of frustration, for which I apologize for, but I do feel this was

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