Going underground: Jon Jones goes cave crawling ahead of UFC 247 fight week

Jon Jones decided to overcome one of his biggest fears ahead of fight week.

In perhaps one of the most bizarre pre-fight activities we’ve seen in a while, UFC light heavyweight champion Jones, who defends his title against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on Saturday, decided it would be a good idea to crawl into a tight, dark cave … just before fight week.

Yup, he decided to experiment with a different type of pre-fight preparation by conquering his fear of claustrophobia in the most dangerous way in an activity ESPN+.

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