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The former Ultimate Fighting Championship double champ recently recalled an incident that led Hamilton to unfollow and block him on social media. Jones had joined Army Rangers on a hunting trip from a helicopter with rifles. He even managed to shoot a pig, which was donated to an underprivileged family. However. Hamilton was disappointed with Jones’ way of hunting.
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Jon Jones explains how Lewis Hamilton reacted to his helicopter pig hunt and why the F1 icon cut ties on social media
Hamilton called Jones a “coward” for shooting the animal from a helicopter. The former F1 champ believes that animals should be hunted traditionally with spears or arrows, to give them a fighting chance.
“I went hunting years ago with a bunch of Army Rangers and we ended up hunting pigs from a helicopter using AR-15s,” Jones told ALF Global. “I was so proud of myself because I killed one of the pigs from the helicopter and my pig was donated to an underprivileged family in the community. But Lewis saw me shoot the pig from the helicopter. And he wrote me a long message saying that I was a coward. And that he thought that I was better than that. He said that the traditional way of killing an animal should be with a spear or with a bow and an arrow. He wrote something like, ‘Only a coward could shoot an animal from a helicopter. Give the animal a chance to fight you back at least.’”
Hamilton subsequently unfollowed and blocked Jones on social media. The latter has now offered an apology to the legendary Brit.
“He unfollowed me and he blocked me and it sucked because I was his fan,” Jones added. “I was a fan of him, but he was very disappointed in me for shooting the pig. Lewis, if you’re listening, I’m sorry.”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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