Jon Jones made waves when he got into a verbal altercation with his former coach and ended up joining a new gym. The former UFC champion is now with Eddie Cha at Fight Ready.
Henry Cejudo also trains at Fight Ready. The whole gym was very welcoming of the former UFC champion. Eddie Cha explains how Jon Jones ended up joining the gym.
“Henry gave me a call and told me that Jon reached out to him and was interested in coming out,” Cha told MMA Fighting. “We kind of prepared some things to work on and we’re super excited to have him here.
“Everything that we decide is done as a team. It starts with our owner David Zowine. He calls each and every one of us and asks us if we want a certain individual here and we’ll say yes or no, and [give our reasons] why, then go from there. For me, it was a no-brainer. I think that people make mistakes — whether they make one, two, or three. Jon’s just under a microscope. Whenever he does anything wrong, it’s magnified. But if you know him as an individual, and I don’t know him as well as other people, but I’ve heard from other people doing my research, Greg [Jackson] has never had a problem with him, [Brandon] Gibson has never had a problem with him as an individual.
“I don’t think anyone agrees with the mistakes he’s made, but at the same time we all make mistakes. I was super happy to work with him and judge him as an individual. I was saying let’s not judge him until we get to know him first, and I was super impressed — as a human being and as an athlete.”
Jon Jones certainly seems to have found a good team around him. The former UFC champion is working on a comeback but will have to wait until his legal case is resolved.
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